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Conference Overall W L PCT L10 STREAK PF PA TP W L PCT L10 STREAK PF PA TP Georgia Southern 6 0 1.000 - W6 82.2 74.0 6 13 6 0.684 9-1 W7 79.4 72.4 19 Arkansas State 4 2 0.667 - W2 71.8 69.7 6 13 6 0.684 6-4 W2 74.5 69.2 19 Coastal Carolina 4 2 0.667 - L1 69.3 70.0 6 9 10 0.474 6-4 L1 72.4 72.1 19 Georgia State 4 2 0.667 - W3 78.3 75.3 6 11 7 0.611 6-4 W3 75.1 70.1 18 UTA 4 2 0.667 - W2 79.7 75.0 6 14 5 0.737 8-2 W2 76.7 70.3 19 Little Rock 3 3 0.500 - W1 69.2 68.5 6 12 7 0.632 5-5 W1 72.7 68.2 19 Louisiana 3 3 0.500 - W1 75.0 73.5 6 13 6 0.684 6-4 W1 83.0 72.4 19 Texas State 3 3 0.500 - L1 69.3 68.8 6 10 8 0.556 6-4 L1 69.1 64.2 18 South Alabama 2 4 0.333 - L2 73.8 77.7 6 9 10 0.474 3-7 L2 71.7 70.3 19 Troy 2 4 0.333 - L2 80.2 77.8 6 10 10 0.500 4-6 L2 79.8 71.6 20 Appalachian State 1 5 0.167 - L2 70.0 76.8 6 6 11 0.353 4-6 L2 78.1 73.5 17 ULM 0 6 0.000 - L6 60.0 71.7 6 6 13 0.316 2-8 L6 67.4 69.8 19

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Elite Level JANUARY 21 (SATURDAY) JANUARY 23 (MONDAY) The Sun Belt and the Mountain West are the only mid- Georgia State 76, Coastal Carolina 56 Coastal Carolina at Georgia Southern* 6:00 PM major conferences that have 3 or more teams in the Top 90 of the latest NCAA RPI (Jan. 21): UTA (#56), A-State Georgia Southern 92, Appalachian State 88 Appalachian State at Georgia State* 6:00 PM (#76) and Georgia Southern (#86). Louisiana 79, Texas State 73 Troy at Little Rock* 6:30 PM UTA 71, ULM 55 South Alabama at Arkansas State* 7:00 PM Together We Rise Little Rock 73, South Alabama 56 ULM at Texas State* 7:00 PM The Sun Belt is in a class of its own as a mid-major basketball league. It is the only mid-major conference Arkansas State 82, Troy 80 Louisiana at UTA* 8:00 PM that had both a first-round pick in the 2014 and 2015 NBA Drafts while also having a team win a game in the JANUARY 16 (MONDAY) JANUARY 28 (SATURDAY) 2015 and 2016 NCAA Tournaments. Below is a list of conferences that accomplished both of those feats: UTA 89, South Alabama 83 UTA at Appalachian State* 2:30 PM ACC Big Ten Big 12 Texas State 75, Troy 71 Texas State at Coastal Carolina* 3:30 PM PAC-12 SEC Sun Belt Georgia Southern 62, ULM 60 Arkansas State at ULM* 4:00 PM Georgia State 101, Louisiana 86 Georgia State at Troy* 4:15 PM Cinderella Lives Here Little Rock’s thrilling 85-83 double-overtime win Georgia Southern at South Alabama* 7:05 PM against No. 5 seed Purdue in the first round of the NCAA JANUARY 14 (SATURDAY) Little Rock at Louisiana* 7:15 PM Tournament last year made it a second year in a row South Alabama 72, Texas State 67 a team from the Sun Belt shocked a top-seeded team. After Georgia State topped No. 3 seed Baylor 57-56 in Coastal Carolina 85, Appalachian State 73 JANUARY 30 (MONDAY) the 2015 tournament, the Sun Belt has now joined an Georgia State 73, ULM 65 Texas State at Appalachian State* 6:00 PM exclusive list of conferences with teams that have won Troy 93, UTA 71 UTA at Coastal Carolina* 6:00 PM games in the 2015 and 2016 NCAA Tournaments: Arkansas State 77, Little Rock 72 Georgia Southern at Troy* 7:00 PM ACC American Atlantic 10 Big East Big Ten Big 12 Georgia Southern 81, Louisiana 76 Arkansas State at Louisiana* 7:00 PM Conference USA Missouri Valley PAC-12 Little Rock at ULM* 7:00 PM SEC Sun Belt West Coast JANUARY 9 (MONDAY) Georgia State at South Alabama* 8:00 PM Postseason Success Appalachian State 70, Arkansas State 57 The Sun Belt has had plenty of success in postseason Coastal Carolina 66, Little Rock 63 FEBRUARY 4 (SATURDAY) tournaments outside of the Big Dance. Recently, ULM Georgia Southern 84, South Alabama 79 Louisiana at Georgia State* 1:15 PM made a run to the 2015 CBI championship series and Troy 80, Georgia State 77 ULM at Georgia Southern* 4:00 PM Louisiana advanced to the CIT quarterfinals in the 2015 season. Last year a record three teams participated in South Alabama at Troy* 4:15 PM the CIT where Louisiana and UTA both advanced to the JANUARY 7 (SATURDAY) Texas State at UTA* 4:30 PM quarterfinals. Georgia State 78, South Alabama 77 Coastal Carolina at Little Rock* 6:00 PM #FunBeltToTheNBA Little Rock 76, Appalachian State 68 Appalachian State at Arkansas State* 7:00 PM One former student-athlete from the Sun Belt is Coastal Carolina 80, Arkansas State 65 currently on an NBA roster. Georgia Southern 86, Troy 82 FEBRUARY 6 (MONDAY) Team Student-Athlete (School) Texas State 81, UTA 73 Louisiana at Georgia Southern* 6:00 PM Orlando Magic Elfrid Payton (LA) Louisiana 69, ULM 60 ULM at Georgia State* 6:00 PM Appalachian State at Little Rock* 7:00 PM In addition there are 4 former Sun Belt student-athletes JANUARY 2 (MONDAY) Coastal Carolina at Arkansas State* 8:00 PM playing professionally in the NBA D-League. Louisiana 69, Little Rock 52 Arkansas State 76, ULM 45 FEBRUARY 11 (SATURDAY) Team Student-Athlete (School) Delaware 87ers Shawn Long (LA) Coastal Carolina 60, Texas State 53 Georgia State at Appalachian State* 2:30 PM Grand Rapids Drive Melvin Johnson (ASU) UTA 84, Appalachian State 69 Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina* 3:30 PM Fort Wayne Mad Ants Anthony Walker (UTA) South Alabama 76, Troy 75 South Alabama at ULM* 4:00 PM Long Island Nets R.J. Hunter (GSU) Little Rock at Texas State* 4:30 PM Arkansas State at UTA* 4:30 PM Troy at Louisiana* 7:15 PM Follow the #funBelt all times are central time and subject to change 1 /SunBeltConference @SunBelt @SunBelt SunBeltsports @SunBelt /SunBeltsports MEDIA SERVICES PLAYER OF THE WEEK CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL Visit www.SunBeltSports.org to find 2017 Sun Belt Conference Men’s Basketball Championship Central. When at the main page, mouse over “Championships” and click on “Men’s Basketball” to be taken to the championship central page.

ANNUAL AWARDS The Sun Belt Conference will name three All- Conference teams and individual honors for Player of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Newcomer of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Coach of the year. All awards are decided upon by a vote at the end of the regular season by the league’s 12 head coaches and select members of the media.

