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        CONWAY, Ark. _  For the first time since 2016, the University of Central Arkansas Bears will host the Arkansas State Red Wolves at the Farris Center on Tuesday night.

The Bears and Red Wolves will meet at 7 p.m. on Scottie Pippen Court on "White Out" night at the Farris Center. The Bears will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first game at the Farris Center on Dec. 7, 1972 against Hendrix College.

The teams have met just once since 2016, last year in Jonesboro, with the Red Wolves winning 95-82. UCA got a game-high 30 points from senior Darious Hall in that game but the home team shot 56.6 percent from the field and connected on nine three-pointers to secure the win.

UCA enters Tuesday's game with a 4-4 record against solid competition, including an 85-70 loss at Loyola Chicago in its last game on Wednesday night in Chicago. The Bears are 1-0 against in-state NCAA Division I competition this season, with an 82-71 victory over the Little Rock Trojans at the Farris Center back on Nov. 14.

Against Loyola, UCA made 13 three-pointers, the second-highest total of the season, but shot just 43 percent from the field overall. The Ramblers shot 54.5 percent and made 12 threes on their home floor.

The Red Wolves are 5-3 overall, with three victories over non-Division I teams in Harding, Lyon and Bethel, along with Mississippi Valley State and UT Martin. Their losses have been to LSU by just nine points, at UC Davis and vs. Prairie View A&M at home. ASU's latest game was a 58-38 win over MVSU on Thursday in Jonesboro. 

The Red Wolves, out of the Sun Belt Conference, are averaging 69.6 points per game and allowing 60.4. Their highest scoring game was a 90-65 win over Bethel, an NAIA school from McKenzie, Tenn. Sophomore guard Malcolm Farrington leads ASU in scoring at 15.0 points per game, with a high of 18 against Bethel. Graduate Omar El-Shiekh averages a team-high 7.4 rebounds.

ASU is coached by Mike Balado in his sixth season in Jonesboro.

The Bears, who had three players in double figures against Loyola, have four averaging at least 11 points per game, led by sophomore guard Camren Hunter at 16.1 points per game. Senior Eddy Kayouloud is averaging 15.3, while junior Collin Cooper is at 11.4 and junior Masai Olowokere is at 11.1. UCA averages 76.9 points and allows 75.0 per game.

The Bears have made 73 three-pointers in eight games, a 9.1 average, and are shooting 35.1 percent from behind the arc. Cooper is the leader with 23 three-pointers, and now has 122 for his career. Kayouloud is next with 112 career threes.

UCA sophomore Ibbe Klintman (5.8 points, 4.8 rebounds), who has missed two games with injury, is expected to return Tuesday.

The game will be carried live on The Bear 91.3, 92.7 Jack FM and on ESPN+.