AARRKKAANNSSAASS SSTTAATTEE 2010 Men’s Basketball -11 Game 28 • at Louisiana-Lafayette • Feb. 17, 2011 Anthony Reynolds, Assistant Sports Information Director O: (870) 972-3547 • C: (870) 530-4454 • [email protected] 2010-11 Arkansas State Schedule ASU Continues Sun Belt Conference Road N4 Ouachita Baptist (EX) 83-71, W N8 Henderson State (EX) 71-53, W N12 at Ole Miss 60-68, L Action At Louisiana-Lafayette Thursday N16 vs. Missouri State$ 71-80, L N17 vs. Belmont$ 60-93, L N22 vs. Pacific$ 70-77, L SETTING THE SCENE Date: Feb. 17, 2011 N23 vs. Pepperdine$ 62-69, L Location: Lafayette, La. N27 at SEMO 56-50, W Tipoff: 7 p.m. (CST) D1 at No. 14/15 Memphis 71-78, L (OT) Arena: Cajun Dome D6 Lyon College 85-42, W Arena Capacity: 11,550 D11 Alabama State 77-53, W Webcast: AStateRedWolves.com D18 at Georgia (CSS TV) 59-68, L D20 Savannah State 68-55, W Arkansas State Louisiana’s Quick Hits D22 at Missouri State 70-77, L Red Wolves Ragin’ Cajuns • ASU picked up a 74-65 win over ULL at the Convo earlier D28 Central Baptist 120-39, W 14-13, 8-4 SBC 10-14, 7-5 SBC this year. • ASU is 23-39 against ULL all-time. D30 South Alabama* 69-57, W 69.3 PPG 72.0 • Allison leads the conference and 38th nationally in as- J1 Western Kentucky* (Sun Belt TV) 81-73, W 65.6 OPP. PPG 73.5 sist/turnover ratio (2.4). J6 at Florida International* 70-75, L +3.7 SCORING MARGIN -1.4 • ASU leads the conference with a +4.0 rebounding margin J8 at Florida Atlantic* 57-61, L 43.9 FG% 43.8 J13 Louisiana-Lafayette* 74-65, W and are ranked 49th in the country in the category. 42.7 OPP. FG% 46.6 • Adams posted a double-double at Savannah State 10 pts. J15 Middle Tennessee* 69-65, W 33.5 3-PT FG% 34.2 13 reb., 8th of his career and 4th of the season J17 Lamar 78-75, W 34.6 OPP. 3-PT FG% 35.4 • Boone led ASU with 20 pts at ULM scoring 11 of ASU’s J20 at Denver* 36-74, L 70.7 FT% 65.7 first 13 pts. He also had a career-high seven assists. J22 at North Texas* 64-83, L 67.7 OPP. FT% 72.4 • ASU has outrebounded 15 opponents this season J27 Louisiana-Monroe* 62-61, W 36.2 RPG 38.0 • The Red Wolves have had two or more players score in J29 at UALR* 75-64, W 32.1 OPP. RPG 34.5 double-digits in all but three game this season. F1 at Savannah State 61-67, L +4.1 REB. MARGIN +3.4 • Boone leads ASU with 44 steals. F5 Denver* 60-35, W 12.0 APG 10.3 • Adams leads ASU with 11.8 ppg and 7.0 rpg. F10 at Louisiana-Monroe* 85-66, W 13.0 TOPG 16.2 • Adams ranks seventh in conference only games in re- F17 at Louisiana-Lafayette* 7:05 p.m. +0.3 TO MARGIN -1.3 bounding averaging 7.2 per game F19 at Troy* 7 p.m. 3.1 BPG 4.5 • Boone and Adams have each scored in double digits 17 F24 North Texas* 7:05 p.m. 6.4 SPG 6.0 times this season, leading the team. F26 UALR* (Sun Belt TV) 3 p.m. All times are CST Home Games in Bold TIPPING IT OFF $ - NIT Season Tip-Off (Knoxville, Tenn./Springfield, Mo.) The Red Wolves continue action on the road in the Sun Belt Conference with a trip to the Cajun Dome * Sun Belt Conference Games for a matchup with Louisiana-Lafayette’s Ragin’ Cajuns. ASU picked up a win over ULL earlier this season but the Ragin’ Cajuns have won seven in a row including six conference games. Tipoff at ULL Arkansas State Radio Network is set for 7:05 p.m. Flagshipped by 107.9 KFIN-FM (Jonesboro) • Matt Stolz, play-by-play THE OPPONENT Television Louisiana-Lafayette stands at 10-14 with a 7-5 Sun Belt Conference record and is currently riding a seven-game winning streak including conference wins over ULM (84-75), N. Texas (93-88), USA (76- none 70/OT), UALR (67-66), FIU (72-68) and FAU (72-64). Junior guard Justin Brown leads the Ragin’ Ca- Logo juns averaging 11.2 points per game although only appearing in 16 games this season. Freshman • The “stAte” (below) logo is the primary mark of the guard J.J. Thomas and senior forward Travis Bureau rank second in scoring average with 10.5 points Arkansas State Red Wolves, the “wolf head” logo (above) is per game and lead the team each averaging 6.6 rebounds per game. As a team, ULL is averaging a secondary mark. 72.0 points per game while surrendering 73.5 to opponents for a -1.4 scoring margin. The Cajuns rank