EMAIL LIST-SERVE Media members may request to receive Sun Belt Conference News, Press Releases and Weekly Releases via email. Media should send an email JEREMY HOLLOWELL to [email protected] or mcelwain@ GEORGIA STATE | SENIOR | FORWARD sunbeltsports.org with the subject “Media News” Georgia State senior Jeremy Hollowell led the Panthers to a pair of wins in Louisiana over the requesting to be added to the media distribution weekend. The senior helped ended ULM’s 18-game home court winning streak and then guided the list. Panthers to a 101-86 win at Louisiana. It marked the first time the Ragin’ Cajuns allowed 100 or more points at home since 1990. Against the Warhawks, Hollowell finished with 24 points on 8-of-15 shooting, missing a career-high by just one point. The senior went 8-of-11 from the free throw line BASKETBALL CONTACTS in 38 minutes, while pulling down five rebounds. On Monday, Hollowell scored 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting, knocking down 3-of-4 from 3-point range. He grabbed eight rebounds, just missing his SUN BELT CONFERENCE second career double-double. He led a Georgia State offense that shot 62.1 percent from the floor, Randy Lieberman...... 504-556-0872 (O) [email protected] (C) just outside of the top 10 for best single-game shooting percentage in school history. For the week, Hollowell averaging 21.5 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, shooting 60 percent from the floor with APPALACHIAN STATE three assists and three steals. For the season, he is averaging a team-high 15.9 points per game, Ben Winterrowd...... 828-262-7162 (O) while grabbing 5.4 rebounds per contest. [email protected] (C) ARKANSAS STATE OPP NAME GP-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF-DEF-TOT PF-FO A TO BLK STL PTS Mark Taylor...... 870-372-3547 (O) At ULM 1-1 38 8-15 .533 0-6 .000 8-11 .727 1-4-5 3-0 2 1 1 2 24 [email protected]...... 870-219-5705 (C) At Louisiana 1-1 28 7-10 .700 3-4 .750 2-4 .500 1-7-8 5-1 1 1 0 1 19

COASTAL CAROLINA WEEK TOTALS GP-GS MIN-AVG FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF-DEF-TOT-AVG PF-FO A TO BLK STL PTS-AVG Darrell Orand...... 843-349-6467 (O) 2-2 66 15-25 .600 3-10 .300 10-15 .667 2-11-13-6.5 8-1 3 2 1 3 43-21.5 [email protected]...... 843-333-4067 (C) GEORGIA SOUTHERN Marc Gignac...... 912-478-5288 (O) SUN BELT NOTES [email protected]...... 980-297-9981 (C) Mid-Major Rankings Hervey’s Preseason Awards GEORGIA STATE The Sun Belt was the only conference to feature four UTA junior Kevin Hervey was named to two preseason Mike Holmes...... 404-413-4033 (O) teams in the latest CollegeInisider.com Men’s Mid-Major watch lists prior to the 2016-17 season: [email protected]...... 404-259-9716 (C) Top 25 (#9 UTA, #18 Georgia Southern, #20 Louisiana, Award Type #21 Arkansas State) with Little Rock receiving votes. Julius Erving Award Top small forward LITTLE ROCK Lou Henson Award Top DI mid-major player Patrick Newton...... 501-569-3449 (O) Upset City [email protected]...... 501-859-4537 (C) UTA’s 65-51 win at #12 Saint Mary’s marked a third consecutive year a Sun Belt team defeated an AP Top Cradle of Coaches 25 team. It was also the first regular-season win vs. Experience meets opportunity in the Sun Belt with a mix LOUISIANA an AP Top 25 opponent by a Sun Belt team since 2009. of illustrious coaching careers balanced by first-year Matt Sullivan...... 337-482-6331 (O) Arkansas State’s 78-72 win at Georgetown marked the head coaches and everything in between. Below is a [email protected]...... 985-981-0009 (C) second year in a row a Sun Belt team has won a true list of all coaches in the Sun Belt arranged by career road game against a Big East school, after Litttle Rock Division I wins (through Jan. 21): ULM won 66-44 at DePaul last year. UTA’s victory at Texas was the second time in three seasons a Sun Belt team Coach School Career Wins Greg Hartlage...... 318-342-5461 (O) upset a Big 12 opponent. LR’s 77-62 win vs. Tulsa made Cliff Ellis Coastal Carolina 724 [email protected]...... 704-236-3538 (C) it a fourth consecutive season a Sun Belt team has Bob Marlin Louisiana 345 earned at least one win against an American Athletic Ron Hunter Georgia State 335 SOUTH ALABAMA Conference opponent. Danny Kaspar Texas State 293 Matt Horne...... 251-414-8184 (O) Keith Richard ULM 225 [email protected]...... 912-536-5806 (C) Coaching Pedigree Scott Cross UTA 191 Current Sun Belt head coaches have combined to win Mark Byington Georgia Southern 71 UTA 17 Coach of the Year awards in their careers in six Matthew Graves South Alabama 46 different leagues. Louisiana head coach Bob Marlin is Phil Cunningham Troy 40 Richard Kilwien...... 817-272-2239 (O) the only coach to have won a Coach of the Decade award Jim Fox Appalachian State 27 [email protected]...... 425-765-6120 (C) (Southland, 2000-10). Cliff Ellis is the only Sun Belt Grant McCasland Arkansas State 13 head coach to have ever won a national honor (1999) Wes Flanigan Little Rock 12 TEXAS STATE and, along with Ron Hunter and Keith Richard, to have Phillip Pongratz...... 512-245-4692 (O) previously won Sun Belt Coach of the Year awards. [email protected]...... 931-446-4001 (C) Good Works Scott Cross: Southland, 2012 The NABC and Allstate Insurance announced that Cliff Ellis: Sun Belt, 1979; ACC, 1987 & 1990; SEC 1995 Georgia Southern’s Shawn O’Connell, Georgia State’s TROY & 1999; Big South, 2010 Willie Clayton and Little Rock’s Stetson Billings have Russ Schaffer...... 334-670-5607 (O) Ron Hunter: Summit, 2003 & 2006; Sun Belt, 2014 been nominated for the 2017 Allstate NABC Good Works [email protected]...... 334-670-5607 (C) Danny Kaspar: Southland, 2008 & 2013 Team. The award honors an outstanding group of Bob Marlin: Southland, 2000, 2003 & 2010 student-athletes who represent the sport’s finest in the Keith Richard: Sun Belt, 1999 & 2015 areas of community service and leadership among their peers. The award is familiar to the Sun Belt dating back to two years ago when App State senior Michael Obacha Follow the #funBelt was named to the 2015 team. 2 /SunBeltConference @SunBelt @SunBelt SunBeltsports @SunBelt /SunBeltsports PLAYERS OF THE WEEK CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET Nov. 15...... Kavin Gilder-Tilbury, Texas State Nov. 22...... Donte Thomas, Arkansas State 2017 SUN BELT MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Nov. 29...... Frank Bartley, Louisiana MARCH 8-12 • LAKEFRONT ARENA • NEW ORLEANS, LA presented by Dec. 6...... Kevin Hervey, UTA First Round | Wed 3/8 quarterfinals | fri 3/10 semifinals | sat 3/11 final | sun 3/12 Dec. 13...... Bryce Washington, Louisiana

11:30 AM Jan. 3...... Tookie Brown, Georgia Southern 1 Jan. 10...... Jaylen Shaw, Coastal Carolina

11:30 AM Jan. 17...... Jeremy Hollowell, Georgia State Jan. 24...... 8 11:30 AM 9 Jan. 31...... Feb. 7......

