TODAY’S GAMES

UALR men vs. Troy WHAT Sun Belt Tournament WHEN 6 p.m. Central WHERE Lakefront Arena, New Orleans RECORDS UALR 14-16; Troy 11-19 RADIO KHLR-FM, 106.7, in Little Rock TV CSS/CST (Comcast channel 24 in central Arkansas, Cox channel 119 in Northwest Arkansas) INTERNET ualrtrojans.com, sunbeltsports.org

PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS

UALR

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG

G DeVonte Smith, 5-11, Jr. 4.9 2.3 G Ben Dillard, 6-2, Jr. 7.2 2.0 F Leroy Isler, 6-5, Sr. 6.4 3.4 F Maurius Hill, 6-5, Fr. 2.4 1.4 F James White, 6-8, So. 11.2 6.0

COACH Steve Shields (178-159 in 11th season)

TROY

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG

G Antoine Myers, 6-3, Sr. 11.6 5.2 G Jeff Mullahey, 6-3, Sr. 9.2 4.8 G Hunter Williams, 6-0, Sr. 13.4 2.8 F Tevin Calhoun, 6-7, Sr. 10.2 3.8 F Kevin Thomas, 6-8, Jr. 9.4 7.2

COACH Phillip Cunningham (11-19 in fi rst season)

CHALK TALK No. 5 seed UALR hasn’t won a Sun Belt Tournament game since it won four games in four days to win the tournament in 2011. The Trojans lost in the quarterfinals each of the past two seasons. … UALR won at Troy 62-55 on Feb. 27 to break a five-game losing streak. If it wins tonight, it’ll play No. 4 Arkansas State at 6 p.m. Friday.

  • Troy Schulte

UAPB men vs. Alabama A&M WHAT SWAC Tournament WHEN 8 p.m. Central WHERE Toyota Center, Houston RECORDS UAPB 13-17 (No. 4 seed); Alabama A&M 13-15 (No. 5) RADIO KUAP-FM, 89.7, in Pine Bluff INTERNET uapblionsroar.com

PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS

ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG

G Tevin Hammond, 6-0, Jr. 13.1 3.0 G Chandler Savage, 6-3, Jr. 2.4 1.8 G Ghiavonni Robinson, 6-3, Fr. 6.3 2.4 F Daniel Broughton, 6-8, Sr. 8.0 4.5 F Davon Haynes, 6-8, Jr. 12.8 6.2

COACH George Ivory (75-110 in sixth season at UAPB and overall)

ALABAMA A&M

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG

G Jeremy Crutcher, 5-8, Sr. 12.4 3.0 G Brandon Ellis, 6-3, Sr. 8.2 2.0 F Arthur Capers, 6-5, Sr. 7.0 2.5 F Nicholas West, 6-10, So. 6.8 2.0 C Justan Banks, 7-1, Sr. 3.9 4.1

COACH Willie Hayes (31-56 in third season at Alabama A&M and overall)

CHALK TALK Arkansas-Pine Bluff will be without guard Marcel Mosley for Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament. Mosley broke his jaw at Grambling State on March 1 and missed the Golden Lions’ final regular-season game Saturday against Mississippi Valley State.

  • Jeremy Muck

Sports, Pages 23 on 03/13/2014

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