Victorious in three straight, the Sugar Bears will look to continue their longest winning streak of the season on Wednesday as they host McNeese at 7:00pm in the Farris Center. After stumbling out of the gates in Southland play with a 2-7 league mark midway through the conference slate, the Sugar Bears have turned things around in a big way in the second half of the Southland season – winning the last three games by a combined 83 points, an average margin of 27.7 points. 

They'll try to keep it rolling against a McNeese team that has been outscored by 15.2 points per game this season and had dropped four in a row before winning 75-70 at Southeastern Louisiana on Saturday. The Cowgirls are 2-9 away from home this season, having also scored a 69-68 win at Nicholls on January 16. In what was one of the Southland's top rivalries earlier this decade, with the Sugar Bears winning five times and the Cowgirls four from 2011-2014, the Sugar Bears have dominated the series of late – winning the last six meetings. 

GAME INFORMATION
CENTRAL ARKANSAS (10-12, 5-7 Southland) vs McNeese (6-17, 4-8)
February 20, 2019 • 7:00pm • Farris Center • Conway, Ark.

MULTIMEDIA
Video: Bear Nation Network
Online Audio: Bear Nation Network (pregame begins 6:40)
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SERIES HISTORY
Central Arkansas leads 17-8
8-4 under Coach Rushing
7-3 in Conway
Sugar Bears have won last 6 meetings

Last 5 meetings:
3/5/16 – UCA 76, MCN 52 (Conway)
3/12/16 – UCA 72, MCN 64 (Katy, Texas - Southland Tournament)
1/18/17 – UCA 67, MCN 52 (Conway)
1/31/17 – UCA 72, MCN 49 (Lake Charles, La.)
2/14/18 – UCA 51, MCN 45 (Lake Charles, La.)


STATISTICAL LEADERS
Central Arkansas
Points Per Game: Kamry Orr (16.0)
Rebounds Per Game: Hannah Langhi (4.7)
Assists Per Game: Kamry Orr (3.6)
Blocks: Hannah Langhi (10)
Steals: Kamry Orr (52)

McNeese
Points Per Game: Callie Maddox (13.6)
Rebounds Per Game: Damilola Balogun (8.1)
Assists Per Game: Jamara Levy (2.6)
Blocks: Kaylee Hughes/Callie Maddox/Bre'Ashlee Jones (9)
Steals: Regan Bolton (32)


NOTES
• The Sugar Bears are riding a 3-game winning streak –their longest of the season and the 2nd longest active streak in the Southland behind league-leader Stephen F. Austin at 13 straight.
• The Sugar Bears have averaged 75.3 points in their last 3 games, the first time they have scored 70 or more in 3 straight Southland games since doing so in 4 straight in February of 2017, which ties their longest such streak – also doing so in Feb. of 2016 and Jan.-Feb. of 2008.
• UCA leads the Southland and is 23rd nationally in scoring defense, allowing 56.1 points per game. McNeese ranks last in the Southland and 347th (out of 349 ranked) nationally, allowing 78.9 per game.
• In Southland play, Kamry Orr ranks 3rd in the league in scoring (18.8); 3rd in assists (4.9); 2nd in steals (2.9); and 2nd in free throws made (61). She has averaged 20ppg over her last 9 games, scoring at least 20 in 6 of those games.
• After scoring in double figures just twice in the first 19 games of the season, freshman Alana Canady has reached double figures in 3 straight, averaging 14 points (13, 13, 16) in those games.
• 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 14 straight games including 5 in each of the last three games. Over the last two games, the Sugar Bears are 10-for-23 (43.5 pct.) from beyond the arc.
• The Sugar Bears have connected on 81 3-pointers this season – just 11 more than McNeese junior guard Regan Bolton, who has knocked down a Southland-best 70. In all the Cowgirls are 127 of 400 (31.8 percent) from long distance.
• McNeese freshman guard Callie Maddox ranks 2nd in the Southland with 114 free throws made this season. Kamry Orr leads the Sugar Bears and is 3rd in the Southland with 99.
• 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. The Cowgirls have a pair of two-point defeats in league play, including a near-upset of 2nd-place Lamar where McNeese fell 64-62.


UP NEXT
After facing the Cowgirls, the Sugar Bears play their next two on the road at Nicholls and Stephen F. Austin before returning to the Farris Center for the final two home games of the season on March 2 and 6 against Abilene Christian and Sam Houston State. The regular season wraps up on March 9 at Northwestern State.