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AARRKKAANNSSAASS SSTTAATTEE 2009 Men’s Basketball -10 Game 16 • at South Alabama • Jan 07, 2010 Anthony Reynolds, Assistant Sports Information Director O: (870) 972-3547 • C: (870) 530-4454 • [email protected] 2009-10 Arkansas State Schedule ASU Begins Four-Game Road Trip At South Ala- N16 MacMurray College 93-47 (W) N18 at SEMO 73-49 (W) bama Saturday N21 at UTEP 56-82 (L) N25 UT Martin 80-66 (W) N29 Indiana State 72-77 (L) SETTING THE SCENE D2 Ole Miss 57-79 (L) Date: Jan. 9, 2010 D5 at Memphis 55-74 (L) Location: Mobile, Ala. D12 Missouri State 64-75 (L) Tipoff: 3 p.m. (CST) D20 UALR* 69-61 (W) Arena: The Mitchell Center D22 at Mississippi Valley State 71-64 (W) Arena Capacity: 10,000 D29 Central Baptist 98-60 (W) Television: SBC TV (Channel 119 Suddenlink-Jonesboro) D31 at Denver* 55-64 (L) Arkansas State South Alabama J2 North Texas* 71-56 (W) Red Wolves Jaguars Quick Hits J4 at Lamar 68-87 (L) • ASU leads the SBC in 3-pt field goal percentage defense J7 Middle Tennessee* 69-67 (W) 8-7, 3-1 SBC 11-5, 3-1 SBC (27.6) and defensive rebounds (26.4). J9 at South Alabama* 3 p.m. 70.1 PPG 71.0 J16 at North Texas* 7 p.m. 67.2 OPP. PPG 66.8 • ASU is outscoring opponents 70.1-67.2 (+2.9) J21 at FIU* p.m. +2.9 SCORING MARGIN +4.2 • ASU freshman Brandon Reed had a career-high 25 43.5 FG% 43.1 J23 at FAU* 6 p.m. against North Texas. 41.0 OPP. FG% 39.6 J28 Louisiana-Lafayette* 7:05 p.m. 35.1 3-PT FG% 35.5 • ASU freshman Brandon Peterson had a career-high 21 at J30 Denver* 7:05 p.m. 27.6 OPP. 3-PT FG% 30.0 Lamar. F4 at UALR* 7:05 p.m. 63.0 FT% 72.0 • ASU has three players averaging in double-digit scoring F6 at New Orleans* 7 p.m. 71.1 OPP. FT% 70.2 with Bryant leading the squad at 13.4, Reed ranking second F11 at Western Kentucky* 7 p.m. 38.3 RPG 37.0 with 12.7 and Adams ranking third with 10.9. F15 ULM* 7:05 p.m. 36.3 OPP. RPG 36.5 F18 at Louisiana-Lafayette* 7:05 p.m. +2.1 REB. MARGIN +0.5 • The win over Central Baptist was the 300th career win for F20 Western Kentucky* 7:05 p.m. 12.9 APG 12.7 ASU head coach John Brady. F25 New Orleans* 7:05 p.m. 13.7 TOPG 15.1 • Adams ranks fourth in the league in field goal percentage F27 Troy* 7:05 p.m. -0.7 TO MARGIN +0.9 at 56.9%. M6-9 Sun Belt Conference Tournament TBA 0.9 ASSIST/TO RATIO 0.8 • Allison posted a career-high 15 pts. against MTSU hitting (Hot Springs, Ark.) 4.6 BPG 3.8 the winning shot with 0.7-seconds in the game. All times are CST 6.1 SPG 7.6 Home Games in Bold * Sun Belt Conference Games TIPPING IT OFF The Red Wolves begin a four-game road trip when they travel to South Alabama for a afternoon Arkansas State Radio Network matchup with the Jaguars Saturday. The game will be broadcast live by CST on the Sun Belt Network. The broadcast will air in the Jonesboro area on channel 119 on Suddenlink Cable System. Tipoff at the Flagshipped by 107.9 KFIN-FM (Jonesboro) Mitchell Center is set for 3 p.m. (CST). • Matt Stoltz, play-by-play Also broadcast on: Mountain Home . .1240 AM (KTLO) THE OPPONENT Wynne . .1400 AM (KWYN) The South Alabama Jaguars are 11-5 on the season with a 3-1 record in Sun Belt action. The Jags have Walnut Ridge/Pocahontas . .1320 AM (KRLW) a pair of notable wins this season over Arkansas (74-61) and a win at Florida (67-66). USA also has Walnut Ridge/Pocahontas . .106.3 FM (KRLW) league wins over UALR (74-71), FIU (71-59) and FAU (96-93) with their only loss in conference action Stuttgart . .105.5 FM (KWAK) coming against WKU (64-67) in overtime. Tim Williams leads the Jaguars in scoring averaging 14.7 per Fordyce . .102.3 FM (KQEW) game, while also leading the team in rebounding averaging 7.4 rebounds per game. Brian Sherrer Hardy . .104.7 FM (KOOU) ranks second in scoring on the USA squad averaging 11.2 ppg while Martino Brock ranks third, scor- ing 11.1 per contest. Ronnie Arrow is in his 10th season at the helm of the Jags’ program with a career Television record of 605-242. The game will be broadcast on the Sun Belt Network and lo- cally in Jonesboro on Suddenlink Cable Channel 119. SERIES VERSUS SOUTH ALABAMA The Red Wolves trail the all-time series against South Alabama 15-16 in the rivalry which dates back to