Arkansas women vs. Vanderbilt WHEN 7 p.m.
WHERE Walton Arena, Fayetteville RECORDS Vanderbilt 17-8, 6-6 SEC; Arkansas 17-8, 4-8 RANKINGS Vanderbilt is No. 25 in the USA Today coaches poll SERIES Vanderbilt leads 21-6.
TICKETS Adult $6, youth $5, groups $2, UA students free RADIO KABZ-FM, 103.7, in Little Rock;
KQSM-FM, 92.1, in Fayetteville; KFPW-AM, 1230, and KFPW-FM, 94.5, in Fort Smith;
KURM-AM, 790, in Rogers
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
VANDERBILT
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG
G Morgan Batey, 5-10, So. 6.1 5.0 G Jasmine Lister, 5-4, Sr. 14.8 3.4 G Christina Foggie, 5-9, Sr. 19.0 3.6 G Kady Schrann, 5-9, Jr. 4.5 1.6 F Marqu’es Webb, 6-1, Fr. 6.9 4.0
COACH Melanie Balcomb (276-114 in 12th year at Vanderbilt, 439-218 in 15th year overall)
ARKANSAS
POS., NAME, HT., YR. PPG RPG
G Calli Berna, 5-10, Jr. 7.0 4.3 G McKenzie Adams, 5-9, Fr, 9.5 2.3 F Keira Peak, 5-9, Sr. 9.8 4.8 F Jessica Jackson, 6-3, Fr. 16.2 6.0 F Jhasmin Bowen, 6-1, Jr. 9.2 4.9
COACH Tom Collen (130-87 in seventh year at Arkansas, 347-157 in 16th year overall)
CHALK TALK Arkansas is looking to post back-to-back victories for the first time since defeating Tennessee Tech and Mississippi Valley State on Dec. 20 and Dec. 28. ... The Commodores, who are No. 15 in this week’s RPI ratings, won last year’s matchup 78-58 in Nashville. ... Vanderbilt is riding a season-long three-game losing streak. ... The Commodores have lost fi ve of their past six games.
- Tom Murphy
Arkansas St. men vs. Texas-Arlington WHEN 7:05 p.m.
WHERE Convocation Center, Jonesboro RECORDS Arkansas State 14-9, 7-5 Sun Belt Conference; Texas-Arlington 11-13, 6-6 SERIES Arkansas State leads 37-13.
RADIO KFIN-FM, 107.9, in Jonesboro INTERNET astateredwolves.com TICKETS $6 children and seniors, $8 upper level, wings; $10 upper level, sides; $12 upper level, center; $25 lower level
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
ARKANSAS STATE
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG
G Rakeem Dickerson, 6-0, Jr. 4.8 2.0 G Melvin Johnson III, 6-6, Sr. 15.3 4.4 G Ed Townsel, 6-0, Sr. 8.1 3.4 F Kendrick Washington, 6-7, Sr. 10.3 6.2 F Kirk Van Slyke, 6-10, Sr. 15.7 6.1
COACH John Brady (94-87 in sixth season at ASU, 375-303 in 23rd season overall)
TEXAS-ARLINGTON
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG
G Jamel Outler, 6-3, Jr. 10.7 2.5 G Lonnie McClanahan, 6-1, Jr. 15.6 4.3 G Reger Dowell, 6-1, Sr. 20.7 2.3 F Brandon Edwards, 6-6, Sr. 16.0 9.7 F Jorge Bilbao, 6-8, Fr. 1.5 2.7
COACH Scott Cross (133-109 in eighth season)
CHALK TALK Texas-Arlington guard Reger Dowell is the league’s leading scorer with an average of 20.7 points per game, and he scored 28 the last time the teams met, an 82-66 ASU victory Jan. 2. Arkansas State will counter with one of the league’s hottest scorers, Melvin Johnson III, who is averaging 20.5 points over his past six games.
- Troy Schulte
Sports, Pages 21 on 02/20/2014