AN A-STATE WIN WOULD
• Improve A-State's record to 6-17 on the season and 4-8 in the Sun Belt Conference.
• Give A-State their 53rd SBC win over the last 4 seasons.
• Give Arkansas State its 253rd win against an SBC opponent (in league play).
• Give A-State its first victory on the road this season.
RECAPPING THE APPALACHIANS STATE GAME
• Arkansas State fell to Appalachian State in overtime this past Saturday at the Convocation Center 81-72.
• A-State led by 3 with 3:17 to go in regulation, but the Mountainteers benefitted from offensive rebounds on three straight possesions to send the game into overtime.
• A-State struck first in the overtime period with a 3-pointer from Brittany Fowler, but Appalachian State responded by scoring six straight field goals to give them a 10 points lead with under a minute to go.
HOLY HECKERT
• Madison Heckert turned in a career-night against Coastal Carolina on Feb. 2 at the Convocation Center.
• The true freshman scored a career-high 14 points and tied a career-high with five rebounds. She led the Red Wolves in scoring for the first time in her career and had a career-high two blocks.
• Her last block helped end a big run from the Chanticleers and allowed A-State to close the game on a 15-2 run to retake the lead and close out the game.
• Heckert followed up her performance with another career night against Appalachian State on Feb. 4 with season highs in blocks (4) and rebounds (8). She also played a career-high 33 minutes.
GOING AGAINST THE TREND
• Arkansas State 81-72 overtime loss to Appalachian State on Feb. 4 marked just the seventh time during the Brian Boyer era that the Red Wolves had lost game that has gone into extra time.
• It was A-State's first OT time since 2014-15 when it captured an 80-77 victory over UT Arlington on the Mavericks home court.
• Boyer is now 16-7 overall in overtime games in his career, with only two of those seven losses coming at the Convocation Center.
• The loss also snapped a streak of 4 consecutive overtime wins by Arkansas State.
SHOOT THE '3'
• A-State has made 8 or more 3-pointers eight times this season, including a season-high 9 against Appalachian State (Feb. 4), Tulsa (Dec. 6) & Florida (Nov. 22).
• At this point last season the Red Wolves had made 156 of its 3-point attempts compared to 130 this season. However, A-State is shooting a higher percentage (35.9%) from beyond the arc in 2016-17 as compared to 34.4% at this time last season.
WAITING IS SO HARD TO DO
• Brittany Fowler played 82 college basketball games and three season before registering her first career block.
• She had two rejections against Coastal Carolina on Feb. 2, each of which occurred in the first half.
SOMETIMES THE NUMBERS DON'T ADD UP
• A-State tied a season low with only 50 shots taken in wins Feb. 2 win over Coastal Carolina.
• Despite the low number of field goal attempts the Red Wolves were efficient from the field and hit 40 percent of their shots, but were still out battled on the boards 48-37.
MOVING ON UP
• 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 107 shots in her career, a mark that is the second most all-time.
• She ist just the third player in school history to block 100 shots in a career.
• As a sophomore in 2015-16, she blocked 53 shots, third most in a single season in school history.
• She enters the week ranked 70th in the nation with 39 blocked shots, which ranks as the sixth most in a single season in A-State history.
WE MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE
• Three of A-State's 4 wins this season have come on its home court.
• Since the 2013-14 season the Red Wolves have compiled a 42-8 record on its home court. The three losses this season are the most in a season during that span.
• A-State has overall record of 154-53 on its home floor since joining the Sun Belt Conference.
THAT'S ALOT OF FREE THROWS
• Arkansas State attempted 47 free throws against Troy on Jan. 21, the 4th most in school history.
• The Red Wolves made 32 of the free throws, a mark that is also the 4th most in school history.
• The 47 free throws attempted were the most since the team took 45 against Middle Tennessee in 2007, while the 32 makes were the most since the squad made 31 in 2006 against San Jose State.
CONTINUING THE TREND
• Arkransas State's 3-point shooting prowess is nothing new. Last season A-State shot 35.1 percent, the fifth best mark in school history and the best in over a decade.
• Additionally, Brittany Fowler leads the league in 3-ponter FG percentage at 43.6%
• The Red Wolves are currently shooting 35.9 percent from beyond the arc this season.
Year 3FG Pct. Games
1986-87 40.5 31
2002-03 37.1 30
1997-98 37.1 20
1999-00 36.9 30
1992-93 35.3 33
2015-16 35.1 33
MISSING PRODUCTION
• A-State has lost four players to injuries this season, two of which were among the Red Wolves' leading scorers.
• When Jada Ford was sidelined she was leading the team with an average of 11.9 points per game through 14 games.
• When Akasha Westbrook went down with an injury she was averaging 10.1 points per game through eight games.
• Ford still leads the team in scoring, while Westbrook ranks third.
PLAYING TO THE ODDS
• If the Red Wolves score 70 or more points, A-State is 175-31 (.850) under head coach Brian Boyer. This season the Red Wolves are 3-3 when scoring 70 or more points.
• By contrast A-State has a record of 197-58 (.773) when holds its opponents to 65 or fewer points under Coach Boyer. This season A-State is 2-2 in games in wich the opponents scores 65 or fewer points.
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.
