ARKANSAS STATE BASKETBALL
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SCHEDULE/RESULTS
SBC: 6-10 | Non-Conference: 6-7 Home: 9-3 | Away: 2-12 | 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 Thu. 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
94-83, W 75-85, L 66-65, W 85-90OT, L 59-68, L 64-77, L 82-81OT, W 64-77, L 84-83, W 62-70, L 79-84, L 74-84, L 83-79, W 72-65, W 60-76, L
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...................................................... 20-23 Career Stats vs Opponent............................... 24-25 Season Stats........................................................ 26 Conference Only Stats......................................... 27 Season/Career Stats............................................ 28
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RED WOLVES
12-17
6-10
OVERALL
15-13
SBC
OVERALL
Head Coach............. Mike Balado Career Record/Yrs ......... 23-38/2 A-State Record/Yrs ............ Same vs. ULM...................................2-2 Category
70-82, L 87-77, W 56-72, L 75-712OT, W 71-63, W 52-82, L 87-62, W
MARCH Sat. 2 at Georgia Southern* 70-81, L Thu. 7 ULM 7:00 PM Sat. 9 Louisiana* 4:00 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
GAME ARKANSAS STATE vs ULM Jonesboro, Ark. • First National Bank Arena 30 Thursday, March 7 • 7:00 PM (CT)
Scoring Off. Scoring Def. FG% FG % Def. 3-PT % 3-PT % Def. FT % Reb./Game Reb. Margin TO Margin Asts/Game TO/Game Stls/Game Blks/Game
Overall
SBC
NCAA Rank
73.5 77.2 .418 .440 .339 .345 .728 38.0 +2.6 -1.9 11.4 14.7 6.0 4.3
73.3 78.0 .430 .450 .320 .369 .733 37.4 +4.3 -3.0 11.4 15.4 5.3 4.1
144 307 301 190 211 197 99 49 99 304 308 304 205 56
8-8 SBC
Head Coach.............Keith Richard Career Record/Yrs ....258-288/18 ULM Record/Yrs .........108-171/9 vs. A-State...........................11-15
-vsTHE SERIES A-State leads 39-27
In Jonesboro................................... 28-5 In Monroe..................................... 10-20 Neutral Sites..................................... 1-2 Trend....................................... ULM W2 Last Game............... A-State 75, ULM 85 .................in Monroe | January 5, 2019 More series information on page 4
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NCAA ranks as of games played March 4
Category
Scoring Off. Scoring Def. FG% FG % Def. 3-PT % 3-PT % Def. FT % Reb./Game Reb. Margin TO Margin Asts/Game TO/Game Stls/Game Blks/Game
Overall
SBC
NCAA Rank
78.5 75.2 .451 .457 .398 .359 .779 33.1 -1.5 +1.1 13.7 11.4 6.0 2.1
81.9 80.8 .467 .490 .395 .396 .802 32.7 +0.7 +0.8 14.6 11.1 6.2 1.7
50 272 144 285 7 272 5 291 255 118 157 42 210 318
NCAA ranks as of games played March 4
STORYLINES
The 2018-19 campaign marks the program's 91st season with the Red Wolves amassing a 1,206-1,165 all-time record (.509) dating back to the inaugural 1926-27 season ... A-State leads the Sun Belt in rebounding at 38.0 rebounds per game ... The Red Wolves are the only team ranked inside the top-50 nationally in rebounds per game to not have a player averaging more than 6.0 rebounds per game ... Ty Cockfield has 167 made free throws this season, five shy of the single-season program record of 172 set by J.J. Montgomery in 2003-04 ... Ty Cockfield has scored 634 points this season, third-most in single-season history ... Cockfield is the fourth player in program history to score 600 or more points in a season ... Ty Cockfield's career scoring average of 18.2 points ranks eighth in program history ... A-State is 8-3 this season when Marquis Eaton scores 13 or more points ... As of games played Feb. 25, Ty Cockfield is among just 11 players nationally to average at least 22.0 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game this season (Daishon Smith of ULM is also among the 11).
ARKANSAS STATE PROJECTED LINEUP 0 TY COCKFIELD
SR | G | 6-0 | 185 | Gainesville, Ga. PPG RPG APG MPG 21.9 3.7 3.1 34.7
4 TRISTIN WALLEY
SR | F | 6-7 | 215 | Richton, Miss. PPG RPG APG MPG 7.6 5.5 1.3 24.8
10 GRANTHAM GILLARD
SR | G | 6-4 | 205 | Minneapolis, Minn. PPG RPG APG MPG 9.7 5.6 1.0 29.1
23 MARQUIS EATON
S0 | G | 6-2 | 197 | Helena, Ark. PPG RPG APG MPG 11.1 3.1 2.9 31.6
25 SHAQUILLO FRITZ
rJR | F | 6-8 | 210 | Freeport, Bahamas PPG RPG APG MPG 1.5 2.3 0.3 10.8 Lineup based on last game
> Ranks 2nd in SBC in scoring > Double figures in 50 of 61 career games. > 26 20-plus point outings, 18 this season. > 7th career 30-point game with career best 39 vs Texas State > Fourth player in program history with 600+ points in single season (617) LAST GAME: 17 pts, 2 reb, 2 ast, 4 TO, 1 stl, 5-16 FG, 3-6 3FG > Made 18th start of season with nod at Georgia Southern > Notched third career double-double with 13 pts and 10 rebs against Little Rock
LAST GAME: 2 pts, 5 reb, 1 ast, 1 TO, 0 stl, 0 blk, 1-5 FG, 0-2 3FG > Five or more rebounds in 21 of 29 games > Leads team at 5.6 rebounds per game > Double-double of 18 pts and 12 rebs against Little Rock
LAST GAME: 4 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast, 2 TO, 1 stl, 2-4 FG, 0-1 3FG > Career high 26 points against UT Arlington > 3 games with 20-plus points this season > A-State is 8-3 this season when he scores 13 or more points
LAST GAME: 7 pts, 1 reb, 0 ast, 1 TO, 1 blk, 3-9 FG, 0-3 3FG > Made 10th start of season with nod at Georgia Southern > 4 pts, 4 rebs and 3 blks at Texas State > Career best six points at Georgia State
LAST GAME: 2 pts, 3 reb, 0 ast, 0 TO, 1 blk, 1-1 FG, 0-0 FT