AN A-STATE WIN WOULD
• Improve A-State's record to 1-3.
• Give A-State a 233-147 mark all-time against non-conference team.
• Give the Red Wolves their 74th victory over the last four years.
• End the Red Wolves longest losing streak (3 games) since it lost 4 straight in 2013-14.
• Give A-State head coach Brian Boyer his 300th career win.
RECAPPING TENNESSEE STATE
• Arkansas State had its best shooting performance of the season at Tennessee State when it knocked down 42.9 percent of its shots from the field.
• It also marked the first time this season that the Red Wolves had multiple players reach double figures in scoring in a game.
A-STATE IN HOME OPENERS
• The Red Wolves have all-time record of 38-5 in home openers.
• A-State is 15-2 in home openers during Boyer's tenure.
• A-State has won 14 out of its last 15 home openers.
• Wichita State ended A-State's streal of 11 straight victories in home openers in 2012-13.
RANKED OPPONENTS NOTES
• A-State is playing its first game against ranked opponent since it played No. 11 North Carolina at the Cancun Challenge Tournament in 2013-14. The Tar Heels won the matchup 93-60.
• Tuesday's game will mark the first that A-State has hosted a ranked opponent at the Convocation Center since Dec. 7, 2009 when hosted No. 6 Oklahoma. The Sooners defeated the Red Wolves 87-57.
• The last time Arkansas State defeated a ranked opponent was on Dec., 5th 2004 when the Red Wolves downed No. 22 TCU 68-64.
FOWLER POWER
• Senior guard Brittany Fowler scored a carere-high 17 points in the Red Wolves game at Austin Peay on Nov. 16.
• It was the second time in her career that she led the Red Wolves scoring and she also tied a career-high with five made 3-pointers.
• Fowler backed up her 17-point performance with a 10-point outing at Tennessee State in A-State's next game, marking the first time in her career that she scored in double figures in back-to-back contests.
WE'RE GOING STREAKING
• A-State has won 25 straight games home games dating back to the 2013-14 season.
• It is the longest home winning streak in school history.
• The streak is the 4th longest streak in the nation.
• During the streak A-State has outscored its opponents 1,590 to 1,236 and has a +16.1 average scoring margin.
• Additionally A-State has shot a blistering 45.3% from the field during the run, while holding opponents to 38.2%.
HI MY NAME IS...
• Seven freshmen will put on an Arkansas State jersey this season, the most during the Brian Boyer era.
• The Red Wolves had six freshmen on the team during the 2000-01 season and has had as many as five freshmen on a team six times since then.
• Of the 7 freshman, 5 are from the state of Arkansas, 1 from Tennessee and 1 from Oklahoma.
BLOCK PARTY
• Junior Lauren Bradshaw has become a dominant presence in the paint during her career and quickly moved her way up the all-time blocks records in school history.
• She has blocked 76 shots in her career, a mark that is tied for the seventh most all-time.
• As a sophomore in 2015-16, she blocked 53 shots, third most in a single season in school history.
STARING DOWN 300
• A-State head coach Brian Boyer is one victory from reaching career win No. 300.
• He would be the second coach in A-State history to reach 300 career victories while at the school (former men's coach John Brady reached 300 while at Arkansas State).
• He would be the first coach to win all 300 games while at Arkansas State
TOUGH ROAD AHEAD
• A-State's non-conference schedule features three teams ranked or receiving votes in the preseason USA Today Coaches poll.
• A-State will host No. 24 Florida at the Convocation Center on Nov. 22 and South Florida, who just missed being ranked in the top-25, on Dec. 11.
• A-State opens the regular season on Nov. 11 against Oklahoma State, who also received votes in the top-25 pole.
WINNERS IN THE CLASSROOM TOO
• A-State was awarded the Sun Belt Conferene Team Academic Award at last year SBC
Tournament, marking the third time in the last four years that the Red Wolves have won the league's top academic honors.
• The Red Wolves had a team GPA of 3.17 and placed eight players on the SBC Academic Honor Roll and SBC Commissioner Lists.
SUN BELT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS
• Arkansas State secured the outright regular season Sun Belt Conference championship with its 87-50 victory over Texas State on Feb. 25 of last season.
• It is the second time in the last three years that the Red Wolves have been the outright SBC champions. The one year they did not (2014-15) they finished second in the league.
• This is the third time that A-State has claimed the SBC regular season championship. The Red Wolves shared the title in 2003-04 and won it outright in 2013-14.
