Arkansas State vs Belhaven December 6, 2014 | 7:05 p.m. Jonesboro, Arkansas | Convocation Center TV: N/A | Video: StateZone

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MEDIA INFORMATION  Date Saturday, December 6 | 7:05 p.m.  Location Jonesboro, Arkansas | Convocation Center  Tickets Purchase Tickets Online  TV N/A  Video/Audio AStateRedWolves.com  Radio EAB Red Wolves Sports Net. 107.9 FM KFIN  Live Stats AStateStats.com  Twitter @AStateMB     @AStateGameDay   @AStateRedWolves   #AStateMB  Game Notes A-State | Belhaven ARKANSAS STATE RED WOLVES  Record 1-2, 0-0 Sun Belt Conference  Last Game 67-49 Win at Central Arkansas  Head Coach John Brady   Career: 381-309 (23 Seasons)   A-State Record: 100-93 (7 Seasons) BELHAVEN BLAZERS  Record 3-10, 1-2 Southern States Athletic Conference  Last Game 93-85 Loss at Rust College  Head Coach Jonathan Vines   Career: 3-10 (1st Season)   Record at school: 3-10 (1st Season)

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A-State's win over UCA was the fifth straight win for the Red Wolves with the last four all coming in the John Brady era. It also marks the second straight year Arkansas State has won its road opener after a 65-61 win against Jackson State to open last season.

Belhaven is the only non-DI opponent on this season's schedule. The Blazers are an NAIA school and compete in the Southern States Athletic Conference. The Red Wolves are 10-0 against non-DI competition in the John Brady era. Additionally, Belhaven is Coach Brady's alma mater. He was a three-year starter and scored over 1,000 career points with the Blazers.

Head coach John Brady won his 100th game at Arkansas State with the 67-49 win over UCA. He currently sports a 100-93 record in his seventh season at A-State. Additionally, the win gives Brady a 19-8 (.704) record against in-state competition that includes wins over UALR, UCA, Arkansas-Monticello, Southern Arkansas, Lyon, and Central Baptist.

The 2014-15 campaign represents the program's 87th season as the Red Wolves have presently amassed a 1,143-1,079 all-time record (.514 win pct.) dating back their inaugural 1926-27 season. A-State has won at least 20 games in a season five times – 1986-87 (21-13), 1987-88 (21-14), 1988-89 (20-10), 1990-91 (23-9) and 1997-98 (20-9) since joining the NCAA-I ranks in 1970-71.

A-State's 19 victories in the 2013-14 season (19-13 record) tied for the second most single-season wins since 1997-98 and also marked a tie for the highest win total in head coach John Brady's A-State coaching career. The Red Wolves went 19-12 overall in 2012-13, which was the program's most wins since 1997-98 (20-9 record). A-State has achieved 17 wins or more in a campaign five of the last six seasons to date and the Red Wolves have posted an 86-74 record (.538) since the 2009-10 season.

A-State has compiled double-digit victories in 16 of the last 18 seasons. The Red Wolves have won at least 15 games or more on 11 occasions, which includes four of the last five seasons to date.

Saturday night's matchup with Belhaven is the only home contest in A-State's next four games as the team travels to Purdue (Dec. 10), Toledo (Dec. 13), and Mississippi State (Dec. 17) before returning the Convocation Center Saturday, Dec. 20 against Marshall.

A-STATE/BELHAVEN SERIES HISTORY
A-State and Belhaven have only met one other time in the past with A-State claiming an 81-52 decision in Jonesboro on December 8, 1983. The victory over the Blazers gave coach Marvin Adams his 100th victory victory as A-State's head man. Four A-State players scored in double-figures with Reggie Gordon leading all scorers with 17 points. Scott Horrell had 15 points, while Mark Priest (11) and Marvin Stevens (10) rounded A-State's players in double-digits.

Saturday's meeting will be the first for the Red Wolves and Blazers in the Convocation Center. The meeting in 1983-84 was played in Indian Fieldhouse.

A-State faced one National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) school last season when the Red Wolves topped Lyon College by a score of 65-39 and held the Scots to a Convocation Center record 15 points in the second half.

Arkansas State head coach John Brady is 7-0 against NAIA competition with all seven wins coming at the expense of Lyon College and Central Baptist college. Saturday's tilt against Belhaven will mark the first time A-State has faced an out-of-state NAIA school with Brady at the helm.

LAST TIME OUT 
Arkansas State won their first game of the season as the Red Wolves defeated in-state opponent Central Arkansas by a score of 67-49 Monday night in Conway, Ark. A-State improved to 1-2 on the season after dropping close contests to UT Martin and Lamar at home to open the season.

Anthony Livingston led all scorers with 20 points, while Cameron Golden chipped in with 14 points and Nouhoum Bocoum added 12 off the bench. Bocoum finished one rebound shy of a double-double, while Sean Gardner had eight rebounds. Golden dished out four assists and had five steals to lead the squad. PJ Hardwick played in his first game since getting injured in A-State's second exhibition game versus SAU and had a solid performance with six points, five rebounds, and three assists.

The halftime score was 29-28 in favor of the Bears, but A-State outscored UCA 38-21 in the second half. The Red Wolves shot 44.8 percent for the game, but had a 51.7 percert mark from the field in the second half compared to Central Arkansas's 30 percent as the Bears only made six shots from the field. The Red Wolves only outrebounded UCA by one (37-36), but only had 14 turnovers compared to 21 and A-State registered 11 steals to UCA's four.

