FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas will host Texas-San Antonio in North Little Rock in the coming basketball season.
The game between the Razorbacks and Roadrunners will be played Saturday, Dec. 15, at Verizon Arena, according to the UTSA schedule that was released Tuesday. Other details, such as broadcast plans and a game time, have not been finalized. Arkansas' past three games in North Little Rock have not been televised or been made available for an Internet stream because of conference broadcast partnerships and costs associated with independently broadcasting games off-campus.
UTSA was 20-15 overall and 11-7 in Conference USA last season, and advanced to the second round of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.
The Roadrunners return their two leading scorers from a year ago in sophomore guards Jhivvan Jackson (18.4 points per game) - the reigning Conference USA freshman of the year - and Keaton Wallace (11.4). UTSA also welcomes back forward Adrian Rodriguez, a redshirt freshman who scored 10 points in 14 minutes before suffering a season-ending injury in the Roadrunners' season opener against East Central last November.
UTSA is coached by Steve Henson, who is 34-34 in two seasons. Henson was a longtime assistant coach to Lon Kruger, spending a combined 15 seasons with him at Illinois, UNLV and Oklahoma, and with the NBA's Atlanta Hawks.
Arkansas is 5-0 all-time against UTSA. The Razorbacks won 104-71 in the most recent meeting on Jan. 4, 2014, in Fayetteville.
The UTSA date is the 29th known for Arkansas in the coming season. The Razorbacks are expected to play 31 regular-season games but have not released their non-conference schedule. Most known dates have come via releases at other schools or the Southeastern Conference.
Arkansas 2018-19 Basketball Schedule - Known Dates
Nov. 9 - vs. Texas (El Paso, Texas)
Nov. 12 - California-Davis
Nov. 18 - Indiana
Nov. 21 - Montana State
Nov. 23 - Texas-Arlington
Dec. 5 - at Colorado State
Dec. 8 - Western Kentucky
Dec. 15 - Texas-San Antonio (North Little Rock)
Dec. 22 - Texas State
Dec. 28 - Austin Peay
Jan. 5 - at Texas A&M
Jan. 9 - Florida
Jan. 12 - LSU
Jan. 15 - at Tennessee
Jan. 19 - at Ole Miss
Jan. 23 - Missouri
Jan. 26 - at Texas Tech
Jan. 29 - Georgia
Feb. 2 - at LSU
Feb. 5 - Vanderbilt
Feb. 9 - at South Carolina
Feb. 12 - at Missouri
Feb. 16 - Mississippi State
Feb. 20 - at Auburn
Feb. 23 - Texas A&M
Feb. 26 - at Kentucky
March 2 - Ole Miss
March 6 - at Vanderbilt
March 9 - Alabama