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The 16-5 Sugar Bears are home again Saturday afternoon taking on another SLC Western Division opponent, the Sam Houston State Bearkats at 2 pm from the Farris Center.

Sam Houston comes in having dropped their last 3 games and having a record of 5-14 overall. They stand 2-6 in SLC play and sit in 5th place in the SLC West, their wins being Texas State and an OT win over UT-Arlington.

UCA has won 6 straight and still holds a share of the SLC East lead with SFA with matching 6-2 SLC records, with NW State a half game behind with a 5-2 conference mark. If you cant make it out, pregame begins at 1:45 on The Bear 91.3 and UCAsports.com

I will be there! I am excited. Let's have a good crowd Saturday Afternoon. Well over a 1000 for sure. The team is so great to watch. I am so ready!!! YEAH! GO SUGAR BEARS !!!!!

UCA (16-5/6-2), SLC/East co-leader with SFA
Sam Houston State, (5-14/2-5), 5th in SLC//West

Cannot take this team for granted. Pre-SLC schedule was tough and distorts record. UCA leads in all stat categories but SHS has three double digit scores and two 47% shooters from field.

SHS SLC wins were on road vs Texas State by 85-81 and at home over UTA 77-75 in OT last Sat.

SBs have a shot at taking sole possession in East as SFA hosts Lamar who will be looking to get back on track.

Let's take care of business at the FC...Go SugarBears!!

Team Stats:
Scoring: UCA 77/ SHS 68
Defense: UCA 63/SHS 81
FG%%: UCA 40/SHS 37
FG defense: UCA 38/SHS 43
3s: UCA 30/SHS 27
FTs: UCA 74/SHS 64
Rebs: UCA 46/SHS 40
TOs: UCA 18/SHS 20
TO defense: UCA 18/SHS 22

SHS Players:

SCORING G Pts Pts/G
Brooks, Brittany 19 256 13.5
Smith, Whitney 19 239 12.6
Alexander, Ray 19 216 11.4
Smith, Chanice 19 145 7.6
Echols, Khamra 19 112 5.9
Agnew, Bre 19 109 5.7

FIELD GOAL PERCENT Made Att FG Pct
Hager, Therese 11 19 .579
Smith, Whitney 82 174 .471
Alexander, Ray 77 187 .412
Davis, Clarke 33 83 .398
Austin, Terrah 20 52 .385
Brooks, Brittany 101 265 .381

3-POINT FG PERCENT Made Att 3FG Pct
Hager, Therese 1 1 1.000
Alexander, Ray 21 61 .344
Brooks, Brittany 36 119 .303
Echols, Khamra 9 33 .273

FREE THROW PERCENT Made Att FT Pct
Alexander, Ray 41 55 .745
Agnew, Bre 13 19 .684
Smith, Whitney 74 110 .673
Hager, Therese 6 9 .667
Smith, Chanice 35 54 .648

REBOUNDS G Reb Reb/G
Smith, Whitney 19 134 7.1
Agnew, Bre 19 102 5.4

November
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14 - L at Texas Tech, 52-91
17 - L vs. Ole Miss, 61-95
20 - W at Centenary, 74-49
23 - W at Grambling, 67-59
30 - L vs. Oral Roberts, 85-101

December
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4 - W vs. Jackson State, 76-60
5 - L at Rice, 62-82
11 - L at New Orleans, 64-71
20 - L at T-C-U, 65-83
29 - L at Arkansas, 78-106

January
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4 - L at Oklahoma St, 60-98
9 - L at Stephen F Austin, 85-98
12 - L vs. Texas Southern, 65-80
16 - L vs. SE Louisiana, 60-70
20 - W at Texas State, 85-81
23 - W vs. TX-Arlington, 77-75 OT
27 - L at Lamar, 68-86
30 - L vs. TX A&M-CC, 69-76 OT

February
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3 - L at TX-San Antonio, 55-74

The Sugarbears are having no problems with SHSU

Halftime

UCA 45
SHSU 29

Go Sugarbears!

Solid first half...a little inconsistent and TOs too high....shooting OK but not great....rebounding is awesome at a 32-13 margin....Herbert and Rogers have 20 points and 13 rebounds combined....

Chanice Smith of SHS has 13 is dangerous....

SHSU UCA
Field goals 11-37 29.7% 15-33 45.5%
3-point FGs 3-9 33.3% 4-14 28.6%
Free throws 4-4 100 % 11-16 68.8%
Reb (O-D) 13 (3-10) 32 (10-22)
Turnovers 3 9
Last FG 1st-00:38 1st-00:03
Large lead 2 (1st-17:54) 18 (1st-01:42


Central Arkansas (16-5, 6-2)
Player FG 3FG FT Reb A F Pts
Taylor, Westin f 2-7 2-7 0-0 3 1 0 6
Rogers, Desiree f 3-3 0-0 3-3 5 1 1 9
Herbert, Megan c 5-8 0-0 1-2 8 0 1 11
Rice, Micah g 1-4 1-3 1-2 4 5 2 4
Guiden, Nakeia g 1-5 0-0 1-2 3 5 0 3
Moffitt, Marci 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 2 0
Gowans, Britney 1-3 0-2 4-5 3 0 0 6
Moss, Megan 2-2 1-1 1-2 2 0 0 6

Sam Houston State (5-14, 2-5)
Player FG 3FG FT Reb A F Pts
Davis, Clarke f 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 1 0
Smith, Whitney f 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 2
Agnew, Bre c 2-4 0-0 0-0 3 0 2 4
Alexander, Ray g 2-9 0-2 1-1 0 3 0 5
Brooks, Brittany g 1-10 1-4 0-0 5 1 0 3
Echols, Khamra 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0
Thomas, Sequeena 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 2
Hager, Therese 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
Smith, Chanice 4-6 2-3 3-3 1 0 1 13

FINAL

UCA 82
SHSU 63

The Sugarbears improve to 17-5 (7-2) with the Ladykats fall to 5-15 (2-6). Congrats on the win ladies!