2:00 PM Feb. 14...... 4 Feb. 21...... Feb. 28...... 2:00 PM 5 March 7...... 1:00 PM 12 BY CLASS Seniors...... 3 Juniors...... 4 5:00 PM Sophomores...... 1 2 Freshmen...... 5:00 PM 7 2:00 PM BY POSITION 10 Guards...... 4 Forwards...... 4 7:30 PM Centers...... 3 7:30 PM BY SCHOOL 6 Appalachian State...... 11 Follow the #funBelt all times are central time and subject to change Arkansas State...... 1 /SunBeltConference @SunBelt @SunBelt SunBeltsports @SunBelt @SunBelt /SunBeltsports Coastal Carolina...... 1 Georgia Southern...... 1 Georgia State...... 1 PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS Little Rock...... Preseason Player of the Year: Kevin Hervey (UTA, Junior, Forward, Interdisciplinary Studies) Louisiana...... 2 ULM...... FIRST TEAM SCHOOL CLASS POSITION MAJOR South Alabama...... Devin Carter Arkansas State Senior Guard Interdisciplinary Studies UTA...... 1 Tookie Brown Georgia Southern Sophomore Guard Sport Management Texas State...... 1 Marcus Johnson Jr. Little Rock Senior Guard Criminal Justice Troy...... Kevin Hervey* UTA Junior Forward Interdisciplinary Studies Erick Neal UTA Junior Guard Communication Broadcasting NON-CONFERENCE America East...... 0-1 SECOND TEAM SCHOOL CLASS POSITION MAJOR American Athletic...... 2-2 Elijah Wilson Coastal Carolina Senior Guard Atlantic 10...... 2-3 Mike Hughes Georgia Southern Junior Guard Sport Management Atlantic Coast...... 1-3 Jeremy Hollowell Georgia State Senior Forward Interdisciplinary Studies Atlantic Sun...... 3-3 Ken Williams South Alabama Senior Guard Interdisciplinary Studies Big 12...... 1-2 Wesley Person Troy Junior Guard Global Business Big East...... 1-0 Big Sky...... 2-2 THIRD TEAM SCHOOL CLASS POSITION MAJOR Big South...... 1-2 Ronshad Shabazz Appalachian State Sophomore Guard Undecided Big Ten...... 0-5 Big West...... 1-1 Jay Wright Louisiana Senior Guard General Studies Colonial...... 2-1 Nick Coppola ULM Senior Guard Risk Management & Insurance Conference USA...... 7-5 Kavin Gilder-Tilbury Texas State Senior Forward General Studies Horizon League...... 3-0 Jordon Varnado Troy Sophomore Forward Global Business Ivy...... 1-0 Metro Atlantic...... 0-0 * - Preseason Player of the Year Mid-American...... 1-1 Mid-Eastern...... 7-0 PRESEASON COACHES POLL Missouri Valley...... 1-0 Rk Team...... Points (first-place votes) Mountain West...... 1-1 Northeast...... 1-1 1 UTA...... 140 (10) Ohio Valley...... 6-2 2 Little Rock...... 124 (1) Pac-12...... 0-2 3 Georgia State...... 114 (1) Patriot...... 2-0 4 Georgia Southern...... 111 Southeastern...... 0-10 5 Coastal Carolina...... 88 Southern...... 1-6 6 South Alabama...... 75 Southland...... 8-2 7 Louisiana...... 70 Southwestern...... 8-0 8 ULM...... 59 Summit...... 0-3 9 Troy...... 54 West Coast...... 3-3 Western Athletic...... 1-2 10 Arkansas State...... 46 Non-Division I...... 23-0 11 Appalachian State...... 28 12 Texas State...... 27 Total...... 90-63 (.588) vs. Ranked Opponents...... 1-4 Follow the #funBelt 3 /SunBeltConference @SunBelt @SunBelt SunBeltsports @SunBelt /SunBeltsports TALKING POINTS

APPALACHIAN STATE ARKANSAS STATE COASTAL CAROLINA GEORGIA SOUTHERN 6-11, 1-5 Sun Belt 13-6, 4-2 Sun Belt 9-10, 4-2 Sun Belt 13-6, 6-0 Sun Belt @AppStateMBB @AStateMB @CoastalMBB @GSAthletics_MBB Last Week:.L, 88-92 at Georgia Southern Last Week:...... W, 82-80 vs. Troy Last Week:...... L, 56-76 at Georgia State Last Week:...... W, 62-60 at ULM Next Week:...... Jan. 23 at Georgia State Next Week..... Jan. 23 vs. South Alabama Next Week:..Jan. 23 at Georgia Southern ...... W, 92-88 vs. Appalachian State ..Jan. 28 vs. UTA | Jan. 30 vs. Texas State ...... Jan. 28 at ULM | Jan. 30 at Louisiana ..Jan. 28 vs. Texas State | Jan. 30 vs. UTA Next Week:...... Jan. 23 Coastal Carolina Last Five:...... 1-4 Last Five:...... 3-2 Last Five:...... 4-1 .... Jan. 28 at South Alabama | Jan. 30 vs. Troy Last Five:...... 5-0 • Appalachian is averaging a confer- • The Red Wolves are 10-0 when reach- • CCU’s leading scorer, Elijah Wilson, ence-leading 15.1 assists per game. ing 55 points first. A-State is 3-6 when jumped up two spots on the school’s • Georgia Southern returns all five opponents reach 55 points first, with all-time scoring list with his 19-point starters and 11 lettermen. 94 percent • Ronshad Shabazz netted a ca- the wins coming at Central Arkansas performance in the win over Appala- of the Eagles’ scoring and rebounding reer-high 36 points on 13-for-24 and Little Rock. chian State. He enters Saturday with is back in uniform. Walk-ons James shooting from the field in Saturday’s 1,642 points. He continues to be the Holder and Dominique Holder are the loss at Georgia Southern. In the last • A-State is 6-0 in games decided by leading scorer for CCU at 14.5 points team’s lone seniors. four minutes of the game, Shabazz six or fewer points this season. The per game. was 6-for-7 from the floor. Red Wolves entered this season with a • The Eagles’ seven-game winning 120-137 record in such games dating • Coastal Carolina’s win vs. Appalachian streak is their longest win streak • According to Ken Pomeroy, Appala- back to the 1991-92 season, the first State was the 800th career victory for since the 2003-04 season, when it won chian State is the 13th-youngest team year in the Sun Belt.. head coach Cliff Ellis (NCAA Division 13 in a row. in the country in terms of experience I and NAIA combined). His coach- (338/351). • Rashad Lindsey scored 27 points in ing stops include CCU (180 wins), • Georgia Southern features the Sun the conference opener against Loui- Cumberland (78 wins), South Alabama Belt’s top two scorers in sophomores siana, the most by any A-State player (171) Clemson (177) and Auburn (186). Ike Smith (19.8 ppg) and Tookie Brown in his conference debut (1936-2017 (18.3 ppg). in Southland, American South or Sun • Coastal Carolina’s win at Texas State Belt game). was its first Sun Belt Conference win since joining the league prior to the 2016-17 season. It was also CCU’s first road win of the season.

GEORGIA STATE LITTLE ROCK LOUISIANA ULM 11-7, 4-2 Sun Belt 12-7, 3-3 Sun Belt 13-6, 3-3 Sun Belt 6-13, 0-6 Sun Belt @GeorgiaStateMBB @LittleRockMBB @RaginCajunsMBB @ULM_MBB Last Week:...... W, 101-86 at Louisiana Last Week:...W, 73-56 vs. South Alabama Last Week:.....L, 86-101 vs. Georgia State Last Week:..... L, 60-62 vs. Georgia Southern ...... W, 76-56 vs. Coastal Carolina Next Week:...... Jan. 23 vs. Troy ...... W, 79-73 at Texas State ...... L, 55-71 at UTA Next Week:..... Jan. 23 vs. Appalachian State ...... Jan. 28 at Louisiana | Jan. 30 at ULM Next Week:...... Jan. 23 at UTA Next Week:...... Jan. 23 at Texas State ..... Jan. 28 at Troy | Jan. 30 at South Alabama Last Five:...... 2-3 . Jan. 28 vs. Little Rock | Jan. 30 vs. Arkansas State . Jan. 28 vs. Arkansas State | Jan. 30 vs. Little Rock Last Five:...... 4-1 Last Five:...... 3-2 Last Five:...... 0-5 • Little Rock’s win percentage of .778 • Senior Jeremy Hollowell, last week’s (42-12) since the start of the 2015-16 • Louisiana defeated Pepperdine and • ULM posted back-to-back 20-win Sun Belt Player of the Week, has season ranks 16th nationally. . reached the 10-win mark before open- seasons for just the third time in scored 20 or more points in a game ing conference play for the first time school history and the first-time since seven times this year and is averaging • The team’s road win % of .682 (15-7) since the 1990-91 season. 1989-90, 90-91. The Warhawks won 24 a team-high 15.9 points per game. over the same span is tied for 12th games two years ago and had 20 wins nationally. Its 15 true road wins since • Bryce Washington is the lone last season. • Ron Hunter enters Monday with 114 the start of the 2015-16 season are student-athlete in the Sun Belt Con- wins at Georgia State, the most in tied for the eighth most nationally. ference that is currently averaging a • The Warhawks are 32-6 over their last program history. He is one of just double-double (14.1 points per game, two and half seasons inside Fant-Ew- seven coaches to be the all-time • Little Rock leads the Sun Belt Confer- 12.1 rebounds per game). ing Coliseum. winningest coach at multiple NCAA ence in free throw shooting percent- DI schools. age (.743) and is shooting 82.7 percent • Head coach Bob Marlin moved into • Senior Nick Coppola is just eight in league games. Little Rock made 18 fifth place on Louisiana’s all-time win assists away from becoming just • Since the 2013-14 season, Georgia of 20 free throws (.900) in its win over list, surpassing former head coach the sixth active NCAA Division I stu- State has had the best win-loss South Alabama (1/21), tying it for the Jessie Evans, with his 119th career dent-athlete to have 1,000 points and record of any program in the state of third best single-game percentage of win vs. ULM. 500 assists in his career. He eclipsed Georgia with a 77-40 record during the Jack Stephens Center era. the 1,000-point mark earlier this that time. season when he scored a season-high 23 points against Jacksonville State on December 10.

