SUN BELT BASEBALL MARCH 21, 2017 Mercedes-Benz Superdome 1500 Sugar Bowl Drive New Orleans, LA 70112 | SunBeltSports.org | @SunBelt | #FunBelt 2017 SUN BELT CONFERENCE STANDINGS Conference Overall EAST W L T PCT STK RS RA TP W L T PCT L10 STK RS RA TP South Alabama 2 1 0 0.667 W2 29 14 3 11 9 0 0.550 5-5 W2 159 89 20 Troy 2 1 0 0.667 L1 16 19 3 11 7 0 0.611 6-4 L1 95 84 18 Appalachian State 1 2 0 0.333 L1 15 11 3 9 11 0 0.450 4-6 L1 80 88 20 Coastal Carolina 1 2 0 0.333 L1 15 18 3 12 9 0 0.571 6-4 L1 132 119 21 Georgia Southern 1 2 0 0.333 L2 14 29 3 10 9 0 0.526 6-4 L2 108 114 19 Georgia State 1 2 0 0.333 L1 10 18 3 10 10 0 0.500 4-6 L1 94 93 20 WEST W L T PCT STK RS RA TP W L T PCT L10 STK RS RA TP Arkansas State 2 1 0 0.667 W2 23 14 3 11 8 0 0.579 5-5 W2 116 123 19 Louisiana 2 1 0 0.667 W1 11 15 3 11 6 0 0.647 7-3 W1 76 62 17 Texas State 2 1 0 0.667 W1 18 15 3 12 8 0 0.600 8-2 W1 158 118 20 UTA 2 1 0 0.667 W1 18 10 3 11 10 0 0.524 7-3 W1 96 94 21 Little Rock 1 2 0 0.333 W1 19 16 3 8 12 0 0.400 4-6 W1 107 102 20 ULM 1 2 0 0.333 L2 14 23 3 5 16 0 0.238 1-9 L2 76 167 21 * - Earned Tournament Berth | & - Divisional Champions | @ - Tournament Champions UPCOMING Sun Belt SCHEDULE MARCH 21 (TUESDAY) MARCH 22 (WEDNESDAY) MARCH 24 (FRIDAY) Radford at Appalachian State 4:00 PM Arkansas State at Austin Peay 3:00 PM Texas State at Appalachian State * 4:00 PM Furman at Georgia State 5:00 PM The Citadel at Georgia Southern 5:00 PM Arkansas State at Coastal Carolina * 5:00 PM Georgia Southern at The Citadel 5:00 PM Little Rock at ULM * 6:00 PM Houston at Louisiana 6:00 PM Louisiana at Troy * 6:00 PM Grambling at ULM 6:00 PM Georgia State at South Alabama * 6:30 PM Texas at Texas State 6:00 PM Georgia Southern at UTA * 6:30 PM Troy at Samford 6:00 PM Little Rock at No. 28 Missouri 6:00 PM MARCH 25 (SATURDAY) Arkansas State at Austin Peay 6:00 PM Texas State at Appalachian State * 1:00 PM South Alabama at Alabama State 6:00 PM Arkansas State at Coastal Carolina * 1:00 PM UTA at Sam Houston State 6:30 PM Little Rock at ULM * 2:00 PM Georgia Southern at UTA * 2:00 PM Louisiana at Troy * 3:00 PM TOP HEADLINES Georgia State at South Alabama * 6:30 PM • Community Coffee returns as the official coffee of the Sun Belt Conference. They are sponsoring this season’s MARCH 26 (SUNDAY) baseball student-athlete and pitcher of the week awards as well as the Most Outstanding Player award at the Arkansas State at Coastal Carolina * 12:00 AM Texas State at Appalachian State * 12:00 PM tournament. Little Rock at ULM * 1:00 PM • Appalachian State’s primary midweek pitcher, LHP Bobby Hampton, had another fine performance this week on Georgia State at South Alabama * 1:00 PM Wednesday when he held NC Central to six scoreless innings, only allowing seven hits and two runs overall. The Georgia Southern at UTA * 1:00 PM real number of the game, however, was Hampton’s career-high 10 strikeouts on the day. Louisiana at Troy * 1:00 PM • Arkansas State has hit nine triples so far this season, which is the most in the Sun Belt MARCH 28 (TUESDAY) • Conference and ninth in the nation. Garrett Rucker has already hit four triples, including one March 19 against Little Rock at Ole Miss 11:00 AM ULM, to lead the league and rank third in the country. The four triples already ranks as a tie for the eighth most Wake Forest at Appalachian State 4:00 PM in a single season in school history. Arkansas State at Southern Illinois 5:00 PM • A-State has the 25th most steals nationally with 32 on the year, but are now ranked third in the conference Coastal Carolina at North Carolina 5:00 PM behind Texas State and Coastal Carolina. However, A-State was 1-for-1 in its series against ULM with Tobias Georgia Southern at College of Charleston 5:00 PM Texas A&M at Texas State 6:00 PM Johnson stealing his first career bag for the team. Louisiana at McNeese 6:00 PM • The ULM Warhawks have now been postponed and forced to play a doubleheader in each of the last two ULM at Louisiana Tech 6:00 PM weekends. ULM closed the UAB series with a Sunday doubleheader on March 12 and waited to begin Sun Belt South Alabama at Southern Miss 6:00 PM play with a twinbill on Saturday afternoon against Arkansas State. UTA at Dallas Baptist 6:30 PM • Texas State has been rolling through the month of March, and the Bobcats will look to earn another marquee MARCH 29 (WEDNESDAY) victory when they play host to Texas at 6:05 p.m. March 21 at Bobcat Ballpark. TXST (12-8) is coming off a week UNC Wilmington at Coastal Carolina 5:00 PM where the maroon and gold snapped an eightgame losing streak to Rice and took two out of three from the Kennesaw State at Georgia State 5:00 PM reigning national champion and No. 20-ranked Coastal Carolina. Texas (13-9) picked up a midweek triumph over Louisiana at Southeastern Louisiana 6:00 PM Texas A&M but was swept at home to Texas Tech over a weekend Big 12 Conference series. • Texas State defeated Rice 13-4 on March 15 at Bobcat Ballpark. The Bobcats picked up their first midweek victory of the season and also snapped an eight-game losing streak to the Owls dating back to the 2012 season. Follow the #funBelt all times are central time and subject to change 1 /SunBeltConference @SunBelt @SunBelt SunBeltsports @SunBelt @SunBelt /SunBeltsports CONFERENCE SUMMARY COMMUNITY COFFEE PLAYER OF THE WEEK America East................................................................ 1-0 American Athletic ........................................................ 