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All-Conference
December 14, 2013
3pm CT - BTN
Pinnacle Bank Arena (15,147) - Lincoln, NE
Arkansas State Red Wolves 5-2 (Last: W 86-61 vs Niagara)
vs
Nebraska Cornhuskers 6-3 (Last: L 82-67 vs Creighton)
Head Coaches
Arkansas State John Brady (365-296, 84-80 at Arkansas State)
Nebraska Tim Miles (304-241, 21-21 at Nebraska)
Injury Report
Arkansas State
No injuries to report
Nebraska
No injuries to report
Scouting Arkansas State
Arkansas State comes to Lincoln with a 5-2 record, but has been off since Dec. 2. The Red Wolves are coached by John Brady, who is in his fifth year at the school following a 10-year stint at LSU. He guided the Tigers to a pair of SEC regular-season titles and a trip to the Final Four in 2006.
Arkansas State returns a pair of starters from a team which went 19-12 and won the Sun Belt West Division title in 2012-13. The 19 wins were the program’s highest total since the 1997-98 season.
The Red Wolves were picked third in the conference preseason poll, while guards Brandon Reed and Ed Townsel were both preseason All-Sun Belt Conference picks. ASU, which has only played 10 players in the first seven games, relies on its balance with nine players averaging at least 13.9 minutes per game.
ASU is a veteran squad with five senior starters with its only losses coming at Colorado and at Wyoming. The Red Wolves average 78.7 points per game, including nearly nine 3-pointers per game. The three-guard offense is paced by Melvin Johnson III, who is averaging 17.9 points per game and is shooting 64 percent from 3-point range. Kirk Van Slyke paces the inside game as he averages 14.7 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. Reed, who transferred from Georgia Tech, averages 9.6 points and 3.0 assists per game while posting a 3-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio.
