TODAY’S GAME

SECOND ROUND NIT

ARKANSAS MEN VS. CALIFORNIA WHEN 10 p.m. Central today WHERE Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, Calif.

RECORDS Arkansas 22-11, California 20-13 SERIES Tied 1-1 RADIO Razorback Sports Network TV ESPN2

PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS

CALIFORNIA

POS., NAME, HT., YR. PPG RPG

G Justin Cobbs, 6-3, Sr. ..............15.7 2.8

G Tyrone Wallace, 6-5, So ...........11.2 4.3

G Ricky Kreklow , 6-6, Jr. .............5.7 2.8

G Jabari Bird, 6-6, Fr. ....................7.5 1.8

F David Kravish, 6-9, Jr. ...............9.3 7.3

COACH Mike Montgomery (129-72 in six seasons at California, 677-315 in 32 seasons overall)

ARKANSAS

POS., NAME, HT., YR. PPG RPG

G Ky Madden, 6-5, Jr. ..................12.6 2.8

G Anthlon Bell, 6-3, So. ................7.9 1.2

G Fred Gulley, 6-2, Sr, ...................3.9 1.8

F Coty Clarke, 6-7, Sr. ...................9.7 5.8

F Bobby Portis, 6-10, Fr, ..............12.3 6.7

COACH Mke Anderson (59-38 in third season at Arkansas, 259-136 in 12 seasons overall)

CHALK TALK Cal beat Arkansas 85-77 in the Maui Invitational on Nov. 25. David Kravish led the Bears with 19 points and 15 rebounds and Ricky Kreklow had 17 points. Michael Qualls led Arkansas with 21 points and Anthlon Bell added 16 … the Arkansas-Cal winner will advance to play the LSU-SMU winner in the NIT quarterfinals …Cal 6-10 senior center Richard Solomon, averaging 11.0 points and a Pac-12 Conference-leading 10.2 rebounds is expected to miss his second consecutive game because of a concussion … Bell has scored 90 points in 116 minutes the last seven games … Cal senior point guard Justin Cobbs is averaging 5.8 assists and is the Pac-12’s active career leader with 518 … Bobby Portis has an Arkansas freshman record 220 rebounds … Arkansas is 5-3 all-time in NIT games, but 0-3 away from home … Arkansas Coach Mike Anderson won the 1981 NIT championship with Tulsa as the starting point guard … Cal Coach Mike Montgomery led Stanford to the 1991 NIT title.

  • Bob Holt

Sports, Pages 17 on 03/24/2014

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