3-4 Atlantic 10 .................................................................... 5-1 Atlantic Coast ............................................................... 0-3 Atlantic Sun.................................................................. 1-2 Big 12 ......................................................................... 2-11 Big East ........................................................................ 3-5 Big Sky ......................................................................... 0-0 Big South...................................................................... 7-0 Big Ten ......................................................................... 6-4 Big West ....................................................................... 0-0 Colonial ........................................................................ 9-4 Conference USA ......................................................... 8-12 Horizon League............................................................ 4-2 Independent ................................................................. 4-0 Ivy ................................................................................. 2-0 Metro Atlantic .............................................................. 3-0 Mid-American .............................................................. 2-2 Mid-Eastern ................................................................. 2-0 Missouri Valley ............................................................. 3-6 Mountain West ............................................................. 0-0 Northeast ..................................................................... 0-0 Ohio Valley .................................................................... 4-2 Pac-12 .......................................................................... 0-0 JEREMY BROWN (ARKANSAS STATE, JUNIOR, INF) Patriot League ............................................................. 2-0 Junior infielder Jeremy Brown hit .462 with a .611 on-base percentage and .692 slugging percentage as the Red Southeastern ............................................................. 3-15 Wolves went 2-2, including a series win over ULM to open Sun Belt Conference play. Brown had a home run, six Southern ...................................................................... 2-2 hits, three runs, and played perfect defense with 11 assists and 14 putouts during the week. He had a RBI in every Southland ................................................................. 14-15 game with his best game coming in the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader when he went 2-for-2 with four Southwestern Athletic ................................................. 5-2 RBI and was also hit by a pitch twice. Summit ........................................................................ 4-4 West Coast ................................................................... 3-0 GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB IBB SB CS HBP SAC .AVG Western Athletic .......................................................... 0-0 WEEK TOTALS 4 13 3 6 7 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 .462 Non-Division I .............................................................. 0-0 Total.............................................................. 103-97 (.515) vs. Ranked Opponents ............................................... 6-17 ONE-RUN GAMES Appalachian State ........................................................ 2-3 Little Rock .................................................................... 1-2 Arkansas State ............................................................ 3-0 Coastal Carolina .......................................................... 4-3 COMMUNITY COFFEE PITCHER OF THE WEEK Georgia Southern ......................................................... 4-3 Georgia State ............................................................... 2-4 Louisiana ...................................................................... 3-0 ULM .............................................................................. 1-4 South Alabama ...........................................................