Arkansas’ women’s basketball team will play four nonconference games against teams that were in the NCAA Tournament last season: Texas, Rutgers, Oregon State and South Dakota State. All four games will be away from home.
The Razorbacks play at South Dakota State on Nov. 18, play Oregon in Puerto Rico in the San Juan Shootout on Nov. 28, play at Rutgers on Dec. 6 and play Texas in Oklahoma City in the SEC-Big 12 Shootout on Dec. 20.
“We’ve put together a nonconference schedule that will test us and show both our strengths and weaknesses,” Arkansas Coach Jimmy Dykes said in a news release. “This is exactly the kind of schedule I need to prepare for the always-tough SEC schedule in January.”
Arkansas plays an exhibition game against Missouri Southern on Nov. 8, then opens the regular season against Southeastern Louisiana on Nov. 13 at Walton Arena.
UA WOMEN’S NONCONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Nov. 9: Missouri Southern (exh.)
Nov. 13: SE Louisiana
Nov. 15: Sam Houston State
Nov. 18: at South Dakota State
Nov. 23: Tulsa
Nov. 27: vs. Louisiana-Lafayette; San Juan, P.R.
Nov. 28: vs. Oregon State; San Juan P.R.
Dec. 6: at Rutgers
Dec. 10: Oral Roberts
Dec. 13: at Butler
Dec. 20: vs. Texas (Oklahoma City);SEC-Big 12 Challenge
Dec. 28: Mississippi Valley State
Dec. 30: New Orleans
ASU men release schedule
The Arkansas State men’s basketball will endure a seven-day, three-game road trip in the season’s first month and play host to five nonconference home games in Coach John Brady’s eighth season as coach.
The Red Wolves, who released their nonconference schedule Thursday, will open the season Nov. 9 with an exhibition game against Henderson State. They’ll open the regular season Nov. 13 at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville and play their first home game Nov. 16 against Lyon College.
ASU’s toughest stretch begins in the final week of November, when it plays at Oregon on Nov. 25, at Baylor on Nov. 27 and at Missouri on Dec. 1. Oregon and Baylor reached the NCAA Tournament last season.
The Red Wolves return home to play North Dakota State on Dec. 4 and follow that with home games against Arkansas-Monticello (Dec. 12) and Central Arkansas (Dec. 22). They also host Jackson State on Nov. 22.
ASU’s other nonconference road games come at Savannah State (Nov. 18) and Tennessee-Martin (Dec. 18).
“Our team learned a great deal about itself last season, and opposed to having 12 new players, we now have a team of 12 experienced guys,” Brady said. “This team realizes what it needs to accomplish his year and is working extremely hard to reach that goal.”
The Red Wolves went 11-18 overall and 6-14 in the Sun Belt last season.
ASU MEN’S NONCONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Nov. 9: Henderson State;Jonesboro
Nov. 13: at SIU-Edwardsville
Nov. 16: Lyon College
Nov. 18: at Savannah State
Nov. 22: Jackson State
Nov. 25: at Oregon
Nov. 27: at Baylor
Dec. 1: at Missouri
Dec. 4: North Dakota State
Dec. 12: Arkansas-Monticello
Dec. 18: at Tenn.-Martin
Dec. 22: Central Arkansas
Motor sports
Comp Cams Series heads to Crowley’s Ridge, I-30
The Comp Cams Super Dirt Series will visit two of Arkansas’ tightest and most competitive tracks this weekend: Crowley’s Ridge Raceway in Paragould and I-30 Speedway in Little Rock.
The late model series will be at Crowley’s Ridge tonight and at I-30 on Saturday night. Series points leader Jack Sullivan of Greenbrier has won two of the past three times the series has visited I-30, while Trumann’s Kyle Beard, the two-time defending series champ who trails Sullivan by 57 points, won last year at Crowley’s Ridge.
Gates open at 4:30 tonight at Crowley’s Ridge, with racing starting at 7:30 p.m. Adult grandstand admission is $20, while children ages 6-12 get in for $10 and children 5 and younger get in free. Modifieds, street stocks and mini-mods also will compete.
Gates open at 5 p.m. Saturday at I-30, with racing starting at 7:30 p.m. Adult grandstand admission is $20, $2 for children ages 6-12 and children ages 5 and younger get in free. Pit passes are $30.