ARKANSAS STATE BASKETBALL
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SCHEDULE/RESULTS
SBC: 0-0 | Non-Conference: 5-7 Home: 4-0 | Away: 0-5 | Neutral: 1-2 NOVEMBER Fri. 9 at Abilene Christian Mon. 12 Missouri Baptist Fri. 18 at Grand Canyon Fri. 23 vs UNC-Wilmington% Sat. 24 vs Eastern Illinois% Sun. 25 vs Gardner-Webb% DECEMBER Sat. 1 at Lehigh Tue. 4 Evansville Sat. 8 at Minnesota Fri. 14 Florida Atlantic Tue. 18 Missouri State Sat. 22 at Syracuse Sat. 29 Harding JANUARY Thu. 3 Sat. 5 Thu. 10 Sat. 12 Thu. 17 Sat. 19 Sat. 24 Sat. 26
at Louisiana* at ULM* South Alabama* Troy* at UT Arlington* at Texas State* Appalachian State* Coastal Carolina*
FEBRUARY Sat. 2 at Little Rock* Thu. 7 at South Alabama* Sat. 9 at Troy* Thu. 14 Texas State* Sat. 16 UT Arlington* Sat. 23 Little Rock* Thu. 28 at Georgia State*
73-94, L 89-54, W 72-96, L 64-78, L 86-90OT, L 77-69, W
70-82, L 87-77, W 56-72, L 75-712OT, W 71-63, W 52-82, L 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 2:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:30 PM 7:00 PM 2:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM
MARCH Sat. 2 at Georgia Southern* 4:00 PM Thu. 7 ULM 7:00 PM Sat. 9 Louisiana* 7:00 PM # - Exhibition Game % - Battle in the Blue Ridge (Asheville, N.C.) * - Sun Belt Conference Game All game times listed in Central Standard Time (CST)
IN THESE NOTES
Radio/TV Roster.................................................... 2 Roster & Quick Facts.............................................. 3 Series History........................................................ 4 Current Notes..................................................... 4-5 Sun Belt Update.................................................... 6 Statistical Trends................................................... 7 The Last Time..................................................... 8-9 Game-By-Game Stats......................................... 10 Miscellaneous Stats............................................ 11 Superlatives......................................................... 12 Player Pages.................................................... 13-19 Box Scores...................................................... 20-21 Season Stats........................................................ 22 Season/Career Stats............................................ 23
GAME ARKANSAS STATE vs HARDING Jonesboro, Ark. • First National Bank Arena 13 Saturday, December 29 • 7:00 PM
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RED WOLVES
5-7
OVERALL
0-0
5-4
SBC
OVERALL
Head Coach............. Mike Balado Career Record/Yrs ......... 16-28/2 A-State Record/Yrs ............ Same vs. Harding..............................0-0 Category Overall NCAA Rank Scoring Offense 72.7 220 Scoring Defense 77.3 291 FG Percentage .396 330 FG % Defense .436 194 3-PT FG % .347 162 3-PT FG % Def. .310 75 Free Throw % .731 74 Rebounds/Game 38.4 80 Rebound Margin +0.1 208 Turnover Margin -0.6 227 Assists/Game 11.1 319 Turnovers/Game 13.5 174 Steals/Game 6.3 203 Blocks/Game 4.2 100 ranks as of games played Dec. 25
BISON
3-1 GAC
Head Coach...............Jeff Morgan Career Record/Yrs ....439-311/27 Harding Record/Yrs ...422-301/26 vs. A-State...............................0-1
-vsTHE SERIES A-State leads 7-2
In Jonesboro................................... 1-0* In Searcy......................................... 0-0* Neutral Sites................................... 0-0* Trend.................................. A-State, W1 Last Game.......... A-State 87, Harding 81 ................ in Jonesboro | Nov. 29, 2003 *reflects records available More series information on page 4
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Category Overall NCAA Rank Scoring Offense 78.7 138 Scoring Defense 77.9 217 FG Percentage .451 155 FG % Defense .447 183 3-PT FG % .351 161 3-PT FG % Def. .388 273 Free Throw % .647 277 Rebounds/Game 36.8 148 Rebound Margin +0.8 163 Turnover Margin +0.8 135 Assists/Game 14.2 121 Turnovers/Game 15.0 207 Steals/Game 7.7 90 Blocks/Game 2.6 202 ranks as of games played Dec. 25
STORYLINES
The 2018-19 campaign marks the program's 91st season with the Red Wolves amassing a 1,199-1,155 all-time record (.510) dating back to the inaugural 1926-27 season ... A-State plays Harding in a regular season game for the first time since the 2003 season ... Ty Cockfield II has eight games with 20 or more points this season, fifth most among NCAA Division I athletes this season ... As of games played Dec. 26, Ty Cockfield is among just 16 players nationally to average 20.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game this season ... A-State is off to a 4-0 start at home for the 13th time in 32 seasons played at First National Bank Arena ... Dating back to the 2010-11 season, A-State was 1-32 when shooting less than 35 percent from the floor, but the Red Wolves won two-straight games (vs FAU and Missouri State) having shot below 35 percent ... Both A-State and FAU shot less than 29 percent from the floor, the 18th NCAA Division I game since 2010-11 to see both teams do such ... The Red Wolves have 50 blocks thus far and are on pace for 134, second-most in program history.
ARKANSAS STATE PROJECTED LINEUP 0 TY COCKFIELD
SR | G | 6-0 | 185 | Gainesville, Ga. PPG RPG APG MPG 20.9 3.8 3.3 34.1
2 SALIF BOUDIE
JR | F | 6-8 | 215 | Mali, West Africa PPG RPG APG MPG 4.0 5.6 0.3 17.9
4 TRISTIN WALLEY
SR | F | 6-7 | 215 | Richton, Miss. PPG RPG APG MPG 7.0 4.5 0.9 23.1
5 CHRISTIAN WILLIS
rSO | G | 6-1 | 190 | Belleville, Ill. PPG RPG APG MPG 4.0 1.2 0.7 12.3
10 GRANTHAM GILLARD
SR | G | 6-4 | 205 | Minneapolis, Minn. PPG RPG APG MPG 9.1 5.8 0.9 28.3 Lineup based on last game
> Leads SBC in scoring at 20.9 PPG > Double figures in 34 of 44 career games. > 16 20-plus point outings, eight this season. > 4th career 30-point game with 34 vs FAU LAST GAME: 17 pts, 3 reb, 5 ast, 3 TO, 2 stl, 5-14 FG, 4-10 3FG > Made third start of season at Syracuse, 15th career start > Career high 21 points vs Gardner-Webb > Career high 11 rebounds at Lehigh > Second on team at 5.6 rebounds per game LAST GAME: 0 pts, 4 reb, 0 ast, 1 TO, 2 stl, 0-3 FG, 0-0 FT > Double figures in 13 career outings > 2nd career outing with 10 or more rebounds with 10 at Lehigh
LAST GAME: 0 pt, 3 reb, 1 ast, 0 TO, 1 blk, 1 stl, 0-2 FG, 0-0 3FG > Starts in last five games > Career high 13 points in win over Missouri State > Career best four assists against Evansville
LAST GAME: 0 pts, 0 reb, 1 ast, 1 TO, 0 stl, 0-3 FG, 0-1 3FG, 0-0 FT > Five or more rebounds in 10 of 12 games > Just shy of career high (23) with 22 pts vs Missouri Baptist > A-State is 7-4 when Gillard hits three or more 3-pointers, 3-1 this season LAST GAME: 10 pts, 5 reb, 0 ast, 2 TO, 0 stl, 4-10 FG, 2-8 3FG