SOUTH ALABAMA UTA TEXAS STATE TROY 9-10, 2-4 Sun Belt 14-5, 4-2 Sun Belt 10-8, 3-3 Sun Belt 10-10, 2-4 Sun Belt @SouthAlaMBK @UTAMAVS @TXStateMBB @TroyMensHoops Last Week:...... L, 83-89 vs. UTA Last Week:....W, 89-83 at South Alabama Last Week:...... W, 75-71 at Troy Last Week:...... L, 71-75 vs. Texas State ...... L, 56-73 at Little Rock ...... W, 71-55 vs. ULM ...... L, 73-79 vs. Louisiana ...... L, 80-82 at Arkansas State Next Week:...... Jan. 23 at Arkansas State Next Week:...... Jan. 23 vs. Louisiana Next Week:...... Jan. 23 vs. ULM Next Week:...... Jan. 23 at Little Rock .....Jan. 28 vs. Georgia Southern | Jan. 30 vs. Georgia State ..Jan. 28 at Appalachian State | Jan. 30 at Coastal Carolina ..Jan. 28 at Coastal Carolina | Jan. 30 at Appalachian State .....Jan. 28 vs. Georgia State | Jan. 30 vs. Georgia Southern Last Five:...... 1-4 Last Five:...... 3-2 Last Five:...... 2-3 Last Five:...... 2-3

• South Alabama has lost seven of • The Mavericks are a perfect 7-0 at • Kavin Gilder-Tilbury scored a team- • Jeremy Hollimon has now scored in the last eight to Arkansas State, home and take a 10-game home win high 22 points, 15 coming in the double-digits for 15-straight games. but the one win came in 2014-15 in streak into Saturday’s game against second half, vs. Louisiana. The senior The senior had clutch free throws Jonesboro. ULM. UTA’s last home loss was on moved into 15th place on the school’s down the stretch en route to 15 points Feb. 20, 2016 against ULM (61-64). career scoring list. on 5-7 shooting.. • The Jaguars have allowed 10 of their last 11 Division I opponents to shoot • UTA’s 65-51 win at No. 12 Saint Mary’s • ULM leads the all-time series 28-19 • Wesley Person comes from a distin- 50 percent or better in the second was the program’s first-ever against over Texas State. The Warhawks have guished basketball background. His half after the Trojans went 13 for 25 a team ranked among the Associated won four straight meetings. The Bob- father, Wesley Person Sr., and uncle, (52.0%) after intermission. Those 11 Press Top 25. The Mavericks were cats’ last victory came on Feb. 6, 2014 Chuck Person, were both standouts at teams are converting a combined 0-for-28 prior to the win, dating back at home by the score of 65-57. Auburn, and went on to have success- 54.4 percent from the fl oor and 42.0 to the school’s first season in Division ful careers in the NBA. percent from 3-point land. I - 1959-60. • Texas State is 6-3 this season and 286-173 (62.3%) all-time in Strahan • Troy returns 80.6 percent of scoring • Dederick Lee set a new career high • Scott Cross is the second-longest Coliseum following the team’s six- from last season, which represents vs. Little Rock with eight points — tenured active head coach among the point loss to Louisiana. a 32.9 percent increase from last all in the second half — on 3-for-4 19 NCAA Division I programs in the season (47.7 percent). shooting overall and 2-for-2 on 3s. He state of Texas (11 years). He is also also had a team-best four assists and the longest tenured coach in the Sun two steals. Lee has 11 assists and just Belt. four turnovers in his last two games.

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Nov. 11 Thomas University at Georgia State 6:00 PM Jan. 2 Louisiana at Little Rock 8:00 PM http://es.pn/2huc5M6 Nov. 11 Arkansas State at North Dakota State 7:00 PM Jan. 16 UTA at South Alabama 2:00 PM http://es.pn/2hq4Whq Nov. 11 Coastal Carolina at Alabama 8:00 PM Mar. 12 Sun Belt Championship Game 1:00 PM Nov. 14 Eastern Illinois at Troy 7:00 PM Nov. 20 Georgia Southern at Mercer 1:00 PM http://es.pn/2frA25y Nov. 30 Wright State at Georgia State 6:00 PM http://es.pn/2eX5pTU Dec. 1 USF at Troy 7:00 PM http://es.pn/2fjQXZC Dec. 3 Western Carolina at Appalachian State 2:30 PM http://es.pn/2gv0cI7 Dec. 4 Alabama State at Troy 5:15 PM http://es.pn/2gi5JPq Dec. 10 Georgia Southwestern at Georgia State 1:00 PM http://es.pn/2gFGEgc Dec. 10 South Alabama at Stetson 6:00 PM http://es.pn/2fNvmJb Dec. 14 Alabama A&M at Georgia State 6:00 PM http://es.pn/2ggnG37 Dec. 16 UTA at Bradley 7:00 PM http://es.pn/2gW3F30 Dec. 17 Texas State at Tulsa 7:00 PM http://es.pn/2fIqQZr Dec. 15 Appalachian State at NC State 6:00 PM http://es.pn/2gtMphL Dec. 19 Little Rock at Oral Roberts 7:00 PM http://es.pn/2gJRgOQ Dec. 23 Texas State at Tulane 1:00 PM http://es.pn/2gMHrzv Dec. 28 UMass at Georgia State 1:00 PM http://es.pn/2gYUETA Jan. 7 South Alabama at Georgia State 1:15 PM http://es.pn/2gzoSvr Jan. 9 Troy at Georgia State 6:00 PM http://es.pn/2hcSU8l Jan. 14 UTA at Troy 4:15 PM http://es.pn/2hQZrJG Jan. 16 Texas State at Troy 7:00 PM http://es.pn/2hpYBCX Jan. 21 Coastal Carolina at Georgia State 1:15 PM http://es.pn/2jbdR5k Jan. 21 Appalachian State at Georgia Southern 4:00 PM http://es.pn/2iWe8cG Jan. 21 ULM at UTA 4:30 PM http://es.pn/2iahJSF Jan. 21 Troy at Arkansas State 7:00 PM http://es.pn/2jmvWN1 Nov. 17 Arkansas State at Georgetown 5:30 PM Jan. 23 Coastal Carolina at Georgia Southern 6:00 PM http://es.pn/2jwpYx8 Jan. 23 Appalachian State at Georgia State 6:00 PM http://es.pn/2iXuTpT Jan. 23 South Alabama at Arkansas State 7:00 PM http://es.pn/2i7hlsU Jan. 28 UTA at Appalachian State 2:30 PM http://es.pn/2j1adxA Jan. 28 Georgia State at Troy 4:15 PM http://es.pn/2iWc3xn Jan. 28 Georgia Southern at South Alabama 7:05 PM http://es.pn/2iapUOG Jan. 30 Texas State at Appalachian State 6:00 PM http://es.pn/2i7haOf Jan. 30 Georgia Southern at Troy 7:00 PM http://es.pn/2ianYpx Feb. 4 Louisiana at Georgia State 1:15 PM Feb. 4 South Alabama at Troy 4:15 PM Feb. 4 Appalachian State at Arkansas State 7:00 PM Feb. 6 Louisiana at Georgia Southern 6:00 PM Nov. 14 Georgia State at Auburn 8:00 PM Feb. 6 ULM at Georgia State 6:00 PM Nov. 15 Appalachian State at Tennessee 6:00 PM http://es.pn/2f2stEJ Feb. 6 Coastal Carolina at Arkansas State 7:00 PM Nov. 18 UTA at Arkansas 7:00 PM http://es.pn/2fDpEM0 Feb. 11 Georgia State at Appalachian State 2:30 PM Dec. 4 Georgia State at Mississippi State 4:00 PM http://es.pn/2gyaBCT Feb. 11 Troy at Louisiana 7:15 PM Dec. 14 Louisiana at Georgia 5:00 PM http://es.pn/2fIGMut Feb. 13 Georgia Southern at Appalachian State 6:00 PM Dec. 15 Coastal Carolina at Auburn 8:00 PM http://es.pn/2gFNodZ Feb. 17 Little Rock at Arkansas State 7:30 PM Dec. 21 Little Rock at Florida 6:00 PM http://es.pn/2ggtGZE Feb. 18 UTA at Georgia State 1:15 PM Dec. 21 Arkansas State at Alabama 8:00 PM http://es.pn/2gFR7se Feb. 18 Louisiana at ULM 4:00 PM Dec. 22 South Alabama at Ole Miss 8:00 PM http://es.pn/2ggNPOR Feb. 18 Coastal Carolina at Troy 4:15 PM Feb. 20 Texas State at Georgia State 6:00 PM Feb. 20 Appalachian State at Troy 7:00 PM Feb. 25 ULM at Appalachian State 2:30 PM Feb. 25 Georgia Southern at Arkansas State 7:00 PM Feb. 27 Louisiana at Appalachian State 6:00 PM Feb. 27 Georgia State at Arkansas State 7:00 PM Mar. 2 Arkansas State at Troy 7:30 PM Mar. 4 Georgia Southern at Georgia State 1:15 PM Mar. 4 Coastal Carolina at Appalachian State 2:30 PM Nov. 11 Louisiana at Minnesota 7:00 PM Mar. 4 Little Rock at Troy 4:15 PM Nov. 14 UTA at Minnesota 7:00 PM Mar. 4 UTA at Louisiana 7:15 PM Nov. 18 Georgia State at Purdue 6:00 PM Mar. 8 First Round 11:30 AM Dec. 9 Georgia Southern vs. Minnesota 8:00 PM Mar. 8 First Round 2:00 PM Dec. 23 Arkansas State at Minnesota 6:00 PM Mar. 8 First Round 5:00 PM Mar. 8 First Round 7:30 PM Mar. 10 Quarterfinals 11:30 AM Mar. 10 Quarterfinals 2:00 PM Mar. 10 Quarterfinals 5:00 PM Mar. 10 Quarterfinals 7:30 PM Mar. 11 Semifinals 11:30 AM Mar. 11 Semifinals 2:00 PM Nov. 14 ULM at Texas 7:00 PM Nov. 29 UTA at Texas 7:00 PM http://es.pn/2fW51I1

