A-State men’s basketball beats Coastal Carolina, snaps 10 game losing streak

Led by 4 gamers scoring in double figures, together with junior guard Caleb Fields with a game-high 19 factors, the Arkansas State males’s basketball workforce picked up a 73-57 Solar Belt Convention victory over Coastal Carolina Saturday afternoon at First Nationwide Financial institution Area.

Fields scored 15 of his 19 factors throughout the second half, which noticed Arkansas State (10-15, 2-10) make 13-of-21 photographs for a .619 proportion to drag away from Coastal Carolina (10-14, 4-8) after main by simply 4, 28-24, at halftime.

Terrance Ford Jr. scored 16 factors and grabbed a season-high eight rebounds, whereas Omar El-Sheikh additionally completed with 16 and Izaiyah Nelson added 10. All 4 A-State gamers posting a double-digit factors whole, together with Avery Felts, performed your entire second half.

The Pink Wolves ended the sport with an general .440 discipline aim proportion, which included eight made three pointers, whereas holding the Chanticleers to a .382 mark from the sphere. A-State took benefit of 15 Coastal Carolina turnovers it become 19 factors and dedicated simply eight turnovers itself.

The tightly-contested first half featured three lead modifications and one tie, however the Pink Wolves used a 9-0 run over the ultimate 3:24 to take a four-point benefit into the break.

The Chanticleers had been in a position to tie the rating, 30-30, a little bit over two minutes into the second-half, however A-State responded with a 13-3 run at that time to assert its first double-digit lead with 13:04 remaining. Coastal Carolina was unable to get nearer than eight factors the remainder of the way in which because the Pink Wolves’ lead reached as a lot as 18.

Josh Uduje and Essam Mostafa led Coastal Carolina with 13 and 11 factors, respectively. Mostafa additionally posted a game-high 9 rebounds, serving to the Chanticleers to a 37-31 benefit on the boards.

Arkansas State returns to motion subsequent week with a pair of highway video games, starting with a 7:00 p.m. contest at Texas State on Thursday, Feb. 9. The outing will seem on ESPN+, and each A-State males’s basketball recreation could be heard dwell on the EAB Pink Wolves Sports activities Community, together with flagship station 107.9 FM within the Northeast Arkansas space.

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