A-State's win over UCA was its fifth consecutive and forth since the series resumed in the 2011-12 season. All four of those wins have come in the John Brady era and improved Brady to a 4-0 career record against UCA. The victory increased A-State's lead in the overall series to 22-18.

SCOUTING BELHAVEN
The Blazers enter Saturday's contest with a record of 3-10 and a 1-2 mark in Southern States Athletic Conference games. Belhaven has played four contests against ranked NAIA opponents and lost all of those games.

Belhaven dropped a 93-85 decision to Rust College in their last game on Dec. 1. The Blazers' Jordan Bedford led all scorers with 28 points, while Belhaven's starting lineup all tallied marks in double figures. The Blazers only had four bench points compared to 56 bench points for Rust College. De'la Mayers scored 12 points, had seven rebounds, and had all six of the team's blocks. Datodrick Pinkston scored 11 points and handed out nine assists. The Blazers outshot Rust 46.7 percent to 45.2 percent, but were 
outrebounded 45 to 37.

This season, Jordan Bedford is the leading scorer for Belhaven, averaging 23 points a game. De'la Mayers (14.3) and Jerrial Dawson (12.3) are also averaging double-digits for the Blazers. Mayers is the leading rebounder by averaging 8.4 and has the most blocks on the team with 24. Belhaven is coached by Jonathan Vines, who is in his first season at the helm.

Living-strong: Sophomore forward Anthony Livingston has had little problems adjusting to Division I basketball after transferring from San Jacinto Junior College. He's led the team in scoring all three games this season with a high of 26 in the opener against UTM. He also just narrowly missed out on double-doubles against UTM and Lamar, falling just one rebound short in each contest. He led the team with 20 points in A-State's 67-49 win over UCA Monday night and is 18th in the nation and first in the Sun Belt Conference with a field goal percentage of 69.3. Additionally, his 20.7 points per game average ranks 19th in the country and third in the conference.

Number 100: Arkansas State head coach John Brady recorded his 100th win as A-State's head coach with the 67-49 victory over UCA Monday night. He became the fifth coach to register at least 100 wins at Arkansas State joining John Rauth, Nelson Catalina, Dickey Nutt, and Marvin Adams. Adams is the coach above Brady with 111 wins that he tallied from 1976-84.

Doubling Up: A-State has had three players score in double figures all three games this season with Anthony Livingston (20), Cameron Golden (14), and Nouhoum Bocoum (12) providing the most recent numbers against UCA. Livingston and Golden were double-digit scorers in A-State's first two games as well against UTM and Lamar, but Bocoum replaced Sean Gardner, who had double figures in the first two games, in the Central Arkansas contest.

Nouhoum, No Problem: Junior center Nouhoum Bocoum came off the bench against UCA to score 12 points and lead the team in rebounds with nine in only 18 minutes of action. He continues his solid trend after scoring six points and grabbing seven rebounds in only 12 minutes of playing time against Lamar.

The Golden Rule: Junior guard Cameron Golden has registered double-digit points in all three contests this season, with a season-high 17 against UTM on 3-of-3 shooting from behind the arc. He had the second most points against UCA with 14 and had a team-high four assists to only one turnover. The Memphis, Tenn., native also had five steals against the Bears. He has led the team or tied for the team lead in assists and steals in each game this season. So far this season he has a team-high 11 assists (3.7 per game) compared to only seven turnovers and is also the team leader in steals with eight (2.7 per game). Golden ranks first in the conference in three-point field-goal percentage with a mark of 47.4 percent, also good for 29th in the nation. He also ranks third in the conference and 23rd in the country with a steals per game mark of 2.67.

Running Waters: Junior forward Charles Waters recorded his first career points against UCA Monday night when he intercepted a pass and took it coast-to-coast for a slam dunk. His points gave A-State a 20-15 edge in the first half at the time. He added a free throw in the second half to finish with three points, four rebounds, and two steals on the night.

No Rest For the Weary: Anthony Livingston and Cameron Golden lead the Sun Belt Conference in minutes per game with 37:20 and 36:40 per game, respectively. Those totals also rank 15th and 21st in the nation.

National and SBC Rankings: The Red Wolves rank first in the conference in fewest fouls (51) and fewest turnovers (45). The 51 fouls are the least in the nation, while the 45 turnovers are the third fewest in the country. A-State is second in the SBC with a 47.7 percent mark from the field and 58th in the nation.

New Assistants: Carlos Wilson and Mike Scutero will begin their first season at A-State in 2014-15 as assistants on head coach John Brady's staff. Wilson previously was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Odessa (Texas) College while Scutero spent the 2013-14 season as an assistant at Kennesaw (Ga.) State. Prior to KSU, Scutero was an assistant to the head coach (Kermit Davis) and director of basketball operations at Middle Tennessee State from 2010-13.

Did You Know?: Junior forwards Ronnie White and Nouhoum Bocoum were teammates at Paris (Texas) Junior College this past 2013-14 season ... Sophomore guard Daijon Macklien played football at NCAA Divsion II North Alabama in the 2012 season ... Sean Gardner and junior forward Charles Waters are stepbrothers ... Nouhoum Bocoum wears size 18 shoes ... Cameron Golden has switched his jersey number to one for this upcoming season after wearing zero this past 2013-14 campaign.

Close Ties: Guard Josh Pierre's father, Butch, will embark on his seventh season as the associate men's basketball head coach at Oklahoma State University. Butch spent 11 seasons (1997-08) at LSU as a member of current A-State head coach John Brady's staff, including six as an associate head coach. Josh has a twin brother, Joseph III. Pierre doubled his points production last season by tallying 12 points in eight games after netting six points in four appearances for the 2012-13 campaign.