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CENTRAL ARKANSAS BEARS BASKETBALL SID Contact: Steve East • Phone: (501) 450-5743 • Cell: (501) 339-8215 [email protected] UCA BEARS 2017-18 SCHEDULE UCA BEARS (9-10, 3-3 SLC) Oct. 25 vs. Southwest Baptist (exh) W, 85-67 GAME CBE Hall of Fame Classic Nov. 10 @ Baylor University L, 66-107 @ New Orleans Privateers (8-9, 5-1 SLC) Nov. 12 vs. University of the Ozarks W, 99-51 CBE Hall of Fame Classic Wednesday, Jan. 17 • 7:00 p.m. Nov. 15 @ UCLA L, 101-106 (OT) 20 Nov. 19 vs. Alcorn State W, 102-76 Lakefront Arena • New Orleans, La. Nov. 21 @ South Carolina State W, 73-64 Nov. 25 @ Tulsa L, 72-92 Nov. 27 vs. Morehead State W, 82-78 Nov. 29 @ Little Rock L, 65-71 • PROJECTED UCA STARTERS • Dec. 4 @ Univ. of San Francisco L, 76-78 Dec. 6 @ Univ. of California W, 96-69 #1 JORDAN HOWARD Dec. 9 vs. Little Rock W, 69-54 Dec. 17 @ Morehead State L, 94-98 (OT) SR • G • 5-11, 180 • Chandler, Ariz. • Perry HS Dec. 20 @ University of Oregon L, 82-96 GP/GS 19/19 • PPG 24.3 • RPG 3.5 • APG 3.1 • SPG 1.3 Dec. 28 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* W, 81-69 Dec. 31 vs. Southeastern Louisiana* L, 69-73 Jan. 3 @ Sam Houston State* L, 76-82 #10 MATHIEU KAMBA Jan. 6 @ Lamar University* W, 100-91 (2OT) Jan. 10 vs. Incarnate Word* W, 92-76 SR • G • 6-5, 210 • Calgary, Alberta • Bishop McNally HS Jan. 13 @ Nicholls State* L, 79-86 GP/GS 19/18 • PPG 12.7 • RPG 6.3 • APG 2.0 • SPG 1.1 Jan. 17 @ New Orleans* 7:00 Jan. 20 vs. Abilene Christian* 3:30 Jan. 24 vs. Stephen F. Austin* 7:00 #20 HAYDEN KOVAL Jan. 27 @ Northwestern State* 3:00 Feb. 3 @ Southeastern Louisiana* 5:00 FR • C • 7-0, 210 • Prosper, Texas • Link Year Prep Feb. 7 @ Houston Baptist* 7:00 GP/GS 18/14 • PPG 9.6 • RPG 5.3 • APG 1.0 • BPG 2.5 Feb. 14 vs. McNeese State* 7:00 feb. 17 vs. Nicholls State* 3:00 Feb. 21 @ Stephen F. Austin* 7:00 #25 THATCH UNRUH Feb. 24 @ Abilene Christian* 4:00 Feb. 28 vs. Sam Houston State* 7:00 JR • G • 6-5, 190 • Branson, Mo. • Quackerdale Prep Mar. 3 vs. Northwestern State* 3:00 GP/GS 19/19 • PPG 9.4 • RPG 4.1 • APG 3.0 • SPG 0.9 Mar. 7-11 Southland Conference Tourn. Merrell Center, Katy, Texas #55 DEANDRE JONES FR • G • 5-11, 160 • Boise, Idaho. • Link Year Prep GAME INFORMATION GP/GS 19/3 • PPG 7.1 • RPG 2.9 • APG 3.9 • SPG 1.3 TIME: .................. Tipoff 7:00 p.m. RADIO: .............. KUCA 91.3 FM w/Justin Acri INTERNET: ........ ucasports.com/KUCA TELEVISION: ...... none SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter: @ucasports / @UCAscoreboard BEAR TRACKS... Facebook: University of Central Arkansas Athletics √ THE SERIES: New Orleans leads the overall series 5-2 and is 3-0 in games played in New SERIES: ............... The Privateers lead the series 5-2. Orleans. COACHES: UCA - Russ Pennell is 26-81 in his fourth season The Privateers won both meetings a year ago by similar scores, beating the Bears 81-63 at UCA. His overall record is 135-148 (8 years). in Conway and 84-61 in New Orleans. In the first meeting, Nate Frye and Erik Thomas ha UNO - Mark Slessinger is 85-107 in his seventh season at 18 points each for UNO, which shot 55.4 percent from the field and outrebounded the Bears UNO. His overall record is the same. 39-22, including 14 offensive boards. Mathieu Kamba had 18 points and Jordan Howard 14 for UCA, which shot just 41.1 percent overall and made 6 of 19 (31.6) from three-point range. The Bears had a season-low 22 rebounds, led by Kamba with six. √ 40-POINT CLUB: Howard became just the sixth member of the UCA In the rematch, senior Derreck Brooks was the only Bear in double figures with 14 points 40-point club on Wednesday with his 41-point effort against UIW. The as UCA once again struggled with its shooting. UCA shot 35.6 overall and 20.8 (5 of 24) from school record is 44 points by Derrell Washington against Delta State three-point range. Thomas had 23 points for the Privateers, who won the rebound battle 45- in 1994. Jim Landers scored 43 against ASU-Beebe in 1956, Conny 32, including 17 on the offensive end. Thomas and Travin Thibodeaux had 13 boards each. Johnson had 42 vs. Ozarks in 1970, Rodney Dean scored 40 against 2/8/14 .............Conway ....................... L, 79-88 Missouri Southern in 1998 and Jim Pickett had 40 vs. Arkansas College 1/26/15...........New Orleans ............ L, 67-87 2/6/16 .............Conway ....................... W, 112-77 in 1974. The last Bear close to 40 points was Nate Bowie with 39 at 2/7/15 .............Conway ....................... W, 70-67 1/21/17...........Conway ....................... L, 63-81 Nicholls in 2008, a double overtime 98-86 win for the Bears. 1/25/16...........New Orleans ............ L, 83-94 2/18/17...........New Orleans ............ L, 61-84 √ NATIONALLY SPEAKING: Senior guard Jordan Howard is first √ LAST OUTING: The Bears let a six-point halftime lead slip away last Saturday in an 86- among active Division I players in career points scored (2,106), passing 79 loss at Nicholls. The Colonels outscored the Bears 47-34 in the second half, shooting Tennessee’s James Daniel III two weeks ago. He is also 2nd in three- 54.2 percent after the break and holding UCA to just 38.2 percent. pointers made (336), just behind of Andrew Rowsey of Marquette, Mathieu Kamba led the Bears with 20 points and 8 rebounds, while freshman Hayden who ironically is teammates with Howard’s younger brother Markus. Koval had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Jordan Howard and DeAndre Jones scored 15 each, He is also 2nd in career field goals made (660) and fifth in threes with Howard having a rare off night shooting, going 4 for 15 overall and was 0 for 8 from per game (3.11). This season, Howard is tied for 4th in the nation in three-point range. UCA was outrebounded 44-31 and outscored 15-8 on second-chance total points (462), fifth in points per game (24.3) and tied for 11th in points. NSU’s bench outscored UCA’s 38-10. three-pointers made (63). √ TRIPLE THREAT: True freshman point guard DeAndre Jones recorded just the second √ EXTRA TIME: The win over Lamar was UCA’s first OT win since triple-double in UCA history against Lamar, finishing with 13 points, 11 rebounds and 11 Jan. 24, 2012 when the Bears beat McNeese State 103-98 in triple OT. assists. NBA legend Scottie Pippen had the only other triple-double in UCA men’s basketball UCA is just 1-2 in overtime games this season, with losses at UCLA history in 1987. and Morehead State. There have been 14 triple-doubles so far this season in Division I, but only two by freshmen. It was UCA’s first double overtime game since Dec. 21, 2013 against One of the 14 was by junior Brandon Bonds of SLC member Houston Baptist against NCCAA Charleston Southern. UCA lost that game 97-90. Barclay College. Bonds is the nephew of MLB’s Barry Bonds. √ BEYOND THE ARC: The Bears are shooting 37.1 percent from three- √ THREE-POINT KING: Senior guard Jordan Howard made three three-pointers on Jan. 6 at point range this season and have made 168 threes (8.8 per game). They Lamar to make him the Southland Conference career leader with 332, surpassing McNeese have been in double figures nine times, including a school-record 18 State’s Demond Mallett’s 331 (1997-01). Four more in Wednesday’s win over UIW gives him at No. 20 UCLA. UCA has shot 50% or better from three-point range 336 with 12 regular-season games remaining. He was shut out on Saturday at Nicholls for four times this season, 55.9 at UCLA, 51.0 at San Francisco and 50.0 just the fourth time in 108 career games at UCA. at both Cal and Oregon. UCA’s opponents have made double-figure 2017-18 UCA BEARS BASKETBALL • PAGE 2 three-pointers five times this season (Baylor 12, UCLA 10, Tulsa 12, San Francisco 11, Oregon 12). √ GO WEST: In four West Coast games this season, UCA shot a combined 53 of 103 (51.5%) from three-point range and scored an average of 88.8 points. Senior guard Jordan Howard was 26 of 43 (60.5%) from beyond the arc and averaged 30.8 points, scoring 35 against both UCLA and Oregon. Senior Mathieu Kamba shot 51.2% overall and 72.7 (8 of 11) from three-point range. He averaged 17 ppg and 6.3 rbg. √ POWER FIVE: UCA’s 96-69 victory over Cal on Dec. 6 in Berkeley was the first for the Bears over a Power 5 program since moving to NCAA Division I in 2006-07. UCA almost had another one earlier this season, ironically against another Pac-12 team, when it lost 106-101 in overtime at No. 20 UCLA on Nov. 15 at Pauley Pavilion. The closest losses previously to Power 5 teams were an 87-84 loss to Rutgers (Big Ten) in 2015, a 79-72 loss at Mississippi State (SEC) in 2012 and a 76-73 loss at Oklahoma (Big 12) in 2010.

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