MONTICELLO, Ark. – The University of Arkansas at Monticello men's basketball team will play a Great American Conference game at East Central University on Saturday from Ada, Oklahoma. Tipoff is set for 3 p.m. following the women's game.
 
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GAME DETAILS
Opponent: East Central University Tigers
Date: January 11, 2020
Location: Ada, Oklahoma – Kerr Activities Center
In-Game Updates: Twitter (@UAMsports)
Last Played: February 21, 2019 in Ada (L, 92-85)
 
UAM PRIMER
2019-20 Record: 13-3
2019-20 GAC Record: 5-2
Head Coach: Kyle Tolin, Sixth Season (86-74)
 
SCOUTING THE WEEVILS
Last time out, the Weevils could not earn a win on the road at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, falling, 83-78. The Tigers earned a win at home against Southern Arkansas University, 64-60. Both games were played on Thursday.
 
The Weevils enter this one scoring 88.8 points per game and allowing opponents to score 74.8 points per game for a scoring margin of +14.0.
 
UAM is shooting 49.4 percent from the field, 38.9 percent from downtown and 75.1 percent from the free-throw line.
 
In the rebounding category, the Weevils are outrebounding their opponents +7.8 snagging 41.1 rebounds per contest.
 
On defense, the Weevils force 12.9 turnovers per game and have a turnover margin of +2.7. UAM snags 7.9 steals per contest and swats 3.6 shots per contest.
 
KJ Lesure leads the roster in scoring averaging 18.2 points per contest. He also gets 6.8 assists per game and 4.1 rebounds per contest.
 
UAM also has four other players averaging at least 10.0 points per game in Justin Slocum (15.1), Marcus Gilbert (13.8), Austin Hardy (12.6) and Denzel McDuffey (10.6).
 
McDuffey and Slocum have also been pretty important in the rebounding category for the Weevils with McDuffey nabbing 8.3 rebounds and Slocum snagging 6.7 rebounds per game.
 
Hardy's claim to fame this year has been his three-point shooting. He leads the team in three-point field goal percentage at 43.4.
 
Gilbert has been doing a little bit of everything getting 4.4 rebounds per game and dishing out 3.6 assists per game, while leading the team in minutes played (36.6).
 
EAST CENTRAL PRIMER
2019-20 Record: 11-2
2019-20 GAC Record: 5-2
Head Coach: Ja Havens, Sixth Season (125-64)
 
SCOUTING THE TIGERS
East Central is also one of the top teams in the GAC with a 5-2 conference mark. The Tigers have a +12.0 scoring margin averaging 89.5 points per contest while holding opponents to score 77.5 points per contest.
 
ECU also has been a solid rebounding team crashing the boards for 39.2 rebounds a game and tallying a +5.2 rebounding margin.
 
Camron Talley is leading the team in scoring averaging 23.2 points per game. He also shoots 48.6 percent from the field and 47.7 percent from downtown.
 
Tylor Arnold is the team's second-best scorer averaging 11.8 points per game.
 
UP NEXT
UAM will finish its three-game road trip when it travels to Southern Arkansas University on Thursday. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.