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CONWAY, Ark. _ The College of Central Arkansas Bears can be taking part in of their first ASUN Event sport on Tuesday night time of their first 12 months within the league. The added bonus is the Bears can be taking part in on their very own Scottie Pippen Courtroom.
UCA hosts Stetson at 6 p.m. Tuesday on the Farris Heart, one in every of 4 first-round video games being performed on campus websites. The Bears earned the No. 3 seed from the ASUN West Division and can tackle the Hatters, No. 6 seed from the East, for the second time this season in Conway.
UCA beat Stetson 79-75 on Feb. 5 within the first assembly of the groups. Little did they know that they might be dealing with one another once more lower than a month afterward the identical ground, with a lot larger stakes. The winner advances to Thursday’s quarterfinal spherical towards Jacksonville, the No. 2 seed from the East, on the highway on the Dolphins’ Swisher Gymnasium. The highest two seeds in each divisions earned byes within the first spherical and the host roles within the second.
Within the first sport with Stetson, UCA junior Eddy Kayouloud scored 24 factors, whereas graduate Jared Chatham had 18 factors and 11 rebounds. UCA shot 54.8 % from the sector within the decisive second half and compelled 16 turnovers for the sport. For Stetson, which made 18 of 26 on the free throw line (UCA was 9 of 16), Stephan Swanson and Christiaan Jones scored 20 factors every.
The Bears (10-19, 7-9), who wrapped up the third seed final week, misplaced its regular-season finale at Lipscomb on Saturday whereas resting freshman level guard Camren Hunter, who had began all 28 video games to that time and leads the Bears in scoring.
The Hatters (11-18, 5-11) additionally misplaced on Saturday, at dwelling in time beyond regulation to North Florida, the group they have been battling for the fifth seed. Because the loss at UCA, Stetson has gone 1-5, with the lone victory surprisingly coming over West Division high seed Jacksonville State.
UCA’s final postseason look got here within the 2019 Southland Convention Event, the place the Bears beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi earlier than shedding to Southeastern Louisiana.
Stetson is 4-10 on the highway this season, whereas the Bears are 7-4 at dwelling on Scottie Pippen Courtroom.
The Bears have 4 gamers averaging in double figures, led by Hunter at 14.5 factors per sport. Junior switch Darious Corridor, who returned to the lineup on Satuday, averages 12.8 factors and a team-high 6.8 rebounds. Kayouloud averages 11.4 factors and Chatham, a sixth-year Bear, is true behind at 11.0 factors and 6.2 rebounds.
Hunter is a three-time ASUN Newcomer of the Week and averages a team-high 32.3 minutes per sport. Chase Johnston, Stetson’s main scorer and three-point shooter, averages 15.3 factors and shoots 40.7 % from past the arc in 33.2 minutes a sport.
The ASUN Championship can be performed at campus websites of the best seeded group all over the championship sport on Tuesday, March 8.