Jan. 9 Little Rock at Coastal Carolina 6:00 PM http://es.pn/2ggUGHT Jan. 23 Louisiana at UTA 8:00 PM http://es.pn/2iXrxDo Jan. 30 Georgia State at South Alabama 8:00 PM http://es.pn/2ixsIWZ Nov. 17 ULM at Colorado 7:00 PM Feb. 6 Appalachian State at Little Rock 8:00 PM Dec. 17 Troy at USC 9:30 PM Feb. 13 Little Rock at UTA 8:00 PM Feb. 20 UTA at Georgia Southern 6:00 PM Feb. 27 Georgia Southern at Little Rock 8:00 PM

Nov. 22 Georgia State vs. NJIT 11:30 AM http://bit.ly/2eoZxE7 Nov. 23 Georgia State vs. EKU/Idaho State TBA http://bit.ly/2gh9M0K Follow the #funBelt 5 /SunBeltConference @SunBelt @SunBelt SunBeltsports @SunBelt /SunBeltsports APPALACHIAN STATE MOUNTAINEERS ARKANSAS STATE RED WOLVES Overall: 6-11 | Sun Belt: 1-5 Overall: 13-6 | Sun Belt: 4-2 Home: 5-2 | Away: 1-9 | Neutral: 0-0 Home: 7-0 | Away: 5-5 | Neutral: 1-1

DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/RESULT DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/RESULT Nov. 12 at Davidson at Davidson, N.C. L, 74-86 Nov. 11 at North Dakota State Fargo, N.D. L, 66-76 Nov. 15 at Tennessee at Knoxville, Tenn. L, 94-103 Nov. 14 (1) Central Baptist Jonesboro, Ark. W, 100-57 Nov. 17 Warren Wilson College Boone, N.C. W, 119-51 Nov. 17 (1) at Georgetown Washington, D.C. W, 78-72 Nov. 23 at Hartford at Hartford, Conn. W, 70-61 Nov. 19 (1) at Army West Point, N.Y. W, 60-57 Nov. 26 at Duke at Durham, N.C. L, 58-93 Nov. 20 (1) vs. Chattanooga West Point, N.Y. W, 73-67 Nov. 28 at Charlotte at Charlotte, N.C. L, 72-80 Nov. 22 SIU-Edwardsville Jonesboro, Ark. W, 75-57 Dec. 3 Western Carolina Boone, N.C. L, 53-58 Nov. 27 Lehigh Jonesboro, Ark. W, 97-89 Dec. 11 Montreat College Boone, N.C. W, 116-57 Nov. 30 Cleveland State Jonesboro, Ark. W, 78-51 Dec. 15 at NC State at Raleigh, N.C. L, 64-97 Dec. 3 at TCU Fort Worth, Texas L, 54-77 Dec. 17 James Madison Boone, N.C. W, 73-61 (OT) Dec. 14 at UT Martin Martin, Tenn. W, 87-68 Dec. 21 Hampton Boone, N.C. W, 88-67 Dec. 16 at Central Arkansas Conway, Ark. W, 89-77 Dec. 31 at Texas State * at San Marcos, Texas L, 58-67 Dec. 21 (2) at Alabama Huntsville, Ala. L, 52-67 Jan. 2 at UTA * at Arlington, Texas L, 69-84 Dec. 23 at Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. L, 75-82 Jan. 7 Little Rock * Boone, N.C. L, 68-76 Dec. 31 Louisiana * Jonesboro, Ark. W, 74-71 Jan. 9 Arkansas State * Boone, N.C. W, 70-57 Jan. 2 ULM * Jonesboro, Ark. W, 76-45 Jan. 14 at Coastal Carolina * at Conway, S.C. L, 73-85 Jan. 7 at Coastal Carolina * Conway, S.C. L, 65-80 Jan. 21 at Georgia Southern * at Statesboro, Ga. L, 88-92 Jan. 9 at Appalachian State * Boone, N.C. L, 57-70 Jan. 23 at Georgia State * at Atlanta, Ga. 6:00 PM Jan. 14 at Little Rock * Little Rock, Ark. W, 77-72 Jan. 28 UTA * Boone, N.C. 2:30 PM Jan. 21 Troy * Jonesboro, Ark. W, 82-80 Jan. 30 Texas State * Boone, N.C. 6:00 PM Jan. 23 South Alabama * Jonesboro, Ark. 7:00 PM Feb. 4 at Arkansas State * at Jonesboro, Ark. 7:00 PM Jan. 28 at ULM * Monroe, La. 4:00 PM Feb. 6 at Little Rock * at Little Rock, Ark. 8:00 PM Jan. 30 at Louisiana * Lafayette, La. 7:00 PM Feb. 11 Georgia State * Boone, N.C. 2:30 PM Feb. 4 Appalachian State * Jonesboro, Ark. 7:00 PM Feb. 13 Georgia Southern * Boone, N.C. 6:00 PM Feb. 6 Coastal Carolina * Jonesboro, Ark. 7:00 PM Feb. 18 at South Alabama * at Mobile, Ala. 7:05 PM Feb. 11 at UTA * Arlington, Texas 4:30 PM Feb. 20 at Troy * at Troy, Ala. 7:00 PM Feb. 13 at Texas State * San Marcos, Texas 7:00 PM Feb. 25 ULM * Boone, N.C. 2:30 PM Feb. 17 Little Rock * Jonesboro, Ark. 7:30 PM Feb. 27 Louisiana * Boone, N.C. 6:00 PM Feb. 25 Georgia Southern * Jonesboro, Ark. 7:00 PM Mar. 4 Coastal Carolina * Boone, N.C. 2:30 PM Feb. 27 Georgia State * Jonesboro, Ark. 7:00 PM Mar. 2 at Troy * Troy, Ala. 7:30 PM Mar. 4 at South Alabama * Mobile, Ala. 3:05 PM Home games in Bold | All Times Central | * - Sun Belt Conference game

