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2017-18 Sun Belt Men’s Basketball Week 11 - Wednesday, January 17, 2018 Contact: Scottie Rodgers E-Mail: [email protected] | Phone: 504-556-0872 Mercedes-Benz Superdome | 1500 Sugar Bowl Drive, New Orleans, LA 70112 | SunBeltSports.org | @SunBelt | #FunBelt STANDINGS Conference Overall W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Away Neutral Last 10 Streak Louisiana 5-0 1.000 81.2 59.6 15-3 .833 84.9 70.1 9-0 4-2 2-1 9-1 W 5 Georgia Southern 5-1 .833 73.7 65.3 14-5 .737 77.0 66.6 6-0 6-4 2-1 7-3 W 4 Texas State 5-1 .833 64.8 62.7 12-7 .632 69.5 63.1 6-1 5-5 1-1 7-3 W 5 Georgia State 4-2 .667 70.8 68.2 13-6 .684 72.6 65.1 6-1 6-4 1-1 7-3 W 4 UTA 3-3 .500 80.0 76.8 12-7 .632 79.0 72.0 7-1 4-6 1-0 5-5 W 1 Appalachian State 3-3 .500 64.5 70.0 8-11 .421 77.4 74.6 6-2 1-7 1-2 3-7 L 2 South Alabama 2-3 .400 71.0 74.6 9-9 .500 68.9 66.1 7-2 0-7 2-0 4-6 L 1 Troy 2-3 .400 71.8 71.8 8-10 .444 76.4 73.1 5-2 2-6 1-2 3-7 W 1 Little Rock 2-4 .333 69.0 70.2 5-14 .263 64.5 69.0 5-5 0-9 0-0 3-7 L 1 ULM 1-4 .200 65.8 75.8 7-9 .438 70.9 68.1 7-2 0-7 0-0 4-6 L 2 Coastal Carolina 1-5 .167 66.3 71.7 7-12 .368 74.1 71.1 4-7 1-4 2-1 2-8 L 5 Arkansas State 1-5 .167 69.2 80.2 6-13 .316 73.7 77.9 5-4 1-9 0-0 3-7 L 5 #FUNBELT FACTS UPCOMING SCHEDULE • Six Week 11 matchups are slated for live THURSDAY, JANUARY 18 SATURDAY, JANUARY 27 coverage on ESPN3 with two games on *Coastal Carolina at South Alabama 7:05 PM *Texas State at Georgia State (ESPN3) 1:15 PM Thursday, Jan. 18, three games on Saturday, *Louisiana at UTA (ESPN3) 7:15 PM *Troy at Louisiana 2:00 PM Jan. 20 and one game on Monday, Jan. 22. *ULM at Texas State (ESPN3) 7:30 PM *South Alabama at ULM 2:00 PM *Arkansas State at Appalachian State (ESPN3) 2:30 PM • Due to inclement weather, the Jan. 18 SATURDAY, JANUARY 20 *Little Rock at Coastal Carolina 2:30 PM Appalachian State at Troy game has been *Georgia Southern at Georgia State (ESPN3) 1:15 PM *UTA at Georgia Southern (ESPN3) 4:00 PM moved to Monday, Jan. 22 at 7:15 p.m. CT. *Appalachian State at South Alabama 3:05 PM *Coastal Carolina at Troy (ESPN3) 4:15 PM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 • The conference’s top four teams enter this *ULM at UTA (ESPN3) 4:15 PM *Georgia Southern at Little Rock 7:00 PM week’s games on extended winning streaks *Louisiana at Texas State 4:30 PM *Appalachian State at UTA (ESPN3) 7:15 PM with Louisiana and Texas State each having *Arkansas State at Little Rock 5:00 PM *Georgia State at Arkansas State (ESPN3) 7:30 PM won five straight and Georgia Southern and *Coastal Carolina at Texas State 7:30 PM Georgia State each having won four in a row. MONDAY, JANUARY 22 *Appalachian State at Troy (ESPN3) 7:15 PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3 • Louisiana senior forward Bryce Washington *Louisiana at ULM (ESPN3) 2:00 PM is fourth among active Division I players in THURSDAY, JANUARY 25 *South Alabama at Troy (ESPN3) 4:15 PM total rebounds (935) and tied for sixth in *UTA at Georgia State (ESPN3) 6:15 PM *Coastal Carolina at UTA (ESPN3) 4:15 PM career double-doubles (34). Washington is *Little Rock at Appalachian State (ESPN3) 6:30 PM *Appalachian State at Texas State 4:30 PM one of five Division I players to average a *Arkansas State at Coastal Carolina 6:30 PM *Georgia State at Little Rock 5:00 PM double-double during the past two seasons, *Texas State at Georgia Southern 6:30 PM *Georgia Southern at Arkansas State (ESPN3) 7:00 PM joining Bonzie Colson (Notre Dame), Angel *Troy at ULM 7:00 PM Delgado (Seton Hall), Alize Johnson (Missouri *South Alabama at Louisiana 7:15 PM * - Sun Belt Conference game State) and James Thompson IV (Eastern Michigan). MEDIA CONTACTS PLAYER OF THE WEEK - JAN. 15 Sun Belt Conference - Scottie Rodgers Email [email protected] Phone (O) ....................................................504-556-0872 Phone (C).....................................................609-903-1416 Appalachian State - Andrew Korba Email [email protected] Phone (C).....................................................828-457-1290 Little Rock - Rand Champion Email ..............................................rdchampion@ualr.edu Phone (O) ....................................................501-569-3449 Phone (C).....................................................501-351-3385 Arkansas State - Mark Taylor Email ..............................................martaylor@astate.edu Phone (O) ....................................................870-972-3547 Phone (C).....................................................870-219-5705 ALEX HICKS TROY | JUNIOR | FORWARD Coastal Carolina - Darrell Orand Troy junior forward Alex Hicks was sensational in leading the Trojans to their first conference Email ................................................ [email protected] road win of the season against rival South Alabama. Hicks had a career afternoon with a Phone (O) ....................................................843-349-6467 career-high 30 points and a career-high 16 rebounds. It marked the third time this season he Phone (C).....................................................843-333-4067 scored 20 or more points. Georgia Southern - Marc Gignac Hicks added four blocks for for his fourth four-block game of the season. He also drained a Email .............................. [email protected] three-pointer and was nearly perfect from the free throw line, hitting seven of eight attempts. Phone (O) ....................................................912-478-5288 Phone (C).....................................................980-297-9981 For the season, Hicks is averaging 12.2 points and 8.5 rebounds per game. His 8.5 rebounds rank fourth in the conference. Georgia State - Mike Holmes Email .................................................... [email protected] Phone (O) ....................................................404-413-4033 PLAYER OF THE WEEK ARCHIVE Phone (C).....................................................404-259-9716 2017-18 ALL-TIME (ACTIVE PLAYERS) Nov. 14 ......................Ike Smith, Georgia Southern Kevin Hervey, UTA ................................................ 5 Louisiana - Matt Sullivan Nov. 21 .......................................... Erick Neal, UTA Tookie Brown, Georgia Southern ........................ 3 Email [email protected] Phone (O) ....................................................337-482-6331 Nov 28 ............. Justin Forrest, Appalachian State Ike Smith, Georgia Southern ............................... 2 Phone (C).....................................................985-981-0009 Frank Bartley, Louisiana D’Marcus Simonds, Georgia State ...................... 2 ULM - John Lewandowski Dec. 5 ........................................Kevin Hervey, UTA Frank Bartley, Louisiana ..................................... 2 Email ............................................ [email protected] Dec. 12 .............. Tookie Brown, Georgia Southern Erick Neal, UTA .................................................... 1 Phone (O) ....................................................318-342-5378 Jan. 2 ...................Roderick Sikes, South Alabama Justin Forrest, Appalachian State ....................... 1 Phone (C).....................................................517-896-3537 Jan. 8 ...............D’Marcus Simonds, Georgia State Roderick Sikes, South Alabama .......................... 1 South Alabama - Matt Horne Jan 15 ........................................... Alex Hicks, Troy Alex Hicks,Troy..................................................... 1 Email ................................... [email protected] Phone (O) ....................................................251-414-8184 Jan. 22 .................................................................... Phone (C).....................................................912-536-5806 Jan. 29 .................................................................... UTA - Richard Kilwien Feb. 5 ...................................................................... Email .......................................... [email protected] Feb. 12 .................................................................... Phone (O) ....................................................817-272-2239 Phone (C).....................................................425-765-6120 Feb. 19 .................................................................... Feb. 26 .................................................................... Texas State - Phillip Pongratz Email ...................................................pdp30@txstate.edu March 5 .................................................................. Phone (O) ....................................................512-245-4692 Phone (C).....................................................931-446-4001 Troy - Russ Schaffer Email ...................................................rschaffer@troy.edu Phone (O) ....................................................334-670-5607 Phone (C).....................................................772-341-3265 2 2017-18 Sun Belt Men’s Basketball - Week 11 AROUND THE #FUNBELT NATIONAL POLLS SUN BELT FOURSOME NAMED TO LOU HENSON AWARD ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL MIDSEASON WATCH LIST Jan. 15 Georgia Southern junior guard Tookie Brown, Georgia State sophomore guard D’Marcus Simonds, Louisiana senior forward Bryce Washington, Team Record Points Previous 1. Villanova (63) .................................. 16-1 .................1,623 ...................1 UTA senior forward Kevin