AUSTIN PEAY LADY GOVS(2-3, 0-0 OVC)
vs. CENTRAL ARKANSAS SUGAR BEARS (5-1, 0-0 SLC)
Tipoff: 7 p.m. (CT)
Date: Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013
Location: Clarksville, Tenn.
Arena: Winfield Dunn Center (7,257)
Series: Central Arkansas leads 1-0 (First Meeting in Clarksville)
Streak: UCA, one win
Broadcast Information:
ipTV: www.OVCDigitalNetwork.com (Tyler Edmondson, play-by-play / Mark Owens, analyst)
Radio: WAPX 91.9 FM (Josh Stephenson, play-by-play / Blake Ball, analyst)
Live Audio: www.LetsGoPeay.com | Live Stats: www.LetsGoPeay.com
THE OPENING TIP
LADY GOVS HOST CENTRAL ARKANSAS IN RARE THANKSGIVING BREAK TILT
For the first time since 1999, Austin Peay women's basketball team will play a home game during the Thanksgiving Break when it hosts Central Arkansas in a 7 p.m., Saturday contest at the Dunn Center.
The Lady Govs will look to bounce back from a lackluster performance last Saturday against Evansville. Austin Peay started out 9-of-18 from the floor in the opening nine minutes, but shot just 27 percent (13-of-48) over the final 31 minutes in the 65-50 loss. Sophomore Tiasha Gray continued her early fine play leading APSU in scoring (14), rebounds (8), assists (6) and steals (4) in 39 minutes of action. Freshman Tearra Banks chipped in nine points on 12 minutes off the bench.
Head coach Carrie Daniels is in her eighth season with a young squad dominated by sophomores and freshmen. The Lady Govs starting lineup has been composed of a senior, junior and three sophomores in the season's first four games with four freshman seeing significant action off the bench.
LADY GOVS LEDGER
The Lady Govs have generally been on the road during the Thanksgiving Break, including stops in San Antonio, Texas and San Luis Obispo, Calif. the past two seasons… Austin Peay hosted Alabama-Huntsville during the 1999 Thanksgiving Holiday – the last time it hosted a game over the holiday… Austin Peay opened the 2013-14 season by scoring 69 or more points in each of its first four games, its first such streak since the end of the 2010-11 season… The Lady Govs current five-game homestand will be its longest since the 2005-06 season when it had a six-game homestand… Austin Peay is a young squad in 2013-14 with five sophomore and five freshman dominating the 13-woman roster… The Lady Govs' seven returnees accounted for only 808 of team's 1700 points scored (47.5 percent)… Austin Peay's 2013-14 schedule features 11 games against nine teams that reached the 2012 postseason, including national runner-up Louisville.
SUGAR BEARS STUDY
Central Arkansas will be finishing up a road trip that started with a 58-54 victory at Jacksonville State, Tuesday… The Sugar Bears lone loss was at Indiana (53-80, Nov. 18), but they enter the Dunn Center with a 2-1 record in road outings with the win at Jacksonville State and at Mississippi (66-63, Nov. 10)… UCA boasts three players averaging 10 or more points but senior center Courtney Duever leads the team in both scoring (14.3 ppg) and rebounding (9.3 rpg)… Freshman guard Maggie Proffitt is averaging 11.2 points per game, including a 30-point outing against Central Baptist.
