The Arkansas State men’s basketball team had a season-high four players score in double figures and posted a season-best .566 field goal percentage as it topped Central Arkansas 95-82 Sunday afternoon at First National Bank Arena.
Bonner passed for 318 yards and four TDs, while fellow Arkansas State transfer Bowling had eight catches for a career-high 154 yards. The Aggies (10-3) punctuated their inspiring turnaround under their first-year head coach by blowing out the short-handed Aztecs (11-2) for their first win over an AP Top 25 opponent since 2015.
Aplin served as the A-State running backs coach in 2021. The Florida native has playcalling experience in FBS & FCS. Aplin spent 2020 as the Western Kentucky co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach.
Senior running back Alan Lamar represented A-State on the first team as a kick returner after posting a school and Sun Belt Conference-record 1,333 kickoff return yards that are currently the most in the nation. The Olive Branch, Miss., native and two-time Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week was named second team at the all-purpose position as well.
McKissic caught a touchdown pass from Heinicke, ran for another and accounted for 56 yards from scrimmage against the team he broke into the NFL with before being carted off with an undisclosed injury late in the game.
Led by three players scoring in double figures, including junior guard Desi Sills with a game-high 18 points, the Arkansas State men’s basketball team defeated Kansas City by a 66-55 score Sunday afternoon at First National Bank Arena.
Trinitee Jackson registered her third double-double of the season, but it was not enough to lift the Arkansas State women’s basketball team past a hot-shooting Abilene Christian team, falling 81-69 Sunday at the Mabee Center.
A 48-yard field goal attempt by Blake Grupe fell to the Allison Field turf in the final seconds Saturday, as the Arkansas State football team dropped a 24-22 contest to Texas State at Centennial Bank Stadium.
Early foul trouble and a tough third quarter was difficult to overcome for the Arkansas State women’s basketball team, which dropped an 81-62 decision at Oral Roberts on Saturday at the Mabee Center.
Desi Sills dropped 15 points, with 9 in the second half, but the Arkansas State men’s basketball team could not overcome a hot-shooting Morehead State team, falling 75-51 Friday night at First National Bank Arena.
Bonner became the sixth Utah State quarterback to surpass 3,000 yards. The five touchdowns gave him 32 for the season, tying the school record set by Jordan Love in 2018.
The Collierville native made history last week at Georgia State. Still set a new A-State record with 52 career starts. His first start came in 2017 at Nebraska.
Two days before Thanksgiving, all 11 players who saw the floor for the Arkansas State women’s basketball team managed to get a piece of the pie in a 95-49 victory over University of the Ozarks at First National Bank Arena.
A dominant night in the post by Trinitee Jackson paved the way for a road triumph at the Show Me Center, lifting the Arkansas State women’s basketball team to a 73-65 win at Southeast Missouri Monday night.
In the penultimate outing of the 2021 season, the Arkansas State football team battled hard but dropped a 28-20 decision to Georgia State Saturday at Center Parc Stadium.
Just over a week after shattering the school record in the men’s 10K, Arkansas State’s Lexington Hilton broke his own mark on Saturday with a time of 30:13.0 at the NCAA Cross Country Championships at the Apalachee Regional Park.
Freshman forward Norchad Omier scored a game-high 18 points while posting his second double-double this year, and sophomore guard Caleb Fields added a season-best 16 points to lead the Arkansas State men’s basketball team to a 72-60 road victory.
Carrying a cumulative 3.80 GPA, Rucker has been a member of the Arkansas State Athletics Director’s Honor Roll and posted 48 receptions for 728 yards and eight touchdowns this season.
First Team All-Sun Belt Conference selection Macey Putt posted a team-high 14 kills for the Red Wolves, while sophomore Brianna Hollingshed added nine and finished with a .750 hitting percentage. Defensively, SBC Libero of the Year Tatum Ticknor recorded a team-best 18 digs.
He becomes the second straight A-State runner to qualify for the national meet after Bennett Pascoe did so by winning the Sun Belt Conference individual crown last season. He is the fourth qualifier for the NCAA Cross Country Championships in program history, men and women combined.
The Grapevine, Texas, native added that laurel to a First Team All-Sun Belt Conference honor in the league’s 2021 volleyball awards, becoming the first A-State player to earn one of the league’s Player of the Year honors since Carlisa May in 2018.
He had 1,680 yards and 16 touchdowns in 2018 and 2019. Injuries hampered the Georgia native in 2020 and 2021, appearing in just 9 games (61 carries for 263 yards).
Racing legend Ricky Bobby wanted to go fast from the start, and so did the Arkansas State women’s basketball team, speeding past McNeese 96-72 Monday night at First National Bank Arena.
Arkansas State men’s basketball handed out 28 assists on 36 made field goals Monday night and surged past Central Baptist College in the second half to take a 90-63 win at First National Bank Arena.
Arkansas State junior kicker Blake Grupe was named the Sun Belt Conference Special Teams Player of the Week on Monday after breaking the school record for career field goals made on a game-winning 42-yard field goal with 1:17 remaining during the Red Wolves’ 27-24 victory at ULM.
A pair of Arkansas State cross country runners received All-Region honors from the United States Track and Field & Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), the organization announced Monday.
Battling injuries this fall, the Arkansas State women’s bowling team finished fourth at the Ladyjack Classic Sunday to close the fall portion of the 2021-22 schedule with top four finishes in each of the three events.
Arkansas State garnered the West No. 4 seed in the 12-team field and will take the court at approximately 2:30 p.m. CT on Thursday, facing East No. 5 seed Georgia State at the Foley Sports Tourism Complex in Foley, Ala.
Blake Grupe drilled a 42-yard go-ahead field goal with 1:17 to go and a Samy Johnson interception with 20 seconds remaining propelled the Arkansas State football team to a 27-24 win over ULM Saturday at Malone Stadium.
A late second-half surge by the Arkansas State women’s basketball team could not quite overcome the hot shooting of (RV) Oklahoma, falling 101-89 to the Sooners Friday at the Lloyd Noble Center.
