UALR vs.
Texas-Arlington
WHEN 5 p.m.
WHERE Jack Stephens Center, Little Rock
RECORDS UALR 7-8, 4-0 Sun Belt Conference; Texas-Arlington 8-7, 2-2
RADIO KARN-AM, 920, in Little Rock
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
UALR
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Monique Townson, 5-6, Sr. 7.7 4.0 G Raeyana DeGray, 6-0, Jr. 8.9 5.3 G Tori Lasker, 5-7, Fr. 5.9 2.5 F Anna Hurlburt, 6-1, So. 2.7 3.2 F Keanna Keys, 6-1, Sr. 7.7 5.0 COACH Joe Foley (296-161 in 15th season at UALR, 752-242 overall in 30 seasons)
TEXAS-ARLINGTON
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Laurynn McGowen, 5-6, Jr. 7.5 2.7 G Crystal Allen, 5-9, Sr. 13.1 2.6 G Shelby Richards, 5-11, Sr. 8.7 3.0 G Asia Evans, 5-6, Soph. 4.3 1.5 C Rebekah VanDijk, 6-5, Sr. 11.5 8.9 COACH Krista Gerlich (66-70 in fifth season at Texas-Arlington, 234-123 overall in 12 seasons)
TEAM COMPARISON
UALR UTA 58.1 Points for 61.6 56.0 Points against 65.4 +2.3 Rebound margin -4.6 +2.1 Turnover margin -0.4 40.6 FG pct. 38.4 25.3 3-pt pct. 29.2 76.1 FT pct. 61.6 CHALK TALK UALR’s scoring defense (56.0 points allowed per game) ranks first in the Sun Belt and 18th nationally. … Texas-Arlington’s Rebekah VanDijk needs 19 rebounds to become the first player in program history with 1,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds. She already has 1,411 career points.
— Brooks Kubena
Arkansas State
vs. Texas State
WHEN 5 p.m.
WHERE First National Bank Arena, Jonesboro RECORDS Arkansas State 8-7, 3-1 Sun Belt Conference; Texas State 10-5, 3-1
RADIO KNEA-FM, 95.3, in Jonesboro
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
ARKANSAS STATE
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Jada Ford, 5-8, Soph. 10.0 1.7 G Morgan Wallace, 5-10, Fr. 5.1 3.2 G Akasha Westbrook, 5-10, Jr. 13.1 5.3 F Lauren Bradshaw, 6-2, Sr. 8.3 5.4 F Lycia Peevy, 6-2, Fr. 4.3 3.1 COACH Brian Boyer (314-261 in 19th season at ASU and overall
TEXAS STATE
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Taeler Deer, 5-5, Sr. 15.1 4.9 G Toshua Leavitt, 5-4, Jr. 18.5 1.9 G Brooke Holle, 5-7, Soph. 11.7 4.7 F Ericka May, 5-10, Sr. 6.6 7.9 F Ti’Aira Pitts, 6-1, Sr. 8.4 4.6 COACH Zenarae Antoine (98-104 in seven seasons at Texas State and overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
ASU TXST 65.5 Points for 72.3 73.0 Points against 59.2 -2.7 Rebound margin -0.4 +1.0 Turnover margin +5.7 37.6 FG pct. 41.3 29.6 3-pt pct. 36.9 66.6 FT pct. 73.8 CHALK TALK Arkansas State has won two
consecutive Sun Belt games, winning those games by an average of 13.3 points. … Texas State’s Toshua Leavitt, who was named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week for the second time this season last week, averages 4.6 three-pointers per game. That leads the nation and is on pace to break the NCAA
record (4.5).
Arkansas at Georgia
WHEN 6 p.m. Central
WHERE Stegeman Coliseum, Athens, Ga.
RECORDS Georgia 14-2, 2-1 SEC; Arkansas 10-6, 1-2
SERIES Georgia leads 31-5
RADIO Razorback Sports Network
INTERNET SEC Network-Plus
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
ARKANSAS
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Malica Monk, 5-5, Jr. 16.6 3.6 G Devin Cosper, 5-10, Sr. 16.7 7.2 G Jailyn Mason, 5-9, So. 10.0 4.2 F Bailey Zimmerman, 6-0, Jr. 2.4 2.8 F Kiara Williams, 6-1, So. 7.8 7.8 COACH Mike Neighbors (10-6 in first season at Arkansas, 108-47 overall in fifth season)
GEORGIA
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Taja Cole, 5-7, So. 7.8 2.6 G Haley Clark, 5-9, Sr. 4.3 2.4 G Que Morrison, 5-7, Fr. 8.9 4.8 F Mackenzie Engram, 6-2, Sr. 11.9 6.3 F Caliya Robinson, 6-3, Jr. 12.3 6.9 COACH Joni Taylor (51-27 in three seasons at Georgia and overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
Georgia Arkansas 72.2 Points for 70.9 56.8 Points against 69.4 +6.3 Rebound margin -1.2 +2.9 Turnover margin +2.4 44.7 FG pct. 37.8 35.4 3-pt pct. 30.0 64.9 FT pct. 67.4 CHALK TALK Devin Cosper posted her seventh double-double and fifth 20-plus point effort against Alabama on Sunday. … Georgia has won nine of the past 10 meetings against Arkansas and has lost to the Razorbacks only twice (1990 and 2009) at home.
At a glance
STATE COLLEGE
BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
All times Central
TODAY’S GAMES
MEN
Philander Smith at Lane College, 5 p.m. Texas-Arlington at UALR, 7 p.m. Texas State at Arkansas State, 7:30 p.m. Ark.-Fort Smith at St. Edward’s, 7:30 p.m. Arkansas Tech at Henderson State, 7:30 p.m. Harding at Southern Arkansas, 7:30 p.m. Ark.-Monticello at Ouachita Baptist, 7:30 p.m. Belhaven at Ozarks, 7:30 p.m. Lindenwood-Belleville at Lyon College, 7:30 p.m.
Harris-Stowe State at Central Baptist College, 7:30 p.m.
Park at Williams Baptist, 7:20 p.m. John Brown at Texas Wesleyan, 8 p.m.
WOMEN
Texas-Arlington at UALR, 5 p.m. Texas State at Arkansas State, 5 p.m. Ark.-Fort Smith at St. Edward’s, 5:30 p.m. Ark.-Monticello at Ouachita Baptist, 5:30 p.m. Arkansas Tech at Henderson State, 5:30 p.m. Harding at Southern Arkansas, 5:30 p.m. Belhaven at Ozarks, 5:30 p.m. Lindenwood-Belleville at Lyon College, 5:30 p.m.
Harris-Stowe State at Central Baptist College, 5:30 p.m.
Park at Williams Baptist, 5:30 p.m. Arkansas at Georgia, 6 p.m. John Brown at Texas Wesleyan, 6 p.m.
FRIDAY’S GAMES
MEN
Hendrix at Birmingham-Southern, 8 p.m.
WOMEN
Hendrix at Birmingham-Southern, 6 p.m.