SHS 29-34=63 (5-15/2-6)
UCA 45-37=82 (17-5/7-2)

Another solid win for the SBs even though they shot pretty mediocre (38% FG/28% 3s) ....defense won this game....SHS shot poorly (29% FG) and were badly out rebounded by UCA (42-59)...SBs got a little sloppy with 17 TOs...some were when they were up 20 or so and just running an gunning....

Megan extends DD streak to 22 with 20/16 game and Desiree Rogers also put up an excellent DD with 15/10. Westin Taylor scored 11.


Coach: Came out pretty strong and at end of half with a lull in between....we were tired....glad to have had two home games this week...you can always control defensive effort...elated with outcomes but need better inputs....started off 0-2 and it took a while to figure what level we had to plat at....growing confidence to help others make plays....when they play that way it is fun to watch...UT-San Antonio is experienced and has been to NCAAs the past two years....good to got to San Anotnio with a 7 game win streak...

A=722

Sum this up as taking care of business...

Go SugarBears and get some Roadrunners next Wed...tip at 7pm

SHSU UCA
Field goals 22-75 29.3% 26-69 37.7%
3-point FGs 3-12 25.0% 7-25 28.0%
Free throws 16-20 80.0% 23-33 69.7%
Reb (O-D) 42 (15-27) 59 (20-39)
Turnovers 12 17
Last FG 2nd-00:49 2nd-00:29
Large lead 2 (1st-17:54) 25 (2nd-07:19)


Central Arkansas (17-5, 7-2)
Player FG 3FG FT Reb A F Pts
Taylor, Westin f 3-10 3-8 2-2 5 1 3 11
Rogers, Desiree f 5-10 0-0 5-5 10 1 1 15
Herbert, Megan c 7-14 1-1 5-6 16 0 4 20
Rice, Micah g 1-9 1-6 3-4 5 6 2 6
Guiden, Nakeia g 3-8 0-0 2-3 5 8 2 8
Moffitt, Marci 1-4 0-2 0-0 3 1 2 2
Gowans, Britney 2-9 1-6 4-5 3 0 1 9
Moss, Chantel 2-2 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 4
Moss, Megan 2-3 1-2 2-6 5 0 1 7

Sam Houston State (5-15, 2-6)
Player FG 3FG FT Reb A F Pts
Davis, Clarke f 2-6 0-0 1-2 5 1 4 5
Smith, Whitney f 2-6 0-0 2-2 6 0 2 6
Agnew, Bre c 2-6 0-0 0-0 8 0 2 4
Alexander, Ray g 5-15 0-2 4-5 3 3 1 14
Brooks, Brittany g 3-20 1-5 0-0 7 2 1 7
Echols, Khamra 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 0
Thomas, Sequeena 3-6 0-0 2-2 6 0 4 8
Hager, Therese 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
Smith, Chanice 5-14 2-5 7-9 5 1 2 19

http://www.ucasports.com/sport.asp?action=news&sportid=5&article=3510

SUGAR BEARS WIN SEVENTH STRAIGHT, REMAIN IN FIRST PLACE
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL • Feb 6, 2010

CONWAY — Central Arkansas took control early on Saturday with runs of 11-0 and 15-3 in the first half to build a commanding lead against Sam Houston State, then stretched it to as many as 25 in the second half and cruised to an 82-63 win over the Bearkats in the Farris Center.

With the win, the Sugar Bears (17-5, 7-2 Southland) collect their seventh straight victory and remain at least tied atop the Southland's East Division standings pending the result of Saturday night's game between Stephen F. Austin and Lamar. It was the fourth straight loss for the Bearkats (5-15, 2-6). UCA has now won five of the seven by double digits and its average margin of victory during the win streak is 13.7...

http://thecabin.net/news/2010-02-06/sugar-bears-start-fast-7th-straight-win

Sugar Bears start fast for 7th-straight win
Posted: February 6, 2010 - 8:43pm
By David McCollum

The University of Central Arkansas Sugar Bears removed all drama early against cold-shooting Sam Houston and glided to their seventh-straight victory Saturday, 82-63, at the Farris Center.

The victory kept the Sugar Bears (17-5, 7-2) in a least a tie for first in the Southland Conference East. The Bearkats fell to 5-15, 2-6.

“We went out the first half and played well, but hit a lull toward the end, but our kids our tired, man,” UCA coach Matt Daniel said. “They are battling their tails off to get to 17-5. And Sam Houston is a feisty team.”...

Photo Gallery from Sam win:

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