Arkansas State vs Troy

February 6, 2016 | 3:00 p.m.

Jonesboro, Arkansas | Convocation Center

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KEY STORYLINES

• This is the 42nd season of women's basketball at Arkansas State.

• The Red Wolves have an all-time record of 241-143 against league teams.

• Arkansas State is coming off a 58-51 victory against South Alabama Thursday.

• A-State's 17-3 start is it's best start since 1992-93 when the team started 19-3 that year.

• A-State has set the school record for consecutive home victories with 21.

• A-State is just one of three teams in the nation with 11 conference wins on the year.

• A-State is one of 20 teams in the nation with three or less losses entering Saturday's game.

• A-State shot 28.7 percent from the field in its Feb. 4 victory over South Alabama (58-51), marking the first time Nov. 28, 2014 that A-State shot under 30 percent.

AN A-STATE WIN WOULD

• Give the Red Wolves their first 18-3 start to a season since 1992-93.

• Give A-State 18 wins through its first 21 games for the 2nd time in school history.

• Extend the school record for consecutive home wins to 22.

• Give A-State 13 or more wins in Sun Belt play for the fourth time in their history.

• Make A-State 12-0 to start SBC play for the 1st time in their history.

• Give Arkansas State its 42nd SBC victory over the last three years.

• Give the Red Wolves their 64th victory over the last three years.

• Give A-State head coach Brian Boyer his 290th career win.

WE'RE GOING STREAKING

• A-State has won 21 straight games home games dating back to the 2013-14 season.

• It is now the longest home winning streak in school history.

• The streak is the 7th longest streak in the nation.

• During the streak A-State has outscored its opponents 1,496 to 1,156 and has a +17.0 average scoring margin.

• Additionally A-State has shot a blistering 45.3% from the field during the run, while holding opponents to 38.2%.

FINDING A WAY

• A-State shot 28.7 percent from the field in its Feb. 4 victory over South Alabama (58-51),

marking the first time Nov. 28, 2014 that A-State shot under 30 percent in a game.

• The last time A-State shot under 30 percent in a game won was during the 2010-11 season when it won two games shooting under 30 percent. The Red Wolves shot 28.6 percent in a

62-59 victory over North Texas and 29.7 percent in a 59-47 victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

ELITE COMPANY

• A-State is just one of three teams in the nation with 11 conference wins on the year.

• UCONN has the only other perfect 11-0 record conference record in the nation in the American Athletic Conference.

• BYU has an 11-1 record in the West Coast Conference.

LOOKING AT HISTORY

• A-State's 17-3 start is it's best start since 1992-93 when the team started 19-3 that year and finished with a 25-8 overall record.

• A-State has tied the second best start in school history at 17-3, which was set in the 1991-92 season.

• The 11-0 Sun Belt Conferene start is also the best start to league play in school history.

ELEVEN GAMES AND COUNTING

• A-State has an 11 game winning streak entering Saturday's contest against Troy.

• It is the fourth time in program history that A-State has had a 11 game winning streak.

• The last time it happened was the 04-05 season when the Red Wolves won 11 straight games.

• The longest winning streak in school history is 14 games during the 1992-93 season.

• Khadija Brown-Haywood is averaging 17.4 points and 10.2 rebounds per game during the streak, which also covers all of the Red Wolves SBC games.

SIMPLY THE BEST

• Aundrea Gamble moved into fifth on A-State's all-time scoring list with a 20-point performance against South Alabama on Feb. 4.

• She now has scored over 1,600 hundred points in her career, one of just six players to

accomplish the feat.

• She also moved into 10th on the all-time career steals lists with 178.

AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR TURNOVERS

• Arkansas State tied a Convocation Center record with five turnovers against Georgia Southern on Jan. 30.

• A-State set the all-time mark just 13 months earlier when the squad had just five turnovers against Appalachian in its 2014-15 SBC home opener.

• The previous A-State low in the Convo was eight, which had been accomplished twice. The first time was in 1990 against UTEP and more recently in 2008 against FIU.

THESE GIRLS ARE GOOD

• Over the last two season the A-State Women's Basketball and A-State Women's Vollyeball teams are a combined 40-3 in the Convocation Center.

• The volleyball squad went 8-2 in 2015 and a perfect 8-0 this past year.

• The basketball team went 14-1 during the 2014-15 season and is 10-0 this season.

• Neither has lost a game at the Convo this season.

FOWLER POWER

• A-State junior guard enjoyed career-high against Georgia State Jan. 28 when she scored a

career-high 15 points and drained five 3-pointers in the win.

• Fowler also became the the fifth A-State player to lead the team in scoring in a game this season.

