Game 3 Notes - at Grand Canyon

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ARKANSAS STATE BASKETBALL

Basketball Contact: Mark Taylor (martaylor@astate.edu) | W: 870-972-3547 | C: 870-219-5705 |   @AStateMB | #WolvesUp

SCHEDULE/RESULTS

SBC: 0-0 | Non-Conference: 1-1 Home: 1-0 | Away: 0-1 | Neutral: 0-0 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%

73-94, L 89-54, W 8:00 PM 6:30 PM 4:00 PM 2:30 PM

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

1:00 PM 7:00 PM 3:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 1:00 PM 7:00 PM

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*

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 at Georgia Southern* Sat. 2 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 Season Stats........................................................ 21 Season/Career Stats............................................ 22

GAME

ARKANSAS STATE at GRAND CANYON Phoenix, Ariz. • GCU Arena Friday, November 16 • 8:00 PM

ESPN3 EAB Red Wolves Sports Network AStateStats.com

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RED WOLVES

1-1

OVERALL

0-0

2-1

SBC

OVERALL

Head Coach............. Mike Balado Career Record/Yrs ......... 12-22/1 A-State Record/Yrs ............ Same vs. Grand Canyon....................0-0 Category Overall NCAA Rank Scoring Offense 81.0 133 Scoring Defense 74.0 214 FG Percentage .488 94 FG % Defense .426 201 3-PT FG % .419 51 3-PT FG % Def. .282 108 Free Throw % .684 171 Rebounds/Game 37.0 227 Rebound Margin +0.5 211 Turnover Margin +0.5 196 Assists/Game 14.5 162 Turnovers/Game 16.5 274 Steals/Game 8.5 76 Blocks/Game 4.5 125

LOPES

0-0 WAC

Head Coach............. Dan Majerle Career Record/Yrs ........ 104-59/6 GCU Record/Yrs ................. Same vs. A-State...............................0-0

-atTHE SERIES First Meeting

In Jonesboro..................................... 0-0 In Phoenix......................................... 0-0 Neutral Sites..................................... 0-0 Trend.............................................None Last Game.............................................. More series information on page 4

FOLLOW THE RED WOLVES

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ranks as of games played Nov. 12

Category Overall NCAA Rank Scoring Offense 79.7 162 Scoring Defense 61.7 66 FG Percentage .426 231 FG % Defense .386 103 3-PT FG % .256 308 3-PT FG % Def. .328 184 Free Throw % .703 146 Rebounds/Game 46.0 40 Rebound Margin +11.3 68 Turnover Margin +5.0 65 Assists/Game 13.0 213 Turnovers/Game 11.3 67 Steals/Game 8.0 90 Blocks/Game 3.7 177 ranks as of games played Nov. 12

STORYLINES

The 2018-19 campaign marks the program's 91st season with the Red Wolves amassing a 1,195-1,148 alltime record (.510) dating back to the inaugural 1926-27 season ... A-State improved to 48-10 all-time in home openers dating back to the 1961-62 season (Home/Away not available prior to 1961) with Monday's win over Missouri Baptist ... The Red Wolves play six of their first seven games on the road and will log over 7,000 miles before playing at home for a second time this season ... Friday's game marks the first time A-State has played in the state of Arizona ... The Red Wolves will have played in 38 states following Friday's contest ... Ty Cockfield II scored 20 or more points in the season opener for the second consecutive season, the 17th such 20-point performance by an A-State player over the last 40 seasons ... A-State had 12 3-point makes against Missouri Baptist, most in a home game since December 6, 2014 against Belhaven (13) ...

ARKANSAS STATE PROJECTED LINEUP 0 TY COCKFIELD

SR | G | 6-0 | 185 | Gainesville, Ga. PPG RPG APG MPG 20.5 3.0 4.0 30.0

4 TRISTIN WALLEY

SR | F | 6-7 | 215 | Richton, Miss. PPG RPG APG MPG 9.0 3.0 1.5 23.0

10 GRANTHAM GILLARD

SR | G | 6-4 | 205 | Minneapolis, Minn. PPG RPG APG MPG 14.0 6.5 1.0 21.0

11 J.J. MATTHEWS

rSO | F | 6-9 | 240 | Richmond, Va. PPG RPG APG MPG 10.5 2.0 0.5 15.5

23 MARQUIS EATON

SO | G | 6-2 | 197 | Helena, Ark. PPG RPG APG MPG 10.5 3.0 3.0 25.5 Lineup based on last game

> Double figures in 26 of 34 career games. > Nine 20-plus point outings. > 35 points versus Coastal Carolina were most points by A-State player since 2002 and most in league game since 1994 > Career best six assists at Abilene Christian LAST GAME: 17 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast, 8 TO, 6-11 FG, 5-7 3FG, 0-0 FT > Double figures in 10 career outings > Averaged 13.8 PPG over last five games last season > LAST GAME: 10 pts, 3 reb, 3 ast, 1 TO, 1 BLK, 1 STL, 4-9 FG, 1-3 FT > Led team in both games this season in rebounding > Just shy of career high (23) with 22 points against Missouri Baptist > Second leading returning scorer from 2017-18 at 8.7 PPG

LAST GAME: 22 pts, 7 reb, 1 ast, 1 TO, 7-10 FG, 5-7 3FG, 3-4 FT > Six points and two rebounds against Missouri Baptist > Perfect 7-of-7 shooting at Abilene Christian > Transfer from Moberly Area CC who originally signed to Towson LAST GAME: 6 pts, 2 reb, 0 ast, 0 TO, 3-4 FG, 0-0 FT > Started final 11 games last season > Averaged 6.1 points, 2.2 assists and 1.6 rebounds > Multiple assists in 19 games and tied for team high with 45 helpers in league play LAST GAME: 13 pts, 4 reb, 5 ast, 3 TO, 2 stl, 6-9 FG, 1-3 3FG


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