GAME INFORMATION
CENTRAL ARKANSAS (4-4) vs Williams Baptist (5-4)
December 17, 2018 • 2:00pm • Farris Center • Conway, Ark.

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SERIES HISTORY
Central Arkansas leads 10-1 
Recent meetings:
12/4/17 – Central Arkansas 77, Williams Baptist 31 (Farris Center)
11/22/16 – Central Arkansas 82, Williams Baptist 32 (Farris Center)
12/16/14 – Central Arkansas 73, Williams Baptist 57 (Farris Center)

STATISTICAL LEADERS
Central Arkansas
Points Per Game: Kamry Orr (12.8)
Rebounds Per Game: Mekaylan Hicks (5.8)
Assists Per Game: Taylor Sells (3.0)
Blocks: Mekaylan Hicks (12)
Steals: Kamry Orr (13)

Williams Baptist
Points Per Game: Ashlyn Ellis/Blessing Samuel (10.7)
Rebounds Per Game: Blessing Samuel (7.8)
Assists Per Game: Ashlyn Ellis (2.2)
Blocks: Teara Walker (16)
Steals: Melanie McKuin (19)


NOTES
• Monday's game is the inaugural Ugly Christmas Sweater game. Fans wearing Christmas sweaters can get a general admission ticket for $1, with prizes given to the most festive fans.
• The Sugar Bears and Lady Eagles are meeting for the 3rd straight season, 4th time in 5 years and 12th time overall. The Sugar Bears have won four in a row in the series, which resumed in 2014 after the teams had not met since 1995. In the 2014, '16 and '17 meetings, the Sugar Bears won by an average of 37.3 points, including 50 and 46-point margins in the two most recent meetings. Williams' lone win over the Sugar Bears came on Nov. 21, 1995 – an 80-75 victory in Walnut Ridge, Ark.
• WBU, which competes in the NAIA, has won 3 of its last 4 games. The Lady Eagles own a 77-43 win over Crowley's Ridge, a team the Sugar Bears beat 91-33 in the Farris Center on Dec. 1.
• The Sugar Bears are 3-1 at home this season and 44-7 (.863) in the Farris Center; and 83-23 (.783) overall over the last 4 seasons.
• The Sugar Bears are 22-2 (.917) against in-state competition in 7 seasons under head coach Sandra Rushing.
• The Sugar Bears rank 19th nationally in scoring defense, giving up 53.1 points per game – tops in the Southland Conference. They rank 12th in the country in offensive rebounds per game (18); 29th in turnover margin (+5.88); and 37th in turnovers forced (21.5 per game).


UP NEXT
The Sugar Bears wrap up non-conference play at Kansas State on Thursday, with Southland Conference action tipping off in the Farris Center on Dec. 31 against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The Sugar Bears will then hit the road for their next three before returning home for consecutive games against Incarnate Word and Nicholls on Jan. 16 & 19.