Conway, Ark.- The Central Arkansas Bears (5-3, 0-0) will play at the Oklahoma State University Cowboys (4-3, 0-0) at O'Brate Stadium in Stillwater, Okla. First pitch on Tuesday, February 24th will be at 4:00 p.m. The Bears and Cowboys have played six times dating back to 2011. The series is tied 3-3, five of the six games took place in Stillwater where the Bears have won three times. The one game is Conway was in 2018, the Cowboys won that game 3-1.

Last weekend the Bears played their home opener and a four-game series with Northwestern State. It was an exciting series; the Bears took three of the four games winning games 1, 2 and 4. The Demons won game three in a 15-inning marathon. Zeb Allen batted .450 with 9 hits, 1 HR, 4 RBI, slg% .600 and went 2-2 on stolen base attempts in the series. Jayden Sloan hit a grand slam in game 4 and made a game saving diving catch in center field late in game 2. Nate Negre scored 5 runs and had 6 hits in the series. On the mound, all four starting pitchers went at least 6 innings in their starts. Denver Hamilton, Caden Meeler and Pat Fernandez got wins while Caide White had the lowest ERA at 2.84. Hunter Alexander closed two games earning two saves. Jack Jones had a great outing in relief throwing four innings of 1 hit baseball in his appearance.

The Cowboys started their season in Arlington, Texas with a three-game series. The Cowboys lost to Arkansas and Oklahoma before beating Vanderbilt. The Cowboys then went out to Arizona for a four-game series at Grand Canyon University. GCU won game one and the Cowboys won games 2, 3 and 4. Kollin Ritchie is leading the Cowboys offensively with a .355 batting average. He has 11 hits, scored 9 runs, hit 3 doubles, 1 triple and 5 homeruns. The pitching staff has an ERA of 6.67, has walked 40 batters and stuck out 64 batters so far this season.

First pitch against the Cowboys is set for 4 p.m. at O'Brate Stadium in Stillwater, Okla. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ or you can follow live stats online.