After wrapping up their three-game homestand with a 75-33 rout over Southeastern Louisiana on Saturday, the Sugar Bears begin a stretch where three of the next four will be on the road – beginning with a trip to Houston Baptist on Wednesday. After winning their last two games by a combined 64 points, the Sugar Bears will go for their first three-game winning streak of the season against an HBU team that has dropped seven of its last eight, the lone win coming by a count of 60-59 over Incarnate Word on Jan. 30. All seven of the Huskies' wins this season have come in Sharp Gym, including victories over ULM, New Orleans and UIW. The Sugar Bears are 2-8 on the road this season, notching wins at Alcorn State and New Orleans. 

GAME INFORMATION
CENTRAL ARKANSAS (9-12, 4-7 Southland) at Houston Baptist (7-13, 2-8)
February 13, 2019 • 7:00pm • Sharp Gym • Houston, Texas

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SERIES HISTORY
Central Arkansas leads 8-2
6-1 under Coach Rushing
3-2 in Houston
Sugar Bears won last 4 meetings

Last 5 meetings:
1/15/15 – HBU 58, UCA 37 (Houston)
1/13/16 – UCA 45, HBU 44 (Conway)
1/11/17 – UCA 80, HBU 49 (Houston)
2/18/17 – UCA 83, HBU 39 (Conway)
2/7/18 – UCA 64, HBU 56 (Conway)


STATISTICAL LEADERS
Central Arkansas
Points Per Game: Kamry Orr (15.9)
Rebounds Per Game: Hannah Langhi (4.9)
Assists Per Game: Kamry Orr (3.3)
Blocks: Hannah Langhi (10)
Steals: Kamry Orr (47)

Houston Baptist
Points Per Game: Amanda Johnson (12.6)
Rebounds Per Game: Taylor Kollmorgen (6.0)
Assists Per Game: Takara Wade (3.6)
Blocks: Natalia Gwarda & Veronika Kirienko (21)
Steals: Megan Valdez-Crader (32)


NOTES
• After holding Southeastern Louisiana to 33 points on Saturday, the Sugar Bears vaulted to 19th nationally in scoring defense with a Southland-best 56.0 points per game allowed. They will meet up with an HBU squad that ranks 19th in the country in defensive rebounds per game (26), 20th in blocks per game (5.1) and 47th in total rebounds per game (41.6).
• The HBU roster features seven players listed at 6-foot or taller, while the Sugar Bears have just two.
• In conference play, Kamry Orr ranks 3rd in the Southland in scoring at 18.8 points per game; 4th in assists with 4.4 per game; 2nd in steals at 2.7 per game; and 2nd in free throws made with 62. She has reached the 20-point plateau in 6 of the last 8 games, averaging 20.3 points during that stretch.
• Through 19 games, freshman Alana Canady had scored in double figures twice – but has since doubled that total, scoring 13 points in each of the last two games. In those games, she has also averaged 7 rebounds after getting a total of 4 in the previous seven games.
• With 75 points against Southeastern Louisiana and 74 against Northwestern State in their last two games, the Sugar Bears have topped the 70-point mark in consecutive Southland games for the first time since February of 2017 when they topped 70 in four straight games in wins over Sam Houston State, Houston Baptist, Southeastern Louisiana and Stephen F. Austin.
• After making at least three 3-pointers in a game only once in their first 8 games, the Sugar Bears have connected on three or more from long range in 13 straight games including 5 in each of the last two games, their 6th & 7th times of the season to hit at least 5.
• Of the Sugar Bears' seven Southland losses, six have been by single digits with an average margin of loss of 6.3 points per game in those defeats. 


UP NEXT
The Sugar Bears are off on Saturday, then host McNeese in the Farris Center next Wednesday. They will then hit the road for back-to-back games at Nicholls and Stephen F. Austin before returning home for their final games of the season in the Farris Center on March 2 against Abilene Christian and Sam Houston State on March 6.