TODAY’S STATE DIVISION I GAMES

UALR men at Georgia Southern

WHEN 6:30 p.m. Central

WHERE Hanner Fieldhouse, Statesboro, Ga. RECORDS UALR 8-12, 3-7 Sun Belt Conference; Georgia Southern 14-4, 7-2

RADIO KHLR-FM, 106.7, in Little Rock

INTERNET ualrtrojans.com

PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS

UALR

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G DeVonte Smith, 5-11, Sr. 2.5 2.6 G Ben Dillard, 6-2, Sr. 7.9 1.6 G Josh Hagins, 6-1, Jr. 12.0 3.9 F Roger Woods, 6-5, Jr. 12.8 6.7 F Gus Leeper, 6-10, Sr. 4.6 2.7 COACH Steve Shields (187-172 in 12th season at UALR and overall)

GEORGIA SOUTHERN

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Mike Hughes, 6-3, Fr. 7.3 4.7 G Jelani Hewitt, 6-2, Sr. 19.7 3.9 G Jake Allsmiller, 6-5, Fr. 3.4 1.8 F Angel Matias, 6-4, Sr. 7.2 5.3 F Trent Wiedeman, 6-8, Sr. 12.4 6.4 COACH Mark Byington (29-23 in second season at Georgia Southern, 36-27 in third season overall)

TEAM COMPARISON

UALR GS 69.2 Points for 71.4 70.4 Points against 59.3 -3.0 Rebound margin +4.2 +3.4 Turnover margin +2.3 41.3 FG pct. 43.0 33.9 3-PT. pct.FT. 33.2 70.4 pct.FT pct. 72.3 CHALK TALK UALR junior Josh Hagins has started the past three games and

is averaging 20.7 points over that span while shooting 58.9 percent from the

floor. … Georgia Southern is playing the second of five consecutive home games.... Georgia Southern’s Jelani Hewitt is

the Sun Belt’s third-leading scorer. ...

A victory would give UALR consecutive Sun Belt victories for the first time this season.

— Troy Schulte

UALR women at Georgia Southern

WHEN 3:30 p.m. Central

WHERE Hanner Fieldhouse, Statesboro, Ga. RECORDS UALR 16-3, 9-1 Sun Belt Conference; Georgia Southern 4-14, 1-8

SERIES First meeting

RADIO KARN-AM, 920, in Little Rock

INTERNET ualrtrojans.com

PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS

UALR

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Alexius Dawn, 5-4, Jr. 10.3 2.2 G Taylor Gault, 5-8, Sr. 15.2 2.9 G Ka’Nesheia Cobbins, 5-10, Sr. 5.4 4.9 F Shanity James, 5-11, Jr. 11.7 7.3 F Keanna Keys, 6-1, So. 4.9 4.4 COACH Joe Foley (231-129 in 12th season at UALR, 687-210 in 28th season overall) GEORGIA SOUTHERN

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Angel McGowan, 5-9, So. 12.9 2.6 G Alexis Sams, 5-5, So. 5.7 2.4 G Anna Claire Knight, 5-10, Sr. 11.6 5.4 F Briana Jones, 6-2, Jr. 6.9 5.4 C Patrice Butler, 6-2, So. 11.8 5.1 COACH Chris Vozab (22-58 in third season at Georgia Southern and overall)

TEAM COMPARISON

UALR GS 65.1 Points for 63.2 51.1 Points against 70.3 +2.2 Rebound margin -3.5 +5.6 Turnover margin -4.0 43.5 FG pct. 39.0 37.4 3-pt. pct.FT. 30.5 69.0 pct.FT pct. 71.6 CHALK TALK UALR had won 12 consecutive regular-season Sun Belt games

dating to last season before Thursday’s loss at Arkansas State. ... Arkansas State shot 56.3 percent Thursday in its victory over UALR, the highest percentage

allowed by the Trojans since Arkansas

State shot 57.7 percent in last year’s

meeting in Jonesboro. ... UALR received six votes in the USA Today coaches poll released Tuesday.

