Men's Basketball | 11/30/2022 12:00:00 PM

JONESBORO, Ark. – The Mississippi Valley State University men's basketball program will make its way inside First National Bank Arena to play Arkansas State at 7 p.m. on Thursday night on ESPN+.

What You Need to Know:
 
•    Time and Date: Thursday, December 1, 2022 (7 p.m.)
 
•    Video: https://plus.espn.com/ (ESPN+)
 
•    Audio: 107.9 KFIN
 
•    Live Stats: https://astateredwolves.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
 
•    Tickets: https://am.ticketmaster.com/arkstate/
 
•    Records: Mississippi Valley State (1-7, 0-0 SWAC) | Arkansas State (4-3, 0-0 Sun Belt)
 
•    Location: Jonesboro, Arkansas – First National Bank Arena
 
•    Series History: Arkansas State Leads 12-4
 
•    Last Meeting: December 11, 2021 | Arkansas State 82, Mississippi Valley State 77 | Itta Bena, Mississippi (R.W. Harrison HPER Complex)
 
•    Winning Streak: Arkansas State (W4) | Mississippi Valley State's Last Win: November 28, 2001 (79-77)
 
•    All-Time History vs. Sun Belt Opponents: Sun Belt Leads 26-7
 
Mississippi Valley State Overview:
 
Valley comes into the evening among the top-five teams in the Southwestern Athletic Conference regarding both free-throw percentage (67.1%) and three-point percentage (35.5%).
 
Alvin Stredic was seventh in the league for total rebounds (42) while Danny Washington sits just outside the top-ten in the conference in total steals (11).
 
Terry Collins is top-25 in the country with 139 points and top-30 for three-pointers made (21) on top of a top-four ranking in the SWAC of 42 field goals made, a 17.4 scoring average, and a 38.9% three-point percentage.
 
Scouting the Arkansas State Red Wolves:

ASU is 4-3 on the season but have just one victory over a NCAA Division I opponent (Tennessee-Martin) to go along with defeats versus LSU, UC Davis, and Prairie View A&M.
 
A-State has a top-25 assists per game average (17.7), a top-40 steals per game rate (9.7), and a top-45 ranking for assist-to-turnover ratio (1.39) and turnover margin (3.9).
 
The Scarlet and Black have a pair of student-athletes in the nation's top-20 in terms of assist-to-turnover ratio in the form of Terrance Ford Jr. (3rd with 6.00) and Avery Felts (19th with 3.86).
 
Caleb Fields is second in the Sun Belt Conference and top-50 in the NCAA with 35 assists while Omar El-Sheikh is the team's top rebounder at 7.9 a contest.

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