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CENTRAL ARKANSAS BEARS BASKETBALL SID Contact: Steve East • Phone: (501) 450-5743 • Cell: (501) 339-8215 [email protected] • www.ucasports.com GAME UCA BEARS (8-10, 3-5) vs. UCA BEARS 2012-13 SCHEDULE SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA LIONS (7-11, 5-3) 11/10 @ Arizona State L, 64-79 11/13 vs. Hendrix College W, 108-65 Thursday, January 31 • 7:30 P.M. 11/21 vs. Arkansas State L, 72-73 19 Farris Center • Conway, Ark. • ESPN3 11/24 vs. Sacramento State L, 68-71 11/28 @ Eastern Illinois W, 74-72 12/5 vs. Tennessee-Martin W, 87-86 • ProJECTED STArTErS • 12/8 @ Southeast Missouri State W, 88-85 #0 ROBERT CRAWFORD 12/16 @ #23/24 Oklahoma State L, 63-91 SR • G • 6-5, 210 • Broken Arrow, Okla. • Victory Christian (Connors) 12/22 vs. Mississippi St. (Jackson, Miss.) L, 72-79 12/31 vs. Central Baptist (UCA) W, 107-82 GP/GS 17/17 • PPG 14.5 • RPG 4.4 • APG 1.6 1/3 @ Nicholls State* L, 79-83 #1 JARVIS GARNER 1/5 @ Southeastern Louisiana* L, 68-72 1/10 vs. Stephen F. Austin* L, 69-77 SR • F • 6-7, 210 • Conway, AR • Conway HS (Connors State) 1/12 vs. Northwestern State* L, 88-100 GP/GS 18/18 • PPG 16.1 • RPG 6.9 • APG 1.3 1/17 @ Sam Houston State* L, 52-63 1/19 @ Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* W, 76-67 #2 LaQUENTIN MILES 1/24 vs. McNeese State* W, 103-98 3OT JR • G • 6-5, 190 • Jacksonville, AR • Jacksonville HS (SEMO) 1/26 vs. Lamar University* W, 88-59 GP/GS 13/13 • PPG 15.7 • RPG 4.6 • APG 4.4 1/31 vs. Southeastern Louisiana* 7:30 ESPN3 2/2 vs. Nicholls State* 4:30 #42 ANTHONY BORDEN 2/7 @ Stephen F. Austin* 8:00 SR • C • 6-10, 240 • W. Memphis, AR • W. Memphis (Holmes CC) 2/9 @ Northwestern State* 3:00 GP/GS 10/4 • PPG 7.1 • RPG 4.4 • BPG 2.2 2/14 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* 7:30 2/16 vs. Sam Houston State* 4:30 #25 DAOUDA BERETE 2/19 @ Oral Roberts University* 7:30 FR • G • 6-4, 175 • Conakry, Guinea • Little Rock Hall HS 2/23 Bracket Busters (UCA) 4:30 GP/GS 18/5 • PPG 5.0 • RPG 2.7 • APG 2.2 2/28 @ Lamar University* 7:30 3/2 @ McNeese State* 3:00 3/9 vs. Oral Roberts* 4:30 BEAR TRACKS... * Southland Conference games all times CST √ LAST OUTING: UCA 88, Lamar 59 The Bears had an easy time with the Lamar Cardinals on Satuday, winning 88- GAME INFORMATION 59 in front of a crowd of 2,095 at the Farris Center. UCA played all 14 players, TIME: ................ Tipoff 7:30 p.m. with 12 scoring points. The Bears led 52-29 at halftime and cruised after that. UCA RADIO: ............. KUCA 91.3 FM with Monty Rowell made 10 of 28 from three-point range and forced 25 turnovers, turning them into INTERNET: ....... www.ucasports.com 34 points. TELEVISION: .... none UCA had four players in double figures, led by LaQuentin Miles with 12. No SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter: @ucasports / @UCAscoreboard player played more than 20 minutes, which was a relief following Thursday’s triple Facebook: University of Central Arkansas Athletics overtime win over McNeese State. UCA had a season-high 10 blocked shots, with SERIES: ............. The Lions lead the overall series 10-3. senior Anthony Borden getting a career-high 6. COACHES: √ THE SERIES: The Lions lead the overall series with the Bears 10-3, including UCA - Corliss Williamson is 21-55 in his third season a 72-68 victory back on Jan. 5 in Hammond, La. However, the Bears are 3-3 on at UCA. His overall record is the same. their home floor and have won the past two meetings in Conway. SLU - Jim Yarbrough is 115-110 in his eighth season The series has been tight over the past four seasons. In fact, the past seven at SLU. His overall record is 212-151 in 13 seasons. games have been decided by an average of 5.0 points, with two games going to overtime. Last year, SLU won in overtime (75-71) in Hammond and UCA won 64-63 at the had 38 points at home against Central Baptist and another Farris Center. 38 vs. McNeese State. The common denominator in those performances was UCA √ FIRST MEETING: The Lions forced 18 turnovers and scored 26 points off them won all three games. in downing the Bears 72-68 at the University Center. Brandon Fortenberry topped SLU with 23 points, while Roosevelt Johnson added 16 points and 12 rebounds. √ SLC PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jarvis Garner earned UCA’s For the Bears, Jordan Harks had 17 points, Robert Crawford 15 and Jarvis Garner second SLC Player of the Week honor on Monday after scoring 14 points and 9 rebounds. 