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DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/RESULT DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/RESULT Nov. 11 at Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. L, 53-70 Nov. 11 at NC State Raleigh, N.C. L, 79-81 Nov. 14 College of Charleston Conway, S.C. L, 64-71 Nov. 14 Coastal Georgia Statesboro, Ga. W, 92-43 Nov. 16 Coppin State Conway, S.C. W, 89-59 Nov. 20 (1) at Mercer Macon, Ga. L, 67-80 Nov. 19 at BYU Provo, Utah L, 65-81 Nov. 22 (1) at Akron Akron, Ohio L, 67-75 Nov. 21 at Southern Utah Las Vegas, Nev. W, 83-68 Nov. 25 (1) at Florida A&M Savannah, Ga. W, 83-72 Nov. 23 at Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. L, 74-86 Nov. 26 (1) at Radford Savannah, Ga. W, 65-64 Nov. 29 Chattanooga Conway, S.C. L, 52-68 Dec. 1 at Savannah State Savannah, Ga. W, 94-75 Nov. 30 Methodist Conway, S.C. W, 88-59 Dec. 4 Florida Gulf Coast Statesboro, Ga. L, 82-85 Dec. 3 UNC Asheville Conway, S.C. L, 77-79 (OT) Dec. 9 at Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. L, 49-86 Dec. 5 Piedmont International Conway, S.C. W, 100-63 Dec. 13 at Florida Gulf Coast Fort Myers, Fla. W, 72-59 Dec. 10 North Carolina Central Conway, S.C. W, 70-67 Dec. 15 at FIU Miami, Fla. W, 75-68 Dec. 15 at Auburn Auburn, Ala. L, 72-117 Dec. 20 at Winthrop Rock Hill, S.C. L, 84-86 Dec. 19 Wofford Conway, S.C. L, 74-75 Dec. 22 Fisk Statesboro, Ga. W, 106-58 Dec. 31 at UTA * Arlington, Texas L, 69-90 Dec. 31 Georgia State * Statesboro, Ga. W, 88-65 Jan. 2 at Texas State * San Marcos, Texas W, 60-53 Jan. 7 Troy * Statesboro, Ga. W, 86-82 Jan. 7 Arkansas State * Conway, S.C. W, 80-65 Jan. 9 South Alabama * Statesboro, Ga. W, 84-79 (OT) Jan. 9 Little Rock * Conway, S.C. W, 66-63 Jan. 14 at Louisiana * Layfayette, La. W, 81-76 Jan. 14 Appalachian State * Conway, S.C. W, 85-73 Jan. 16 at ULM * Monroe, La. W, 62-60 Jan. 21 at Georgia State * Atlanta, Ga. L, 56-76 Jan. 21 Appalachian State * Statesboro, Ga. W, 92-88 Jan. 23 at Georgia Southern * Statesboro, Ga. 6:00 PM Jan. 23 Coastal Carolina * Statesboro, Ga. 6:00 PM Jan. 28 Texas State * Conway, S.C. 3:30 PM Jan. 28 at South Alabama * Mobile, Ala. 7:05 PM Jan. 30 UTA * Conway, S.C. 6:00 PM Jan. 30 at Troy * Troy, Ala. 7:00 PM Feb. 4 at Little Rock * Little Rock, Ark. 6:00 PM Feb. 4 ULM * Statesboro, Ga. 4:00 PM Feb. 6 at Arkansas State * Jonesboro, Ark. 7:00 PM Feb. 6 Louisiana * Statesboro, Ga. 6:00 PM Feb. 11 Georgia Southern * Conway, S.C. 3:30 PM Feb. 11 at Coastal Carolina * Conway, S.C. 3:30 PM Feb. 13 Georgia State * Conway, S.C. 6:00 PM Feb. 13 at Appalachian State * Boone, N.C. 6:00 PM Feb. 18 at Troy * Troy, Ala. 4:15 PM Feb. 18 Texas State * Statesboro, Ga. 4:00 PM Feb. 20 at South Alabama * Mobile, Ala. 7:05 PM Feb. 20 UTA * Statesboro, Ga. 6:00 PM Feb. 25 Louisiana * Conway, S.C. 3:30 PM Feb. 25 at Arkansas State * Jonesboro, Ark. 7:00 PM Feb. 27 ULM * Conway, S.C. 6:00 PM Feb. 27 at Little Rock * Little Rock, Ark. 8:00 PM Mar. 4 at Appalachian State * Boone, N.C. 2:30 PM Mar. 4 at Georgia State * Atlanta, Ga. 1:15 PM

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DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/RESULT DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/RESULT Nov. 11 Thomas University Atlanta, Ga. W, 111-69 Nov. 12 Central Baptist Little Rock, Ark. W, 97-65 Nov. 14 (1) at Auburn Auburn, Ala. L, 65-83 Nov. 14 University of the Ozarks Little Rock, Ark. W, 100-61 Nov. 18 (1) at Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. L, 56-64 Nov. 18 Idaho Little Rock, Ark. L, 57-65 Nov. 22 (1) vs. NJIT Cancun, Mexico W, 74-53 Nov. 21 (1) at St. Bonaventure Cedar Park, Texas W, 68-65 Nov. 23 (1) vs. Eastern Kentucky Cancun, Mexico W, 82-65 Nov. 22 (1) at Pepperdine Cedar Park, Texas L, 65-66 Nov. 30 Wright State Atlanta, Ga. W, 81-74 Nov. 23 (1) at Central Michigan Cedar Park, Texas W, 91-79 Dec. 4 at Mississippi State Starkville, Miss. L, 60-82 Nov. 29 at Central Arkansas Conway, Ark. W, 89-87 (OT) Dec. 10 Georgia Southwestern Atlanta, Ga. W, 83-52 Dec. 3 Tulsa Little Rock, Ark. W, 72-62 Dec. 14 Alabama A&M Atlanta, Ga. W, 94-79 Dec. 8 UAPB Little Rock, Ark. W, 67-52 Dec. 18 at Old Dominion Norfolk, Va. L, 46-58 Dec. 10 Central Arkansas Little Rock, Ark. W, 70-59 Dec. 21 at Middle Tennessee Murfreesboro, Tenn W, 64-56 Dec. 14 at Northern Arizona Flagstaff, Ariz. W, 72-67 Dec. 28 UMass Atlanta, Ga. L, 65-74 Dec. 19 at Oral Roberts Tulsa, Okla. L, 48-63 Dec. 31 at Georgia Southern * Statesboro, Ga. L, 65-88 Dec. 21 at Florida Gainesville, Fla. L, 71-94 Jan. 7 South Alabama * Atlanta, Ga. W, 78-77 Dec. 31 ULM * Little Rock, Ark. W, 79-75 Jan. 9 Troy * Atlanta, Ga. L, 77-80 Jan. 2 Louisiana * Little Rock, Ark. L, 52-69 Jan. 14 at ULM * Monroe, La. W, 73-65 (OT) Jan. 7 at Appalachian State * Boone, N.C. W, 76-68 Jan. 16 at Louisiana * Lafayette, La. W, 101-86 Jan. 9 at Coastal Carolina * Conway, S.C. L, 63-66 Jan. 21 Coastal Carolina * Atlanta, Ga. W, 76-56 Jan. 14 Arkansas State * Little Rock, Ark. L, 72-77 Jan. 23 Appalachian State * Atlanta, Ga. 6:00 PM Jan. 21 South Alabama * Little Rock, Ark. W, 73-56 Jan. 28 at Troy * Troy, Ala. 4:15 PM Jan. 23 Troy * Little Rock, Ark. 6:30 PM Jan. 30 at South Alabama * Mobile, Ala. 7:00 PM Jan. 28 at Louisiana * Lafayette, La. 7:15 PM Feb. 4 Louisiana * Atlanta, Ga. 1:15 PM Jan. 30 at ULM * Monroe, La. 7:00 PM Feb. 6 ULM * Atlanta, Ga. 6:00 PM Feb. 4 Coastal Carolina * Little Rock, Ark. 6:00 PM Feb. 11 at Appalachian State * Boone, N.C. 2:30 PM Feb. 6 Appalachian State * Little Rock, Ark. 6:30 PM Feb. 13 at Coastal Carolina * Conway, S.C. 6:00 PM Feb. 11 at Texas State * San Marcos, Texas 4:30 PM Feb. 18 UTA * Atlanta, Ga. 1:15 PM Feb. 13 at UTA * Arlington, Texas 7:00 PM Feb. 20 Texas State * Atlanta, Ga. 6:00 PM Feb. 17 at Arkansas State * Jonesboro, Ark. 7:30 PM Feb. 25 at Little Rock * Little Rock, Ark. 6:00 PM Feb. 25 Georgia State * Little Rock, Ark. 6:00 PM Feb. 27 at Arkansas State * Jonesboro, Ark. 7:00 PM Feb. 27 Georgia Southern * Little Rock, Ark. 6:30 PM Mar. 4 Georgia Southern * Atlanta, Ga. 1:15 PM Mar. 2 at South Alabama * Mobile, Ala. 7:05 PM Mar. 4 at Troy * Troy, Ala. 4:15 PM

