ARKANSAS STATE BASKETBALL
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ARKANSAS STATE (2-4) at CLEVELAND STATE (1-4)
SCHEDULE/RESULTS Overall Record: 2-4
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 | 6:00 PM (CT) | CLEVELAND, OHIO | WOLSTEIN CENTER
SBC: 0-0 | Non-Conference: 2-4 Home: 2-0 | Away: 0-4 | Neutral: 0-0 NOVEMBER Sat. 4 Fri. 10 Mon. 13 Thu. 16 Mon. 20 Wed. 22 Fri. 24 Wed. 29
Harding# at Evansville Abilene Christian at Eastern Michigan% Howard% at Indiana% at South Florida% at Cleveland State
93-65, W 63-77, L 83-69, W 59-76, L 92-78, W 70-87, L 61-72, L 6:00 PM
DECEMBER Tue. 5 Sat. 9 Wed. 13 Sat. 16 Tue. 19 Fri. 22 Fri. 29 Sun. 31
UT Martin Henderson State at Omaha at Florida Atlantic at Wichita State Culver-Stockton ULM* Louisiana*
7:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 3:30 PM
JANUARY Thu. 4 Sat. 6 Thu. 11 Sat. 13 Sat. 20 Thu. 25 Sat. 27
at Georgia Southern* at Georgia State* Texas State* UT Arlington* at Little Rock* at Coastal Carolina* at Appalachian State*
6:30 PM 1:30 PM 7:30 PM 7:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:30 PM 2:30 PM
FEBRUARY Thu. 1 Sat. 3 Thu. 8 Sat. 10 Sat. 17 Thu. 22 Sat. 24
Georgia State* Georgia Southern* at Troy* at South Alabama* Little Rock* Appalachian State* Coastal Carolina*
7:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:15 PM 3:05 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 7:00 PM
Location.............................................. Cleveland, Ohio Site.................................................... Wolstein Center Watch............................................................... ESPN3 Radio...107.9 KFIN | EAB Red Wolves Sports Network Stats.................................................. AStateStats.com Social...................... @AStateGameDay | @AStateMB All-Time Series....................................................... 1-0 All-Time Series in Cleveland.................. First Meeting Last Meeting.....................Nov. 30, 2016 (ASU, 78-51) Active Series Streak.......................................ASU, W1
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MARCH Thu. 1 at Louisiana* 7:15 PM Sat. 3 at ULM* 2:00 PM Wed.-Sun. 7-12 Sun Belt Championship TBA # - Exhibition Game % - Indiana Tip-Off Classic (Campus Sites) * - Sun Belt Conference Game All game times listed in Central Standard Time (CST)
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ARKANSAS STATE RED WOLVES Record.......................................... 2-4 Head Coach.................... Mike Balado Career Record (Yrs)................. 2-4 (1) Record at School (Yrs)............... Same at
CLEVELAND STATE VIKINGS Record.......................................... 1-4 Head Coach.................. Dennis Felton Career Record (Yrs)........185-149 (12) Record at School (Yrs).............. 1-4 (1)
IN THESE NOTES
The 2017-18 campaign marks the program's 90th season with the Red Radio/TV Roster.............................. 2 Wolves amassing a 1,185-1,131 all-time record (.512) dating back to the Roster & Info................................... 3 Series History................................... 4 inaugural 1926-27 season. Entering the 31st season at First National Bank Arena, A-State has com- Current Notes................................4-6 piled a 298-116 (.720) record, including a 155-35 (.816) in non-confer- Sun Belt Update............................... 7 Statistical Trends.............................. 8 ence games. The Last Time..............................9-10 As of November 27, A-State ranks 14th in 3-point field goal percentage Game-By-Game Stats.................... 11 defense as opponents are 25-of-97 (.258). Miscellaneous Stats....................... 12 The Red Wolves have faced a deficit of 11 or more points at halftime in Superlatives.................................... 13 three of the four road games. Opponents are averaging 38.8 points in Player Updates..........................14-28 the first half of A-State's road games while the Red Wolves are scoring Box Scores...................................... 29 Season Stats................................... 30 28.5. Season/Career Stats....................... 31 A-State has outscored its opponents 155-66 over the last five games in bench scoring. The Red Wolves have 27 or more bench points in those five outings. Rashad Lindsey had 17 points against Howard, his 17th career game in double figures. A-State is 14-3 when he reaches double figures. The Red Wolves have seen a player score 20 or more points in five of six games this year. The four JUCO transfers for A-State have combined to average 30.1 points, 11.7 rebounds and 3.6 assists thus far. Arkansas State finished the 2016-17 season with 20 regular season wins, tied for the most in program history. Three other A-State teams (1997-98, 1990-91, 1988-89) won 20 regular season games.
ARKANSAS STATE PROJECTED LINEUP > Season best four assists at Indiana. > Posted season best 25 points in win over Howard. 0 TY COCKFIELD JR | G | 5-11 | 185 | Gainesville, Ga. PPG RPG APG MPG 15.0 2.8 2.2 28.2
1 RASHAD LINDSEY
SR | G | 5-11 | 165 | St. Louis, Mo. PPG RPG APG MPG 6.3 3.3 2.5 29.3
4 TRISTIN WALLEY
JR | F | 6-7 | 211 | Richton, Miss. PPG RPG APG MPG 6.7 5.7 0.8 23.2
12 CONNOR KERN
rSO | G | 6-4 | 186 | Pickerington, Ohio PPG RPG APG MPG 4.0 2.7 1.3 24.7
32 TAMAS BRUCE
SR | F | 6-7 | 193 | Osceola, Ark. PPG RPG APG MPG 10.8 5.3 0.3 20.8 Lineup based on last game
> Led team in scoring with 20 pts at Evansville, becoming sixth player in last 40 seasons to score 20 or more points in his A-State debut. > Had 18 pts in win over Abilene Christian. > Played freshman season at Stetson University. LAST GAME: 10 PTS, 1 REB, 2 AST, 4 TO, 0 STL, 4-10 FG, 2-6 3FG > Had 17 points, 15 in second half, against Howard. > Held scoreless for first time in A-State career at Eastern Michigan. > One of three players to average double figures (10.3) last season. > One of two team captains this season (C.J. Foster) LAST GAME: 4 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 1 TO, 2 STL, 2-4 FG, 0-1 3FG > 28 points and 23 rebounds over last three games. > Season best 12 points at Indiana. > Had game-high 11 rebounds in win over Howard. > Averaged 10.6 points, 7.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.1 steals at Jones County JC last year. LAST GAME: 11 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 0 BLK, 2 STL, 4-12 FG, 3-7 3FG > Starts in five of six games thus far. > 41.3 percent (50-121) for his career from 3-point range. > Fourth year sophomore after being granted sixth year of elgibility by the NCAA. LAST GAME: 0 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 1 TO, 0 BLK, 0 STL, 0-4 FG, 0-3 3FG > Had three-straight games with double figures for first time in his career (Abilene Christian - Eastern Michigan - Howard). > Finished with 8 pts and 10 rebs at Evansville in only 19 minutes. > Only NCAA Division I player last season to have 2 double-doubles with at least 15 pts and 15 rebs while playing 25 or fewer minutes. LAST GAME: 9 PTS, 5 REBS, 1 AST, 1 TO, 0 BLK, 0 STL, 2-4 FG, 5-9 FT