• Her five made 3-pointers were the second most made in a game by an A-State player this year.

THIRD QUARTER PROFITS

• The third quarter has been the turning point in many of the Red Wolves' games this season.

• A-State has outscored it's opponents by 107 points (397-290) in the third quarter, making it the largest margin in any quarter this year.

• A-State holds a 84 point margin in the first quarter and a 90 point margin in the second quarter.

ONE OF A FEW

• A-State is one of 20 teams in the nation with three or less losses entering Saturday's game.

• The Red Wolves' Win/Loss percentage of .833 is tied for the 23rd best in the nation.

NATIONAL RECOGNITION

• ESPN.com Graham Hays recently ranked Arkansas State in No. 9 in his latest top-10

mid-major poll that was released on the website on Feb. 3.

• A-State was ranked No. 10 in his previous poll.

• A-State has beaten the No. 1 team on Hays' list, Florida Gulf Coast.

I'M HAVING DEJAVU - IT'S RAINING 3'S

• For the second time in her career Jessica Flanery drained six 3-pointers at Texas State's Strahan Coliseum to propel the Red Wolves to a victory over the Bobcats.

• Flanery scored a career-high 24 points and tied a career-high with six, 3-pointers on Jan. 23 to lead A-State to a 74-59 victory. She went 5-of-6 from beyond the arc in the first half and finished

the game 6-for-9.

• Just over two years earlier Flanery scored a then career-high 18 points and knocked down a career-best six 3-pointers in A-State's 87-71 victory over Texas State at Strahan Coliseum on Jan. 4, 2013.

• She also went 5-of-6 from beyond the arc in the first half of the game and added another in the second half as the Red Wolves defeated the Bobcats by 18 points.

• In each game she needed just three more 3-pointers to tie the all-time mark for most 3's in a game at 9.

TOUGH CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

• The Sun Belt Conference returned to travel partners this year and Appalachian State is the lone team without a travel mate. The Mountaineers face 10 opponents coming off a bye date, but the combined days between games opponents have preparing for Appalachian State are less than what A-State faces this season.

• A-State faces four opponents this season coming off one of their two bye dates on the league schedule in addition to UT Arlington with a two-day leg up. ULM (6), Little Rock (3), Georgia State (6), Louisiana (6) and UT Arlington (2) have a total of 23 days in preparing for A-State whileAppalachian State's 10 opponents coming off a bye date total 21 days. ULM has three consecutive Thursday opponents in February coming off a Saturday bye date.

QUARTERLY REVIEW

• The Arkansas State defense has done a very good of keeping teams from scoring "big quarters" against them this season. Out of a possible 80 quarters, the Red Wolves defense has held its opponents to to 15 or fewer points 43 times. Teams have scored 10 or fewer points 18 times.

• On the other end of the floor, the A-State offense has been able to produce big quarters and has scored 20 or more points 31 times this season.

• The squad has scored 25 points in a quarter 8 times and has one 30-plus point quarter.

TEAMS FINDING IT TOUGH TO SCORE AT THE CONVO

• Teams have averaged just 51.7 points against the Red Wolves this season at the Convo.

• No team has scored more than 60 points (App St.) and two teams have been held to points totals under 50 (ULM - 43 & Wichita State - 40).

• If the average holds, it would be the lowest opponent home scoring average in the Brian Boyer era. The next lowest average is 54.8 during the 2005-06 season.

• Only six of Boyer's have have had opponents scoring averages at the Convo in the 50s.

NO ONE ELSE IN THE NATION CAN CLAIM THIS

• Aundrea Gamble ranks 10th in the nation among active players with a career scoring average of 18.7 points per game, and also ranks 15th in the nation with a career assists average of 4.56.

• No other active players in Division I ranks in the top-15 of both categories.

THREE YEAR WIN TOTALS

• A-State's three-year run ranks among one of the best in school history. The chart below denotes the top three-year runs in terms of wins in school history.

NO PARTY FOULS AT A-STATE

• The Red Wolves have committed the 18th fewest fouls in the country (299) entering Saturday's contest.

• Troy has committed 462 fouls on the year, which ranks 329th in the nation.

TAKING CARE OF THE BASKETBALL

• Arkansas State has committed the 11th fewest turnovers in the nation through Saturday's games.

• A-State has turned the ball over just 267 times on the year.

• Troy ranks 273rd in the nation with 383 turnovers on the year.

A TOUGH PLACE TO WIN

• A-State became just the 10th team since Florida Gulf Coast became Division I in 2006-07 to defeat the Eagles on their home court.

• With the 62-48 victory, A-State made FGCU 116-10 (as of Nov. 28) on their home court since joining Division I.