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AARRKKAANNSSAASS SSTTAATTEE 2009 Men’s Basketball -10 Game 25 • ULM • Feb. 15, 2010 Anthony Reynolds, Assistant Sports Information Director O: (870) 972-3547 • C: (870) 530-4454 • [email protected] 2009-10 Arkansas State Schedule ASU Hosts ULM Monday Night At The Convoca- N16 MacMurray College 93-47 (W) N18 at SEMO 73-49 (W) tion Center 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: Feb. 15, 2010 D5 at Memphis 55-74 (L) Location: Jonesboro, Ark. D12 Missouri State 64-75 (L) Tipoff: 7:05 p.m. (CST) D20 UALR* 69-61 (W) Arena: Convocation Center D22 at Mississippi Valley State 71-64 (W) Arena Capacity: 10,038 D29 Central Baptist 98-60 (W) Webcast: AStateRedWolves.com D31 at Denver* 55-64 (L) Arkansas State ULM J2 North Texas* 71-56 (W) Red Wolves Warhawks Quick Hits J4 at Lamar 68-87 (L) • ASU freshman Brandon Reed scored a career-high 34 pts J7 Middle Tennessee* 69-67 (W) 14-10, 9-4 SBC 11-14, 6-8 SBC versus Denver which earned him Player of the Week Hon- J9 at South Alabama* 69-63 (W) 70.3 PPG 68.0 J16 at North Texas* 83-70 (W) 67.2 OPP. PPG 71.3 ors. J21 at FIU* 76-61 (W) +3.2 SCORING MARGIN -3.3 • Trey Finn ranks third in the league in defensive rebounds 44.9 FG% 42.1 J23 at FAU* 63-78 (L) in all games and conference only games. 41.1 OPP. FG% 45.7 J28 Louisiana-Lafayette* 62-60 (W) 34.5 3-PT FG% 34.6 • ASU sits in first place of the SBC with a 9-4 conference J30 Denver* 73-62 (W) 29.3 OPP. 3-PT FG% 36.8 record. F4 at UALR* 77-79 (L) 65.0 FT% 73.0 • Reed is one of the top freshman in ASU school history F6 at New Orleans* 66-52 (W) 70.7 OPP. FT% 70.9 ranking only behind John Dickson and Jerry Rook. F11 at Western Kentucky* 68-79 (L) 38.0 RPG 33.8 • ASU received 15 votes in the lates Collegeinsider.com Mid F15 ULM* 7:05 p.m. 35.2 OPP. RPG 31.8 F18 at Louisiana-Lafayette* 7:05 p.m. +2.9 REB. MARGIN +2.0 Major Poll. F20 Western Kentucky* 7:05 p.m. 13.1 APG 9.6 • 4 of ASU’s final 5 games will be played at the Convo. F25 New Orleans* 7:05 p.m. 13.9 TOPG 16.7 • Brandon Peterson needs four blocks to move into the No. F27 Troy* 7:05 p.m. -1.3 TO MARGIN -2.0 7 spot on the single-season block chart. M6-9 Sun Belt Conference Tournament TBA 0.9 ASSIST/TO RATIO 0.6 • ASU holds a 25-21 mark against ULM in the two squads’ (Hot Springs, Ark.) 4.3 BPG 2.9 all-time series. All times are CST 5.7 SPG 7.4 Home Games in Bold TIPPING IT OFF * Sun Belt Conference Games The Red Wolves return home after playing three on the road to face off against ULM at the Convocation Cen- ter Monday night. This marks the beginning of the last of five games on ASU’s regular season schedule with Arkansas State Radio Network four of those five games being played at the Convo. Tipoff Monday is set for 7:05 p.m. Flagshipped by 107.9 KFIN-FM (Jonesboro) • Matt Stoltz, play-by-play THE OPPONENT Also broadcast on: ULM stands at 11-14 with a 6-8 record in Sun Belt action. ULM has won its last two contests with a 67-66 Mountain Home . .1240 AM (KTLO) home win over WKU and a 67-64 win at UALR on Thursday. The Warhawks have two players averaging in Wynne . .1400 AM (KWYN) Walnut Ridge/Pocahontas . .1320 AM (KRLW) double-figures led by Dynile Forbes who leads the team scoring 12.2 points per game and is pulling down Walnut Ridge/Pocahontas . .106.3 FM (KRLW) 3.8 rebounds per game. Forbes is the only player on ULM’s roster to have started in all 25 games this sea- Stuttgart . .105.5 FM (KWAK) son. Tony Hooper ranks second on the Warhawk’s scoring 11.4 ppg while also pulling down 3.7 rebounds Fordyce . .102.3 FM (KQEW) per game and leading the squad in assists. Hooper has not dressed the last two games. Orlando Early is in Hardy . .104.7 FM (KOOU) his fifth season at the helm of the ULM program owning a 59-87 career mark and a 33-51 record in Sun Belt action. As a team, ULM is being outscored 68.0-71.3 per contest but is outrebounding