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NASHVILLE, Tenn. _ The University of Central Arkansas Bears have one more game in their regular-season slate before jumping into Atlantic Sun Conference Championship play on Sunday.

The Bears will take on the Lipscomb Bisons at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Allen Arena in Nashville, Tenn. The Bisons are tied for first in the ASUN with North Alabama. UCA had the toughest closing stretch of any conference team, finishing the regular season against the top two teams in its final two games. UCA lost at home to UNA on Monday night at the Farris Center.

The Bears have earned the No. 10 seed and will face No. 9 Stetson in the first round on Sunday. With the tournament being played on campus sites and the Nos. 1 and 2 seeds hosting, UCA could be playing again Sunday at Allen Arena, with the winner facing Lipscomb on Monday.

The Bisons (21-9, 13-4) beat the Bears 68-55 in the first matchup this season in Conway, despite making just 6 of 34 (17.6 percent) from three-point range. Lipscomb made up the difference at the foul line, hitting 16 of 21 compared to 6 of 14 for UCA.

Senior Elias Cato led the Bears with 17 points, while freshman Cole McCormick added 13 and sophomore Brayden Fagbemi 12. UCA was 7 of 28 (25 percent) from the arc and also won the rebound battle (36-34) and had less turnovers than Lipscomb. 

The Bisons have won seven of their past eight games, with the lone loss at Eastern Kentucky on Feb. 18. They beat UA 75-63 on Feb. 20 and Austin Peay 95-78 on Monday.

The Bears are 2-2 in their last four games, with wins over North Florida and West Georgia.