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DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/RESULT DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/RESULT Nov. 11 at Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. L, 86-74 Nov. 11 Centenary Monroe, La. W, 94-63 Nov. 14 at Montana State Bozeman, Mont. L, 83-84 Nov. 14 (1) at #20 Texas Austin, Texas L, 59-80 Nov. 17 Panhandle State Lafayette, La. W, 117-47 Nov. 17 (1) at Colorado (RV) Boulder, Colo. L, 70-89 Nov. 21 Delaware State Lafayette, La. W, 83-82 Nov. 21 (1) at Seattle Cheney, Wash. L, 75-81 (OT) Nov. 23 at James Madison Harrisonburg, Va. W, 82-70 Nov. 22 (1) at Bryant Cheney, Wash. L, 57-64 Nov. 27 Texas Southern Lafayette, La. W, 84-73 Nov. 28 Stephen F. Austin Monroe, La. W, 77-72 Dec. 1 Nicholls Lafayette, La. W, 101-69 Dec. 3 at Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tenn. L, 52-79 Dec. 3 at McNeese Lake Charles, La. W, 92-72 Dec. 10 Jacksonville State Monroe, La. W, 88-83 (OT) Dec. 7 Loyola (N.O.) Lafayette, La. W, 94-60 Dec. 12 Blue Mountain Monroe, La. W, 72-41 Dec. 10 Louisiana Tech Lafayette, La. W, 91-83 Dec. 17 vs. Northwestern State Bossier City, La. L, 64-68 Dec. 14 at Georgia Athens, Ga. L, 60-73 Dec. 20 at Coppin State Baltimore, Md. W, 65-53 Dec. 17 at New Orleans New Orleans, La. W, 76-71 Dec. 22 at VCU Richmond, Va. L, 65-78 Dec. 20 Pepperdine Lafayette, La. W, 90-64 Dec. 28 Grambling Monroe, La. W, 81-45 Dec. 31 at Arkansas State * Jonesboro, Ark. L, 71-74 Dec. 31 at Little Rock * Little Rock, Ark. L, 75-79 Jan. 2 at Little Rock * Little Rock, Ark. W, 69-52 Jan. 2 at Arkansas State * Jonesboro, Ark. L, 45-76 Jan. 7 ULM * Lafayette, La. W, 69-60 Jan. 7 at Louisiana * Lafayette, La. L, 60-69 Jan. 14 Georgia Southern * Lafayette, La. L, 76-81 Jan. 14 Georgia State * Monroe, La. L, 65-73 Jan. 16 Georgia State * Lafayette, La. L, 86-101 Jan. 16 Georgia Southern * Monroe, La. L, 60-62 Jan. 21 at Texas State * San Marcos, Texas W, 79-73 Jan. 21 at UTA * Arlington, Texas L, 55-71 Jan. 23 at UTA * Arlington, Texas 8:00 PM Jan. 23 at Texas State * San Marcos, Texas 7:00 PM Jan. 28 Little Rock * Lafayette, La. 7:15 PM Jan. 28 Arkansas State * Monroe, La. 4:00 PM Jan. 30 Arkansas State * Lafayette, La. 7:00 PM Jan. 30 Little Rock * Monroe, La. 7:00 PM Feb. 4 at Georgia State * Atlanta, Ga. 1:15 PM Feb. 4 at Georgia Southern * Statesboro, Ga. 4:00 PM Feb. 6 at Georgia Southern * Statesboro, Ga. 6:00 PM Feb. 6 at Georgia State * Atlanta, Ga. 6:00 PM Feb. 11 Troy * Lafayette, La. 7:15 PM Feb. 11 South Alabama * Monroe, La. 4:00 PM Feb. 13 South Alabama * Lafayette, La. 7:00 PM Feb. 13 Troy * Monroe, La. 7:00 PM Feb. 18 at ULM * Monroe, La. 2:00 PM Feb. 18 Louisiana * Monroe, La. 2:00 PM Feb. 25 at Coastal Carolina * Conway, S.C. 3:30 PM Feb. 25 at Appalachian State * Boone, N.C. 2:30 PM Feb. 27 at Appalachian State * Boone, N.C. 6:00 PM Feb. 27 at Coastal Carolina * Conway, S.C. 6:00 PM Mar. 2 Texas State * Lafayette, La. 7:15 PM Mar. 2 UTA * Monroe, La. 7:00 PM Mar. 4 UTA * Lafayette, La. 7:15 PM Mar. 4 Texas State * Monroe, La. 2:00 PM

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DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/RESULT DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/RESULT Nov. 11 at UNLV Las Vegas, Nev. W, 76-68 Nov. 12 Texas Southern Arlington, Texas W, 89-82 Nov. 14 Blue Mountain Mobile, Ala. W, 88-35 Nov. 14 at Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. L, 67-84 Nov. 18 FIU Mobile, Ala. W, 69-64 (OT) Nov. 16 at Florida Gulf Coast Fort Myers, Fla. L, 72-85 Nov. 19 Youngstown State Mobile, Ala. W, 84-75 Nov. 18 at Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. L, 67-71 Nov. 20 Jacksonville Mobile, Ala. W, 71-58 Nov. 21 St. Francis (Ill.) Arlington, Texas W, 88-67 Nov. 26 at Eastern Illinois Charleston, Ill. L, 62-72 Nov. 23 Mount St. Mary’s Arlington, Texas W, 80-71 Nov. 30 at Southern Miss Hattiesburg, Miss. W, 78-55 Nov. 26 at Fordham Bronx. N.Y. W, 67-63 Dec. 3 Middle Tennessee Mobile, Ala. L, 55-67 Nov. 29 at Texas Austin, Texas W, 72-61 Dec. 10 at Stetson Deland, Fla. L, 78-87 Dec. 3 at North Texas Denton, Texas W, 77-61 Dec. 13 Denver Mobile, Ala. L, 51-64 Dec. 5 UT Dallas Arlington, Texas W, 99-49 Dec. 16 Samford Mobile, Ala. L, 79-82 Dec. 8 at #12 Saint Mary’s Moraga, Calif. W, 65-51 Dec. 19 Spring Hill Mobile, Ala. W, 71-50 Dec. 16 at Bradley Peoria, Ill. W, 56-51 Dec. 22 at Ole Miss Oxford, Miss. L, 58-92 Dec. 22 at Loyola Marymount Los Angeles, Calif. W, 80-77 Jan. 2 Troy * Mobile, Ala. W, 76-75 Dec. 31 Coastal Carolina * Arlington, Texas W, 90-69 Jan. 7 at Georgia State * Atlanta, Ga. L, 77-78 Jan. 2 Appalachian State * Arlington, Texas W, 84-69 Jan. 9 at Georgia Southern * Statesboro, Ga. L, 79-84 (OT) Jan. 7 at Texas State * San Marcos, Texas L, 73-81 Jan. 14 Texas State * Mobile, Ala. W, 72-67 (OT) Jan. 14 at Troy * Troy, Ala. L, 71-93 Jan. 16 UTA * Mobile, Ala. L, 83-89 Jan. 16 at South Alabama * Mobile, Ala. W, 89-83 Jan. 21 at Little Rock * Little Rock, Ark. L, 56-73 Jan. 21 ULM * Arlington, Texas W, 71-55 Jan. 23 at Arkansas State * Jonesboro, Ark. 7:00 PM Jan. 23 Louisiana * Arlington, Texas 7:00 PM Jan. 28 Georgia Southern * Mobile, Ala. 7:05 PM Jan. 28 at Appalachian State * Boone, N.C. 3:30 PM Jan. 30 Georgia State * Mobile, Ala. 7:05 PM Jan. 30 at Coastal Carolina * Conway, S.C. 6:00 PM Feb. 4 at Troy * Troy, Ala. 4:15 PM Feb. 4 Texas State * Arlington, Texas 4:30 PM Feb. 11 at ULM * Monroe, La. 4:00 PM Feb. 11 Arkansas State * Arlington, Texas 4:30 PM Feb. 13 at Louisiana * Lafayette, La. 7:00 PM Feb. 13 Little Rock * Arlington, Texas 7:00 PM Feb. 18 Appalachian State * Mobile, Ala. 7:05 PM Feb. 18 at Georgia State * Atlanta, Ga. 1:15 PM Feb. 20 Coastal Carolina * Mobile, Ala. 7:05 PM Feb. 20 at Georgia Southern * Statesboro, Ga. 6:00 PM Feb. 25 at UTA * Arlington, Texas 4:30 PM Feb. 25 South Alabama * Arlington, Texas 4:30 PM Feb. 27 at Texas State * San Marcos, Texas 7:00 PM Feb. 27 Troy * Arlington, Texas 7:00 PM Mar. 2 Little Rock * Mobile, Ala. 7:05 PM Mar. 2 at ULM * Monroe, La. 7:00 PM Mar. 4 Arkansas State * Mobile, Ala. 3:05 PM Mar. 4 at Louisiana * Lafayette, La. 7:15 PM

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DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/RESULT DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/RESULT Nov. 11 (1) at Florida Atlantic Honolulu, Hawaii W, 61-57 Nov. 11 Toccoa Falls Troy, Ala. W, 135-76 Nov. 13 (1) at Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii L, 68-74 Nov. 14 Eastern Illinois Troy, Ala. W, 70-67 Nov. 14 (1) at SIU-Edwardsville Honolulu, Hawaii W, 86-58 Nov. 17 at UAB Birmingham, Ala. L, 51-74 Nov. 21 Texas A&M-CC San Marcos, Texas L, 69-73 Nov. 21 at Eastern Illinois Charleston, Ill. L, 67-71 Nov. 25 at UTSA San Antonio, Texas L, 48-63 Nov. 23 at San Francisco San Francisco, Calif. L, 67-79 Nov. 29 McNeese State San Marcos, Texas W, 80-68 Nov. 25 at Hawaii Manoa, Hawaii W, 65-63 Dec. 1 Oklahoma Panhandle St. San Marcos, Texas W, 75-44 Dec. 1 USF Troy, Ala. L, 74-80 Dec. 7 at UT Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, Texas L, 61-72 Dec. 4 Alabama State Troy, Ala. W, 83-65 Dec. 10 Prairie View A&M San Marcos, Texas W, 64-57 Dec. 10 Alabama A&M Troy, Ala. W, 88-59 Dec. 17 at Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. L, 59-74 Dec. 14 vs. Point University Dothan, Ala. W, 114-52 Dec. 20 Howard Payne San Marcos, Texas W, 87-37 Dec. 17 (1) at #24 USC Los Angeles, Calif. L, 77-82 Dec. 23 at Tulane New Orleans, La. W, 69-66 (OT) Dec. 19 (1) at Wyoming Laramie, Wy. L, 66-72 Dec. 31 Appalachian State * San Marcos, Texas W, 67-58 Dec. 22 (1) at Cornell Las Vegas, Nev. W, 92-84 Jan. 2 Coastal Carolina * San Marcos, Texas L, 53-60 Dec. 23 (1) vs. Chicago State Las Vegas, Nev. W, 83-65 Jan. 7 UTA * San Marcos, Texas W, 81-73 Jan. 2 at South Alabama * Mobile, Ala. L, 75-76 Jan. 14 at South Alabama * Mobile, Ala. L, 67-72 (OT) Jan. 7 at Georgia Southern * Statesboro, Ga. L, 82-86 Jan. 16 at Troy * Troy, Ala. W, 75-71 Jan. 9 at Georgia State * Atlanta, Ga. W, 80-77 Jan. 21 Louisiana * San Marcos, Texas L, 73-79 Jan. 14 UTA * Troy, Ala. W, 93-71 Jan. 23 ULM * San Marcos, Texas 7:00 PM Jan. 16 Texas State * Troy, Ala. L, 71-75 Jan. 28 at Coastal Carolina * Conway, S.C. 3:30 PM Jan. 21 at Arkansas State * Jonesboro, Ark. L, 80-82 Jan. 30 at Appalachian State * Boone, N.C. 6:00 PM Jan. 23 at Little Rock * Little Rock, Ark. 6:30 PM Feb. 4 at UTA * Arlington, Texas 4:30 PM Jan. 28 Georgia State * Troy, Ala. 4:15 PM Feb. 11 Little Rock * San Marcos, Texas 4:30 PM Jan. 30 Georgia Southern * Troy, Ala. 7:00 PM Feb. 13 Arkansas State * San Marcos, Texas 7:00 PM Feb. 4 South Alabama * Troy, Ala. 4:15 PM Feb. 18 at Georgia Southern * Statesboro, Ga. 4:00 PM Feb. 11 at Louisiana * Lafayette, La. 7:15 PM Feb. 20 at Georgia State * Atlanta, Ga. 6:00 PM Feb. 13 at ULM * Monroe, La. 7:00 PM Feb. 25 Troy * San Marcos, Texas 4:30 PM Feb. 18 Coastal Carolina * Troy, Ala. 4:15 PM Feb. 27 South Alabama * San Marcos, Texas 7:00 PM Feb. 20 Appalachian State * Troy, Ala. 7:00 PM Mar. 2 at Louisiana * Lafayette, La. 7:15 PM Feb. 25 at Texas State * San Marcos, Texas 4:30 PM Mar. 4 at ULM * Monroe, La. 2:00 PM Feb. 27 at UTA * Arlington, Texas 7:00 PM Mar. 2 Arkansas State * Troy, Ala. 7:30 PM Mar. 4 Little Rock * Troy, Ala. 4:15 PM Home games in Bold | All Times Central | * - Sun Belt Conference game (1) - Outrigger Resorts Rainbow Classic (Honolulu, Hawaii) Home games in Bold | All Times Central | * - Sun Belt Conference game (1) - Las Vegas Classic (Campus Sites/Las Vegas, Nev.)

Follow the #funBelt 8 /SunBeltConference @SunBelt @SunBelt SunBeltsports @SunBelt /SunBeltsports Tournament Seeding The seeds for the Men’s Basketball Championship shall be determined based on each team’s overall regular‐ season conference finish. All 12 teams will advance to the tournament. The regular season champion shall earn the top seed. The remaining seeds are then determined based on their conference winning percentage.

Two Teams Tie Breaking Formula A. Highest win‐loss percentage of head‐to‐head competition during the regular season.

B. Each teams’ win‐loss percentage vs. the team occupying the highest position in the final regular‐ season standings, and then continuing down through the standings until one teams gains an advantage.

C. When arriving at another group of tied teams while comparing records, use each team’s record against the collective tied teams as a group (prior to that group’s own tiebreaking procedure), rather than the performance against individual tied teams.

D. If the records are the same against all teams, then the seeded position would be determined by a toss of the coin by the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner.

Three or More Teams Tie Breaking Formula A. Highest win‐loss percentage of the tied teams against each other is first considered.

D. If there is still a tie, the seeded position of the teams will be determined by a draw conducted by the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner.

E. For all ties involving three or more teams, once the tie is broken and the highest‐seeded team is determined, the remaining tied teams will revert back to the beginning of the applicable tiebreaker.

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