UAPB men at Texas Southern
WHEN 7:30 p.m. Central WHERE Health and Physical Education Arena, Houston RECORDS UAPB 6-13, 6-0 Southwestern Athletic Conference; Texas Southern 4-15, 4-2 TV AT&T SPORTSNET SW RADIO KUAP-FM, 89.7, in Pine Bluff
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
UAPB POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G M. McKnight, 6-4, Jr. 19.7 3.8 G Charles Jackson, 6-5, Jr. 8.9 2.6 G Cameron Posey, 6-2, Fr. 3.4 1.8 F Travon Harper, 6-8, Sr. 9.7 4.8 F Trent Steen, 6-8, Sr. 7.6 3.4 COACH George Ivory (80-195 in 10th season at UAPB and overall) TEXAS SOUTHERN POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Donte Clark, 6-4, Gr. 16.7 5.5 G Brian Carey, 5-10, Soph. 3.6 1.8 G Cainan McClelland, 6-4, Fr. 2.3 1.1 F Marquis Salmon, 6-8, Sr. 3.8 4.4 F Lamont Walker, 6-5, Sr. 5.4 4.9 COACH Mike Davis (103-84 in sixth season at Texas Southern, 340-236 in 18 seasons overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
UAPB TSU 64.1 Points for 75.1 74.3 Points against 83.7 -9.2 Rebound margin -3.1 -0.1 Turnover margin -2.4 42.3 FG pct. 42.2 33.9 3-pt. pctFT. 34.8 68.3 pct. 72.3 CHALK TALK UAPB has started the Southwestern Athletic Conference season 6-0 for the first time in Coach George Ivory’s 10-year tenure, and the Golden Lions are alone atop the conference standings after Jackson State’s 72-45 loss to Grambling State on Saturday. … UAPB junior guard Martaveous McKnight scored a career-high 39 points in the Golden Lions’ 72-66 victory at Prairie View A&M on Saturday, shooting 13 of 20 (65 percent) with 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and a block. McKnight now leads the SWAC with 19.7 points per game. … Texas Southern is first in the SWAC in scoring offense (75.1 points per game) and last in scoring defense (83.7 points allowed per game). Donte Clark is third in the SWAC with 16.7 points per game, and Trayvon Reed’s 9.8 rebounds per game leads the conference.
— Brooks Kubena
UAPB women at Texas Southern
WHEN 5:30 p.m. Central WHERE Health and Physical Education Arena, Houston, Texas RECORDS UAPB 3-13, 1-5 SWAC; Texas Southern 9-8, 4-2 RADIO KUAP-FM, 89.7, in Pine Bluff
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
UAPB POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Destiny Brewton, 5-7, Sr. 8.2 2.6 G Trasity Totten, 5-10, Fr. 4.8 1.8 G Malaik Muhammad, 5-6, Sr. 6.9 2.1 F K. Darden, 5-11, Soph. 2.0 3.0 F Faith Ohanta, 5-10, Sr. 13.1 8.8 COACH Nate Kilbert (47-118 in six seasons at UAPB, 169-318 overall in 17 seasons) TEXAS SOUTHERN POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Joyce Kennerson, 5-4, Jr. 25.6 3.0 G Breasia McElrath, 6-0, Jr. 4.1 5.9 G Kaitlyn Palmer, 5-8, Sr. 13.5 3.1 G Camille Mills, 5-6, Sr. 4.7 5.7 F Nycole Smith, 5-11, Sr. 1.3 2.8 COACH Johnetta Hayes-Perry (90-53 in fourth season at Texas Southern and overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
UAPB TSU 54.1 Points for 64.6 71.8 Points against 60.7 -3.5 Rebound margin +3.5 -4.7 Turnover margin -2.4 33.7 FG pct. 41.7 19.1 3-pt. pctFT. 34.1 67.4 pct. 69.2 CHALK TALK UAPB has lost five consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference games, and Texas Southern is third in the SWAC standings. … UAPB senior forward Faith Ohanta scored 18 points in the Golden Lions’ 64-52 loss to Prairie View A&M on Saturday with 14 rebounds … Texas Southern’s Joyce Kennerson leads NCAA Division I women’s basketball with 25.6 points per game.