38 points and grabbinng 15 rebounds in UCA’s triple overtime After shooting 61.5 percent from the field in the first half, UCA cooled to just win over McNeese last week. 31.0 percent in the second half and let their 41-33 halftime lead slip away. For the week, Garner shot 60.7 percent overall (17 of 28), 61.5 (8 of 13) from three-point range and 100 percent (4 of √ BIG NUMBERS: The Bears now have the top three individual scoring 4) from the line. He added 19 rebounds. performances in the Southland Conference so far this season. Senior Robert Crawford Garner sent the McNeese game to its first OT with a 30- scored 39 on the road at Southeast Missouri on Dec. 8, while senior Jarvis Garner foot three-pointer, then made another from 28 feet to send 2012-13 UCA BEARS BASKETBALL • PAGE 2 it to the second extra period. Robert Crawford earned UCA’s first SLC Player of the Week honor on Dec. 10 after shooting 73.9 percent (17 of 23) overall, 71.4 percent (10 of 14) from beyond the 3-point line and 81.8 percent (9 of 11) from the free-throw line in UCA’s wins over UT Martin and SE Missouri. The senior from Broken Arrow, Okla., added 3.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals for the week, with just two turnovers. He had a career-high 39 points against SEMO, tying for the sixth-best scoring effort in UCA history, and the first 39-point outing since Nate Bowie against Nicholls State in 2008. The school record is 44 by Derrell Washington against Delta State in 1994. √ BY THE NUMBERS: The Bears are first in the SLC in three-pointers made (142). They are second in three-point shooting at 36.4 percent (142 of 390), second in scoring (79.2) second in assists (15.6) and second in assist/turnover ratio (1.2). They are third in rebounding (38.4) and fourth in field goal percentage (44.8), turnover margin (+2.1) and steals (8.2). UCA is also fourth in home attendance (1,777) behind Oral Roberts (4,311), Lamar (2,168) and SFA (1,792). UCA has two players ranked in the Top 5 in scoring, with Jarvis Garner third (16.1) and Robert Crawford seventh (14.5). LaQuentin Miles would be fourth (15.7) if he had played enough games. Crawford is first in 3pt made (2.9 pg) and third in 3pt percentage (43.1). Garner is seventh in rebounding (6.9) and is third in defensive rebounding (5.8). Jordan Harks is second in field-goal percentage (58.5) and Garner is 5th in FT percentage (76.6). Anthony Borden would be 2nd in blocked shots if he had played enough games (2.2). UCA is 7th in the nation in scoring offense, 25th in assists per game and 31st in three-pointers per game. Crawford is 22nd in 3pt% and 28th in threes made per game. √ LONG RANGE: The Bears have made 10 or more three-pointers six times this season through 18 games, including two straight games against Mississippi State and Central Baptist. They have made 8 or more 12 times, including 9 on Thursday against McNeese State and 10 on Saturday vs. Lamar. Their season low was 3 (of 15) at Sam Houston State. The came back and made 10 of 26 the next game at A&M-CC. UCA made 10 or more three-pointers just four times in 29 games last season. The Bears have connected 142 times from beyond the arc, compared to 109 for their opponents. UCA makes 7.9 threes per game, compared to second place Sam Houston State at 6.6. √ HIGH MILEAGE: Junior LaQuentin Miles was UCA’s lone preseason All-Southland Conference selection, missed five games with a broken hand but returned last Thursday against SFA. In his two games back, Miles has scored 21 points in both outings and added 12 assists (8 vs. NSU). Miles, who averaged 14.9 points, 5.0 rebounds and led the SLC with 57 steals a year ago, was a first-team selection. He was UCA’s leading scorer in 13 games and leading rebounder in six. He had highs of 29 points and 12 rebounds, both against Henderson State at the Farris Center. Miles had a string of three straight doubles last season against Ecclesia, Eastern Illinois and UT Martin. The Jacksonville native transferred to UCA from Southeast Missouri and sat out the 2010-11 season. He played in 23 games, with two starts, as a freshman at SEMO, scoring 65 points and grabbing 46 rebounds.