AN A-STATE WIN WOULD
• Improve A-State's record to 2-7.
• Give A-State a 234-151 mark all-time against non-conference team.
• Give the Red Wolves their 75th victory over the last four years.
• Give the Red Wolves their second straight victory over UT Martin for the first time in the series.
• Give A-State its first road win of the year.
RECAPPING SOUTH FLORIDA
• Arkansas State hosted its second ranked opponent of the season in a 78-59 loss to No. 22 South Florida on Sunday. The Red Wolves also hosted No. 16 Florida earlier this season.
• A-State led the Bulls 32-30 at halftime and led for over 15 minutes in the first half.
• Akasha Westbrook led the team with 16 points and tied for the team-high with three rebounds.
FILLING UP THE STAT SHEET
• Akasha Westbrook has scored in double-digits in three out of her last four games and has produced some impressive numbers in the box score in each of those games.
• She finished with 20 points and six rebounds against Iowa State and followd with 17 points and five rebounds at Wichita State.
• Most recently she scored 16 points and had five rebounds against No. 22 South Florida.
• She is second on the team with 10.1 points per game this season.
LIGHTING IT UP FROM BEYOND THE ARC
• Arkansas State is leading the Sun Belt Conference in 3-point field goal percentage at 35.9 percent per game.
• The squad also ranks third in the league with 47 made 3-pointers on the year.
BUILT FORD TOUGH
• True freshman Jada Ford enjoyed the best game of the season when she scored 23 points and knocked down 5-of-7 shots from beyond the arc in A-State's 83-80 victory over Tulsa.
• Ford surpassed her previous high of eight points and also played a season-high of 18 minutes.
• Her five made 3-pointers also tie a season-high for any A-State player. Brittany Fowler also made five against Austin Peay.
• The 23 points are also tied for the most by an A-State player this, matching Dominique Oliver's 23 against Florida.
SWITCH FLIPPED
• Not only did A-State have its largest scoring output of the season (83 points), the Red Wolves also had their highest scoring quarter, 29 in the second, and its largest scoring half of the year with 43 in the first half against the Golden Hurricane.
• The 83 points were also the most by an A-State team since scoring 89 in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament against Troy in 2015-16.
MILESTONE VICTORY
• A-State head coach Brian Boyer notched career-win No. 300 against Tulsa on Dec. 2, 2016.
• He became the second coach in A-State history to each 300 career victories while at the school (former men's coach John Brady reached 300 while at Arkansas State).
• He is also the first coach to win all 300 games while at Arkansas State.
CLUTCH WHEN IT COUNTS
• True freshman Starr Taylor knocked two free throws with 18 seconds to help A-State secure its first victory of the season against Tulsa on Dec. 2.
• Taylor finished the night 7-for-7 from the free throw line, marking the first time since Jan. 21, 2015 that an A-State player was perfect from the free throw line. Jasmine Hunt went 6-for-6 against UTA that year.
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 82 shots in her career, a mark that is tied for the fourth most all-time.
• As a sophomore in 2015-16, she blocked 53 shots, third most in a single season in school history.
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.
