Arkansas State women’s basketball outscored Arkansas-Pine Bluff 51-28 in the second half, beating the Golden Lions 85-65 at First National Bank Arena Tuesday night.
A balanced attack and a hot start lifted the Arkansas State men’s basketball team to a bounce-back 75-58 victory against UT Rio Grande Valley on Saturday at the Acrisure Invitational.
Courtney Jackson sparked A-State with a 60 yard punt return touchdown in the 3rd quarter. He also had a receiving score in the 4th quarter. Marshall QB Cam Francher rushed for 100 yards, threw for 214 yards, and accounted for 5 touchdowns.
Dyondre Dominguez scored a team-high 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead A-State, while Freddy Hicks added 12 points and seven boards, but A-State shot just 4-24 from three.
Hicks averaged 17.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists in the Red Wolves’ contests against Alcorn State (Nov. 14) and at Iowa (Nov. 17), eclipsing the 1,000-point mark for his career with a 21-point output against the Hawkeyes. He shot 46.2 percent (12-26) from the field, including an even 50 percent (4-8) from 3-point range, while going 7-for-11 (.636) from the free-throw line.
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Arkansas State set a Sun Belt record for most points scored by a team in a conference game, beating Texas State 77-31 to become bowl-eligible at Centennial Bank Stadium Saturday afternoon.
The Red Wolves couldn’t overcome an Arkansas squad that hit 10 three-pointers and shot 47 percent from the field in an 82-67 setback Friday night at First National Bank Arena.
Freddy Hicks stuffed the box score with 21 points, nine rebounds and seven assists to lead the Arkansas State men’s basketball team, but Iowa pulled away late to take an 88-74 decision inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena Friday night.
Ilayda Dincer led the way with 15 kills and 10 digs with a match-high three aces. Kaitlin Whitlock added 14 kills, 18 digs, two aces and two blocks, while Yazmyn Billings knocked down six blocks. Sarah Martinez tallied a team-best 19 digs, with Erin Madigan adding 41 to go along with 41 assists and a pair of blocks.
Head Coach Bryan Hodgson’s first career victory at the helm of the Arkansas State men’s basketball program came in sharp-shooting fashion, with the Red Wolves knocking down 19 3-pointers in a 100-86 victory over Alcorn State
A-State (29-10), ranked second in the NTCA top-25, went 1-2 in Baker best-of-seven matches Sunday against No. 1 Vanderbilt, No. 6 Youngstown State and No. 5 Stephen F. Austin. The Red Wolves close out the fall with a 15-10 mark against ranked opponents.
Arkansas State football had multiple opportunities to climb back in the game late, but the early struggles offensively proved to be too much to overcome as the Red Wolves fell at South Alabama 21-14 at Hancock Whitney Stadium.
Kaitlin Whitlock tallied 26 kills on 56 swings (.286) with 14 digs and a block to lead A-State (15-13, 5-11 SBC) to the Senior Day win, marking her 12th double-double of the season. The Thundering Herd (12-18, 4-12) recorded 18 blocks, while the Red Wolves knocked down nine at the net.
A-State (0-2) battled back from a pair of double-digit deficits, but the Falcons (2-0) hit four free throws at the end to seal the 81-75 win in the MAC-SBC Challenge contest.
He is entering his senior season at Bartlett High School and is ranked as high as No. 2 in the state of Tennessee. Last season, he helped Link Academy in Branson, Mo., win the GEICO national championship.
A game-high 22 points by Izzy Higginbottom was not enough as the Arkansas State women’s basketball team dropped its season opener at South Dakota State 55-42 Monday night.
The Frenchman finished 2nd in the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final at -4 overall. Vaillant rose 21 spots to 12th in the final Road to Mallorca standings.
Patchell, a 20-time Sun Belt Conference (SBC) Coach of the Year and the winningest track & field coach in school history, is currently in his 13th season directing the A-State men’s and women’s cross country and track & field programs.