opponents 33.8-31.8. Television The Warhawks are shooting 42.1% from the field while allowing opposition to shoot 45.7%. This game will be broadcast on HSSN and will broadcast live on DirecTV channel 617. SERIES VERSUS ULM Arkansas State holds a 25-21 all-time mark against ULM in the series dating back to the 1954-55 season. ASU split the contests with ULM last season winning at the Convocation Center 65-62 and dropping the contest on the road in the two teams regular-season finale 63-64. REED - ONE OF TOP FRESHMAN IN SCHOOL HISTORY Not only has Arkansas State freshman guard Brandon Reed been one of the keys to the Red Wolves suc- cess this season and one of the most productive freshman in the Sun Belt this season, but he is the third- most productive freshman in ASU’s school history. With 360 points, Reed ranks behind only John Dickson and Jerry Rook for most productive freshman in school history. Dickson had 388 points his freshman year (1963-64) while Rook had 416 points as a freshman (1961-62). Reed is averaging 15.0 points per game in Arkansas State Basketball Game Notes 1 Game 25 - vs. ULM 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. 8.5 4.0 4.0 8.3 6.9 2.0 15.0 3.3 2.5 6.8 4.5 1.2 11.0 7.0 0.8 870-972-3405 / [email protected] Van Provence, Asst. SID all-games and is scoring 17.6 in Sun Belt only games. Reed also ranks second on the team with 59 assists and 870-972-2547 / [email protected] fourth with 18 steals. Katey Buckley, Graduate Asst. [email protected] LAST FIVE ASU is in the backstretch of their regular season with five games remaining on the schedule. ASU hosts ULM, MEDIA INFORMATION WKU, UNO and Troy at the Convocation Center and plays its final road contest at ULL this Thursday. ASU holds Credentials a 76-117 combined record against those five schools int he teams’ all-time series. This season, ASU holds a Working press credentials can be requested by con- combined 2-1 record in action against those teams this year and only WKU (15-12) and Troy (14-11) have win- tacting Anthony Reynolds at 870-972-3547, or by ning marks this season. email at [email protected]. Full-season and single-game credentials will be mailed whenever WINNING WAYS possible. If not, they will be left at the Media Will Call The Red Wolves have not lost back-to-back Sun Belt Conference games this season and have won nine of 13 table located on the lower level to the left of the green games in league play this season. ASU has not lost multiple games in a rosw since dropping four in a row in non- entrance. conference action earlier this season. Media Room PETERSON PULLING IT DOWN Enter the media room from the lower level, beneath ASU freshman Brandon Peterson had his 12th start of the season at WKU last Thursday and recorded his sec- the blue portal. Please do not attempt to access the ond double-digit rebounding game of the season. Peterson had a career-high 13 boards against the Hilltoppers, media room from the entrance beneath the yellow it was the most he has posted since pulling down 12 in his career debut against MacMurray College. portal. ADAMS RECORDS BACK TO BACK DOUBLE-DOUBLES Post-Game Interviews ASU had four players score in double figures, led by sophomore forward Martavius Adams at UALR who posted The Arkansas State locker room is closed to all mem- 17 points and 11 rebounds for his second career double-double. Adams is the only player for ASU this season bers of the media. Head coach John Brady and re- to record more than one double-double. Reed also had 17 at UALR followed by Rashad Allison who had 14 and quested assistant coaches and players will be JeJuan Brown who had 12 points. Allison also recorded a career-high 8 rebounds. Adams followed up his per- available for interviews following a brief cooling off formance with a 13 point and 13 rebound contest at New Orleans on Saturday, recording his third double-dou- period.