the 1970-71 season. The Jaguars got the Red Wolves last season 74-67 at the Convocation Cen- ter. Donald Boone led ASU in their last contest against USA scoring 17 while JeJuan Brown had 14 and Daniel Bryant had 11. REED APPROACHES 200 POINTS ASU freshman Brandon Reed has scored 190 points already this season, a team high Reed ranks second in scoring average with 12.7 ppg, which ranks second on the team. Reed has led the team in scoring four times and broken double-digits in 11 contests. Arkansas State Basketball Game Notes 1 Game 16 - South Alabama Notes Sports Information Arkansas State Probablle Starters Arkansas State University PO Box 1000 State University, AR 72467 Telephone - 870-972-2541 Fax - 870-972-3367 Press Row - 870-972-2541 Website - AStateRedWolves.com MBB Contact - Anthony Reynolds, 12 Rashad Allison 2 Trey Finn 1 Brandon Reed 15 Brandon Peterson 13 Martavius Adams Asst. SID •Guard •Guard •Guard •Forward •Forward/Center 870-972-3547 / [email protected] PPG RPG APG PPG RPG APG PPG RPG APG PPG RPG APG PPG RPG APG Jerry Scott, Asst. A.D./ Sports Info. Dir. 7.5 3.7 3.8 8.0 7.4 1.9 12.7 2.9 2.1 7.5 4.7 1.0 10.9 6.1 0.7 870-972-3405 / [email protected] Van Provence, Asst. SID ALLISON BUZZER BEATER BESTS MTSU 870-972-2547 / [email protected] Junior Rashad Allison hit four free-throws in the final 42-seconds of action against Middle Tennessee and Katey Buckley, Graduate Asst. hit the game winning shot on a jumper in the paint with 0.7 seconds on the clock to give ASU the 69-67 ad- [email protected] vantage. Allison led the team in scoring with 15 points on the night. MEDIA INFORMATION ALL SCORED Credentials ASU had eight players player against MTSU with all eight of them getting in the scoring column, Allison led Working press credentials can be requested by con- the team in scoring with 15 while Reed and Peterson had 13, Adams had nine, Finn had eight, Thomas had tacting Anthony Reynolds at 870-972-3547, or by six, Sterrenberg had four and Butler sank a free throw. email at [email protected]. Full-season and single-game credentials will be mailed whenever PETERSON HAS CAREER GAME AT LAMAR possible. If not, they will be left at the Media Will Call Freshman Brandon Peterson had his best game in an ASU uniform at Lamar scoring 21 points in his sec- table located on the lower level to the left of the green ond start for the Red Wolves. He also had eight rebounds, three assists and two blocks. Peterson is aver- entrance. aging 7.1 ppg and 4.9 rebounds per game this season. Peterson ranks second in the league in blocks per game averaging 2.2 per contest. Media Room Enter the media room from the lower level, beneath SHORTHANDED RED WOLVES BEST UNT the blue portal. Please do not attempt to access the Although only having eight players available to play, Arkansas State had some big performances from its media room from the entrance beneath the yellow portal. starters to best North Texas improving their conference mark to 2-1. Freshman Brandon Reed led the team with 25 points while Martavius Adams and Rashad Alison each scored in double-digits with 16 and 12 Post-Game Interviews points respectively. The Arkansas State locker room is closed to all mem- bers of the media. Head coach John Brady and re- LEADING THE LEAGUE quested assistant coaches and players will be One of the bench marks of ASU head coach John Brady’s teams during his career has been their abilities available for interviews following a brief cooling off to defend and rebound the ball. These factors show in the conference standings. ASU leads the league in period. At ASU’s home games, all post-game coach three-point field goal percentage defense, holding opponents to shooting just .276 from beyond the arc and player interviews will be conducted in the media while also leading the league in defensive rebounds (26.4). In conference only games ASU is also leading room. the league in blocked shots per game (5.5). Practice Coverage ADAMS=EFFICIENT Red Wolves men’s basketball practices are open to Sophomore forward Martavius Adams has been extremely efficient for ASU this season ranking fourth in the media. Players and coaches are available for in- terviews following practice.