— Troy Schulte

Arkansas State men at Georgia State

WHEN 1 p.m. Central

WHERE GSU Sports Arena, Atlanta, Ga.

RECORDS ASU 9-11, 4-6 Sun Belt Conference; Georgia State 14-7, 7-3

SERIES Georiga State leads 5-1

RADIO KFIN-FM, 107.9, in Jonesboro

INTERNET astateredwolves.com

PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS

ARKANSAS STATE

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G P.J. Hardwick, 5-10, So. 6.2 3.8 G Cameron Golden, 6-0, Jr. 15.0 3.2 G Sean Gardner, 6-5, Jr. 13.0 4.1 F Anthony Livingston, 6-8, So. 14.9 9.4 F Charles Waters, 6-6, Jr. 3.0 3.2 COACH John Brady (116-112 in seventh season at ASU, 389-318 in 24th season overall)

GEORGIA STATE

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Ryann Green, 6-2, Jr. 3.4 1.8 G R.J. Hunter, 6-6, Jr. 20.4 4.5 G Ryan Harrow, 6-2, Sr. 20.6 2.2 F T.J. Shipes, 6-7, Jr. 5.8 4.6 F Markus Crider, 6-6, Jr. 7.9 6.1 COACH Ron Hunter (76-44 in fourth season at Georgia State, 350-263 in 21st season overall)

TEAM COMPARISON

ASU GSU 65.1 Points for 74.0 68.0 Points against 66.0 -1.3 Rebound margin -2.0 -1.2 Turnover margin +5.1 41.2 FG pct. 48.9 33.9 3-pt. pct. 35.0 71.1 FT pct. 69.7 CHALK TALK ASU has lost three of its past four games to fall into ninth place in the

league standings. ... The Red Wolves lost 60-54 to the Panthers on Jan. 19 in Jonesboro.... Ryan Harrow is the Sun Belt’s leading

scorer and R.J. Hunter is its second-leading scorer. Georgia State is one of two Division I teams with two players averaging 20 points per game or more. Iona is the other.

— Troy Schulte

Arkansas St. women at Georgia State

WHEN 11 a.m. Central

WHERE GSU Sports Arena, Atlanta

RECORDS ASU 14-7, 9-2 Sun Belt Conference; Georgia State 8-11, 3-7

RADIO KARN-AM, 920, in Little Rock;

KNEA-FM, 95.3, in Jonesboro; KNEA-AM, 970, in Jonesboro

SERIES ASU leads 2-1

INTERNET astateredwolves.com

PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS

ARKANSAS STATE

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Jamie Ruffins, 5-8, So. 2.0 2.2 G Aundrea Gamble, 5-9, Jr. 19.1 5.2 G Hanna Qedan, 5-11, Sr. 10.5 3.5 F K. Brown-Haywood, 5-11, Jr. 10.4 5.2 F Jasmine Hunt, 6-2, Sr. 9.4 5.5 COACH Brian Boyer (262-219 in 16th season at ASU and overall)

GEORGIA STATE

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Alisha Andrews, 4-11, Sr. 8.7 1.6 G Ashley Watson. 5-6, Sr. 5.8 2.5 F Miranda Smith, 5-9, Sr. 1.6 1.9 F Kennesha Nichols, 5-11, Fr. 5.2 4.3 C Brittany Logan, 6-4, Sr. 10.8 8.6 COACH Sharon Baldwin-Tener (53-77 in fifth season overall, 248-229 in 16th season overall)

TEAM COMPARISON

ASU GSU 71.5 Points for 67.4 64.4 Points against 67.6 -1.0 Rebound margin +2.2 +2.4 Turnover margin -1.1 45.7 FG pct. 39.4 32.7 3-pt. pct. 33.7 67.1 FT pct. 71.8 CHALK TALK ASU was 6 for 6 from three-point range in Thursday’s victory over UALR, setting a Convocation Center record for most made three-pointers without a miss. ... Aundrea

Gamble has played all 40 minutes in four

consecutive games for ASU. ... ASU junior

Brittney Gill, averaging 5.2 points per game, has scored 10 points in consecutive games.