second in the league behind ASU with a +3.4 rebounding margin averaging 38.0 per game. Bob Mar- lin is in his first season with ULL but owns a career coaching mark of 358-180. THE SERIES ASU trails the all-time series against ULL 23-39 dating back to the 1963-64 season. ASU picked up a decisive win over the Ragin’ Cajuns with a 74-65 victory at the Convocation Center on Jan. 12. Junior forward Martavius Adams led the team in that game with 17 points and seven rebounds. Arkansas State Basketball Game Notes 1 Game 28 - at Louisiana-Lafayette 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 12 Rashad Allison 2 Trey Finn 23 Donald Boone 15 Brandon Peterson 13 Martavius Adams MBB Contact - Anthony Reynolds, •Guard •Guard •Guard •Forward •Forward/Center Asst. SID PPG RPG APG PPG RPG APG PPG RPG APG PPG RPG APG PPG RPG FG% 870-972-3547 / [email protected] 8.7 2.1 4.0 8.5 5.1 1.6 10.9 3.0 1.8 8.2 5.5 1.2 11.7 6.9 .504 Jerry Scott, Asst. A.D./ Sports Info. Dir. LAST TIME 870-972-3405 / [email protected] The Arkansas State men’s basketball team ran its home record to 7-0 Thursday night with a 74-65 victory Van Provence, Asst. SID 870-972-2547 / [email protected] over Louisiana-Lafayette at the Convocation Center in Sun Belt Conference action. Katey Buckley, Graduate Asst. A-State, which snapped a two-game skid, improved to 8-10 overall and 3-2 in Sun Belt play, while UL [email protected] Lafayette dropped to 3-13 overall and 1-4 in conference play. Martavius Adams recorded 17 points and seven rebounds, both game highs, to lead the Red Wolves’ MEDIA INFORMATION attack. Joining the junior forward in double figures for ASU were senior guard Donald Boone with 16 points and sophomore forward Brandon Peterson with 11. CREDENTIALS Arkansas State, which raced out to a 12-2 lead over the game’s first five minutes, never trailed and Working press credentials can be requested by held at least a two-possession lead for the entire contest. The Red Wolves were able to build a 30-15 ad- contacting Anthony Reynolds at 870-972-3547, vantage with 8:27 remaining in the first half before settling for a 43-34 lead at the break. or by email at [email protected]. Full-sea- The Ragin’ Cajuns hung around throughout the entire second half, never letting ASU extend its lead to son and single-game credentials will be mailed more than 11 points. Ahead 68-57 with 6:04 remaining, the Red Wolves gave up a 7-0 run that allowed whenever possible. If not, they will be left at the ULL to pull within 68-64 with 2:11 left in the game. Media Will Call table located on the lower level to However, the Ragin’ Cajuns couldn’t get any closer as ASU was able to stop ULL’s surge with a pair of the left of the green entrance. free throws by senior guard Rashad Allison that started an 8-1 run by the Red Wolves to close the game. MEDIA ROOM While A-State gave up 10 more rebounds, 40-30, to ULL, the Red Wolves posted a .537 shooting per- Enter the media room from the lower level, be- centage to the Ragin’ Cajuns .414. ASU also connected on 6-of-16 three-point attempts, while holding neath the blue portal. Please do not attempt to ULL to 3-of-14 from beyond the arc. access the media room from the entrance be- Led by sophomore guard Trey Finn, the Red Wolves also posted 15 assists to the Ragin’ Cajuns nine neath the yellow portal. Game notes, flipcards and while also turning the ball over two fewer times. refreshments will be provided to credentialed Louisiana-Lafayette was led by J.J. Thomas with 16 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. Also scor- media. ing in double figures for the Ragin’ Cajuns were Javan Mitchell with a career-high 12 points and Bryant Mba- malu with 11. POST-GAME INTERVIEWS The Arkansas State locker room is closed to all ALL SCORE VERSUS ULM members of the media. Head coach John Brady All 11 Red Wolves players scored for the first time this season at ULM last Thursday led by senior guard and requested assistant coaches and players will be available for interviews following a brief cooling Donald Boone who had 20 total points including scoring 11 of ASU’s first 13 points and finished the first half off period.