GAME INFORMATION
CENTRAL ARKANSAS (5-8, 0-3 Southland) at Lamar (10-4, 3-0)
January 12, 2019 • 2:00pm • Montagne Center • Beaumont, Texas

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SERIES HISTORY
Central Arkansas leads trails 8-10 (3-4 under Coach Rushing)
Sugar Bears won last meeting and 2 of last 3
Sugar Bears trail 1-6 in Beaumont

Last 5 meetings:
3/1/14 – LU 56, UCA 53 (Conway)
1/13/15 – LU 82, UCA 46 (Beaumont)
1/11/16 – UCA 74, LU 49 (Conway)
12/31/17 – LU 70, UCA 56 (Conway)
1/16/18 – UCA 51, LU 39 (Conway)

STATISTICAL LEADERS
Central Arkansas
Points Per Game: Kamry Orr (13.2)
Rebounds Per Game: Mekaylan Hicks (5.7)
Assists Per Game: Kamry Orr (3.0)
Blocks: Mekaylan Hicks (19)
Steals: Kamry Orr (24)

Lamar
Points Per Game: Moe Kinard (19.0)
Rebounds Per Game: Chastadie Barrs (6.6)
Assists Per Game: Chastadie Barrs (5.6)
Blocks: Miya Crump (15)
Steals: Chastadie Barrs (84)


NOTES
• The matchup pits the two winningest Southland teams over the past four seasons, with Lamar sporting a league-best 50-7 record (.877) in conference games with the Sugar Bears just behind at 46-11 (.807). The Sugar Bears have the most overall wins among Southland teams over the last decade with 198, while Lamar has 190 – putting them 3rd (Stephen F. Austin, 192).
• The meeting pairs the Southland's top offense in Lamar (80.3 points per game) against the Southland's top defense in Central Arkansas (56.2 points per game allowed)
• The Sugar Bears were picked 3rd in the Southland preseason poll, while the Cardinals were picked to repeat as conference champion. Last season the Sugar Bears finished 3rd at 14-4 while the Cardinals won the Southland crown with a 17-1 mark.
• Lamar's lone Southland loss last season came at the hands of the Sugar Bears, who won 51-39 in Conway. In that game the Sugar Bears limited the Cardinals to 26.8 percent shooting (15 of 56) and outrebounded Lamar by 11. Kamry Orr (11 points) and Mekaylan Hicks (2) are the only Sugar Bears remaining who scored in that game, with Antonija Bozic, Maddie Goodner, and Taylor Sells the only others to see action. 
• The meeting will be the first in Beaumont since 2015 when Lamar won 82-46. The last three have been played in Conway, with the Sugar Bears winning by 12 last season and 25 in 2016. The last meeting decided by fewer than 12 points came in 2014 when Lamar won 56-53, with the last four having been decided by an average of 21.8 points.
• The Sugar Bears have used 12 different starting lineups through 13 games this season, going with the same lineup (Kamry Orr, Taylor Sells, Maddie Goodner, Alana Canady, Keturah Bingham) in their first two Southland games. Sophomore forward Mekaylan Hicks had been the lone Sugar Bear to start every game through the first 10 games before missing the first two conference games with a concussion. Hicks returned with a career-high 17 points at Sam Houston State on Wednesday.
• In all, the Sugar Bears have had four players miss a total of 19 games due to injury this season.


UP NEXT
After playing three straight on the road, the Sugar Bears return to the Farris Center next week to take on Incarnate Word on Wednesday and Nicholls on Saturday.