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CARROLLTON, Ga. _ The rematch between the University of Central Arkansas Bears and the West Georgia Wolves on Thursday night will carry a little more weight than the first meeting.

The teams will tip-off at The Coliseum in Carrollton, Ga., at approximately 6:45 (CST), as the second game of a doubleheader.

The Bears and Wolves are both 3-12 in the Atlantic Sun Conference standings, tied for 10th place with three regular-season games remaining. The importance of that is the top 10 teams in the final standings make the ASUN Tournament, with the 11th and 12th teams eliminated.

UCA currently owns the tiebreaker against UWG, courtesy of its 75-70 victory on January 29 at the Farris Center. In that game, redshirt freshman Ben Fox scored a career-high 18 points, hitting five of UCA's 10 three-pointers. Senior Elias Cato added 17 points and freshman Cole McCormick scored 11. 

The Bears shot 51.5 percent from the field and made six threes in the opening half to grab a 44-32 lead at the break.  But the Wolves made it a game down the stretch, with Kyric Davis and Sheldon Williams-Dryden combining for 36 points and 13 made free throws. 

The matchup was UCA's second game without leading scorer Layne Taylor, who was lost for the season with a shoulder injury. The Bears have since played eight games without the freshman guard, and numerous games without other injured players. Cato returned the lineup Tuesday night against Queens after missing five consecutive games with a hamstring injury. Prior to Tuesday night's return, his last game played was against UWG.

The Wolves, in their first year in NCAA Division I and the ASUN, are 5-23 overall but are 1-1 in the past two games. They beat last-place Bellarmine 81-76 last Saturday before losing 80-62 at ASUN co-leader North Alabama on Tuesday night in Florence, Ala.

UCA is also 1-1 in its last two, beating North Florida 84-83 in overtime last Saturday in Conway, and losing 89-72 at Queens on Tuesday in Charlotte, N.C.

UCA's remaining games are at home vs. North Alabama on Monday for Senior Night and at the other co-leader Lipscomb next Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn.