Arkansas State at UTEP

March 21, 2016 | 8 p.m.

El Paso, Texas | Don Haskins 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 249-144 against league teams.

• Arkansas State is coming off a 68-45 victory over Southern on Thursday.

• The Red Wolves have earned their third straight berth in the WNIT.

• A-State has an all-time record of 14-9 in the WNIT.

• A-State and UTEP are meeting in the WNIT for the second time in three years.

• Brian Boyer is one victory away from reaching career win 300 for his career.

• Senior forward Khadija Brown-Haywood became the 23rd player in school history to score 1,000 points in her career.

• Aundrea Gamble was named to the CollegeSportsMadness All-American Mid-Major Third-Team.

• A-State won the SBC team Academic Award for the third time in four years.

AN A-STATE WIN WOULD

• Extend A-State's best start in school history to 28-5.

• Extend the most wins in school history to 28

• Give the Red Wolves their 74th victory over the last three years.

• Give A-State head coach Brian Boyer his 300th career win.

• Give A-State its 15th victory all-time in the WNIT.

• Advance A-State to the third round of the WNIT since the tournament expanded to 64 teams.

A-STATE IN THE WNIT

• Arkansas State will be making its 11th appearance in the Women's National Invitation Tournament and its sevent under head coach Brian Boyer .

• The Red Wolves have an all-time record of 14-9 in the WNIT.

• Brian Boyer is 5-6 all-time in the WNIT and advanced to the quarterfinals in 2004-05.

• Arkansas State won the tournament when it was known as the NWIT in 1992-93 with a 67-54 victory over SMU in Amarillo, Texas.

• This will be A-State's third straight appearance in the WNIT, marking to the first time since the 1991-92, 1992-93 & 1993-94 seasons that A-State has played in three straight WNIT.

• Arkansas State is 6-1 at home in the WNIT.

KHADIJA REACHES MILESTONE

• Khadija Brown-Haywood became the 23rd player in school history to reach 1,000 career points with her recent performance against Southern in the first round of the WNIT.

• Even more impressive is that she has largely accumulated the majority of her points in the last two seasons having totaled just 52 points in her freshman and sophomore years combined.

RPI BATTLE

• Monday's matchup is a battle of two of the top-3 RPI teams that did not get into the NCAA Tournament. UTEP had an RPI of 37 and did not receive an at-large bid, while the Red Wolves have an RPI of 43.

OLD EL PASO

• A-State and UTEP are facing each other in the WNIT for the second time in the last three seasons.

• The school's met during the 2015 tournament in the first round with UTEP earning a 74-64 win.

• Aundrea Gamble scored 23 points in the game to lead the Red Wolves.

BLOCK PARTY

• Arkansas State's Lauren Bradshaw has swatted 52 shot attempts this season, a total that ranks as the third most in a single season in school history.

• For her career she has ammassed 67 blocks, which is the ninth most in school history.

• As a team has 106 blocks, which is the sixth most in school history for a season.

MORE THAN A DEFENDER

• A-State senior Brittney Gill has been recognized as being one of the Sun Belt's best defenders, but she has proved that she can be an asset on the offensive end as well.

• Gill scored a career-high 22 points in the Red Wolves' seven point loss to Troy in the SBC semifinals.

SBC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

• Aundrea Gamble was named to her third straight SBC All-Tournament team after averaging 26 points and 8.4 assists in A-State's two tournament games.

MORE AWARDS FOR DREA

• Aundrea Gamble was named to the CollegeSportsMaddness Mid-Major All-American Third- Team, marking the second time in her career that she has been honored on the team.





STARING DOWN 300

• A-State head coach Brian Boyer is one victory from reaching career win No. 300.

• He could reach the milestone with one more victory in the WNIT.



ANOTHER SCHOOL RECORD BITES THE DUST

• A-State broke the school record for most victories in a season with its 26 victory in an 81-61 victory over Appalachian State in the opening round of the SBC Tournament.

• The previous record of 25 happened twice during the 1991-92 and 1992-93 seasons.

• A-State has also broken the record for most wins in the regular season (25), longest winning streak (18), conference victories (19) and home winning streak (24) this season.

• The 19 wins in league play are the most ever in SBC history.

WINNERS IN THE CLASSROOM TOO

• A-State was awarded the Sun Belt Conferene Team Academic Award Wednesday morning, marking the third time in the last four years that the Red Wolves have won the league's top academic honors.

• The Red Wolves had a team GPA of 3.17 and placed eight players on the SBC Academic Honor Roll and SBC Commissioner Lists.

JUST OUTSIDE THE TOP-50

• Aundrea Gamble ranks just outside the top-50 in six statistical categories in the NCAA rankings and has drawn compairsons to former Standford All-American standout Candice Wiggins by ESPN writer Graham Hays.

• Rankings: Points Per Game (52nd) - Field Goals Made (53rd) - Total Points (58) - Field Goal Percentage (60th) - Assists Per Game (64th) - Assists (66th).

SUN BELT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

• Arkansas State secured the outright regular season Sun Belt Conference championship with its 87-50 victory over Texas State on Feb. 25.

• It is the second time in the last three years that the Red Wolves have been the outright SBC champions. The one year they did not (2014-15) they finished second in the league.

• A-State also secured itself of having the No. 1 seed in the SBC Tournament.

• This is the third time that A-State has claimed the SBC regular season championship. The Red Wolves shared the title in 2003-04 and won it outright in 2013-14.

OH JUST ANOTHER 20-WIN SEASON

• Arkansas State has won 20 or more games for the third straight season, marking the first time that the Red Wolves have had three-straight seasons where it has 20 games in the regular season.

• It is just the fourth time in school history that the Red Wolves have won 20 games, doing so in each of the last two seasons and during the 1992-93 season.

• It is the 12th time in school history that A-State has won 20 games (postseason included) in a season.

WE'RE GOING STREAKING

• A-State has won 24 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 4th longest streak in the nation.

• During the streak A-State has outscored its opponents 1,590 to 1,236 and has a +16.1 average scoring margin.

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

GOOD COMPANY TO HAVE

• Aundrea Gamble is just one of two players in the nation to average better than 18 points, four assists and shot over 50 percent from the field on the year.

• The only other player in the nation with those numbers is UCONN's Breanna Stewart.

THE 1600-400-400 CLUB

• Aundrea Gamble is one of just seven current active Division I players to have over 1,600 points, 400 rebounds and 400 assists in a career.

• The other six players on the list include Rachel Banham (Minnesota), Kim Demmings (Wright St.), Amersty Alston (Ohio St.), Ariel Hearn (Memphis), Tiasha Gray (Austin Peay) & Cartaesha Macklin (Southern Ill.).





SENIOR CLASS AWARD TOP 10 FINALIST

• Arkansas State senior guard Aundrea Gamble is one of 10 finalists among Division I women's basketball named as a candidate for the 2016 Senior Class Award.

• She is the first women's basketball player from A-State to be named a top-10 finalists.

• Fan, media and coach voting help determine the winner. Fans can go vote for Gamble at www.seniorclassaward.com.

• An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award honors the attributes of NCAA Division I senior student-athletes in four areas: community, classroom, character and competition.

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 44-3 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 14-0 this season.

• Neither lost a game at the Convo this season.

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 128 quarters, the Red Wolves defense has held its opponents to to 15 or fewer points 66 times. Teams have scored 10 or fewer points 25 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 52 times this season.

• The squad has scored 25 points in a quarter 17 times and has three 30-plus point quarter.

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.

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.