A-STATE/UTA SERIES HISTORY
• Saturday's game will bee the 70th meeting all-time between A-State and UT Arlington.
• The Red Wolves are 34-35 all-time against the Mavericks.
• A-State and UT Arlington were former Southland Conference foes from 1969 to 1986 with
the Red Wolves taking the first six meetings from the Mavericks from 1969-1971.
• The Red Wolves took two of three games from the Mavericks in Arlington earlier this year.
• This will be just the second time that A-State and UTA have met in a postseason tournament. The teams met in the 1981 Southland Conference Tournament with the Mavericks winning 5-2.
• Geoff Desmond had the most putouts in an A-State game in 2005 vs UTA.
A-STATE IN THE SBC TOURNEY
• Arkansas State is making its fifth consecutive trip to the SBC Tourney, joining Troy, South Alabama and Western Kentucky as the only teams to have played in five straight tournaments over the same span.
• A-State has won at least two games in the tournament in each of the last four season, the only team in this year's field to have accomplished that feat.
•Arkansas State is 22-35 all-time in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, but the Red Wolves have enjoyed success in the last three years.
• The Red Wolves went 2-1 in pool play in 2012 and reached the championship game againstULM.
• Arkansas State won two games to reach the semifinals following the 2010 season, and went 2-1 in 2011, but did not advance out of pool play.
• Arkansas State has advanced to the championship game of the tournament three times. The Red Wolves defeated Lamar 3-2 to win the tournament in 1994 and advance to the NCAA Central Regional in Austin, Texas. Arkansas State went 2-2 in the regional, losing to host Texas in the opening round 9-4, before defeating Nevada 4-2 and Texas-San Antonio 10-5. Arkansas State was eliminated with a 10-3 loss to eventual national champion Oklahoma.
• A-State was defeated by South Alabama 11-6 in the championship game in 1996.
• In 2012 A-State fell to ULM 4-2 in the championship game.
• Arkansas State is 2-3 in extra inning games in the tournament, defeating Lamar 3-2 in 11 innings and UNO 9-8 in 11 innings, both in 1994. The Red Wolves lost 13-10 in 10 innings to FIU in 2011, 12-8 in 11 innings to Troy in 2010 and to Lamar 4-3 in 13 innings in 1998.
GREAT TIME FOR A SHUTOUT
• Arkansas State's 12-0 victory over Troy Friday night was the first shutout in victory in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament since 2011 when A-State defeated ULL 3-0.
• It was the first run-ruled shutout game in the tournament since 2008 when New Orleans
defeated ULL 10-0.
IRON MAN IS SO CLUTCH
• Dustin Jones hit the third home run of his career Friday, May 23 against Troy in elimination game in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.
• Jones hit the home run on the same night he tied the A-State record for most games played in a career at 227.
• Two of his three career home runs have come in the SBC Tournament. His first came as a freshman in 2011 against South Alabama.
IN THE SEMIS AGAIN
• A-State has made it to the “Semifinals” of the Sun Belt Conference Championship Tournament in each of the last two season.
• In 2013 the team advanced to Saturday as the No. 8 seed and this season the team has
advanced through as the No. 3 seed.
I'LL TAKE A #12
• A-State has scored 12 runs (includes a game scoring 13) five times in the SBC Tournament and is a perfect 5-0 in those games.
• Four of those times have happened since 2010. The Red Wolves scored 12 runs twice in 2012 and once each in 2011 and 2010 in the SBC Tournament.
WHAT A GEM
• Junior lefty Chandler Hawkins turned in one of his best performances of the season in the Red Wolves 12-0 victory over Troy Friday night.
• Hawkins went just three batter over the minimum and gave three hits and two walks but got two double play balls in 7-inning complete game shutout.
• He also needed just 66 pitches to get through the game and became the first A-State pitcher to throw a complete game this season.