— Troy Schulte

UAPB men at Grambling State

WHEN 5:30 p.m. Central

WHERE Fred Hodby Assembly Center,

Grambling, La.

RECORDS UAPB 6-15, 3-4 Southwestern Athletic Conference; Grambling State

2-15, 0-7

INTERNET uapblionsroar.com

PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS

UAPB

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Tevin Hammond, 6-0, Sr. 7.8 2.4 G Marcel Mosley, 6-0, Sr. 17.2 2.6 F Devin Berry, 6-7, So. 2.6 2.9 F Thaddeus Handley, 6-6, Jr. 4.8 2.7 F JoVaughn Love, 6-9, Jr. 11.1 5.2 COACH George Ivory (84-127 in seventh season at UAPB and overall)

GRAMBLING STATE

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Remond Brown, 6-4, So. 4.7 2.3 G A’Torri Shine, 6-6, Sr. 12.4 3.2 F Richard Freeman, 6-7, So. 6.8 4.9 G Chase Cormier, 6-0, Sr. 4.5 3.0 F Kyle Williams, 6-9, Fr. 2.9 3.6 COACH Shawn Walker (2-15 in first season at Grambling State, 196-192 in 14th season overall)

TEAM COMPARISON

UAPB GSU 58.7 Points for 49.8 68.1 Points against 72.3 -7.0 Rebound margin -4.1 +1.2 Turnover margin -5.5 38.8 FG pct. 35.1 32.4 3-pt. pct. 27.6 69.5 FT pct. 65.4 CHALK TALK Arkansas-Pine Bluff has won three in a row. ... UAPB’s 105-68 victory over Prairie View A&M on Monday was the first time it topped 100 points since beating Alcorn State 101-77 on Jan. 19, 2009. ... Grambling State has lost 10 in a row and has yet to beat a Division I

opponent.

— Troy Schulte

UAPB women at Grambling State

WHEN 3 p.m. Central WHERE Fred Hodby Assembly Center, Grambling, La. RECORDS UAPB 4-14, 2-5 Southwestern Athletic Conference; Grambling State 5-13, 2-5 INTERNET uapblionsroar.com

PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS

UAPB POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Ajia Richardson, 5-5, Fr. 7.5 2.8 G Destiny Brewton, 5-7, Fr. 7.9 1.5 G Carlisha Walker, 5-10, Sr. 6.8 6.0 G Diamond Richardson, 5-6, Jr. 5.8 3.3 F Mollie Campbell, 6-0, So. 4.1 4.0 COACH Nate Kilbert (19-59 in third season at UAPB, 130-213 in 12th season overall) GRAMBLING STATE POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Shanice Poole, Sr. 7.3 2.9 G Monisha Neal, Fr. 8.1 4.4 G Kiana Jones, Fr. 2.5 1.5 F Klintisha Martin, Fr. 3.8 2.6 G Yosha Watson, Jr. 11.1 4.4 COACH Nadine Domond (5-13 in first season at Grambling State and overall)

TEAM COMPARISON

UAPB GSU 52.8 Points for 53.4 69.1 Points against 70.2 -9.7 Rebound margin -18.2 -2.8 Turnover margin +2.6 34.9 FG pct. 33.9 22.2 3-pt. pct.FT. 25.2 58.2 pct.FT pct. 62.5 CHALK TALK UAPB has lost four games in a row, the past two by a combined 46 points. ... Carlisha Walker had 15 points in Monday’s loss to Prairie View A&M. … Grambling State’s minus-18.2 rebound margin is the worst among 343 Division I women’s teams.

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