Sunday, January 29, 2006

MUST SEE GAMES--01/30/2006

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TOP WOMEN'S GAME

National rankings are courtesy of the WBCA/ESPN/USA Today poll.

#13 Delta State (18-1, 7-1) at #11 Henderson State (17-2, 7-1)--Monday 5:30 p.m. CST

The Lady Reddies host the Lady Statesmen in the second meeting between the two teams this
season. HSU handed DSU its lone loss of the season thus far, a 63-54 setback in the Gulf South Conference West Division opener on Jan. 5. Still, both teams had to hold on to win close games on Saturday, as the Lady Statesmen got by Arkansas Tech 50-46, while the Lady Reddies edged Harding 73-72. Apparently, both squads had to be looking ahead to the big showdown for first place in the GSC West. And that's where the winner of this aforementioned contest will be; all alone atop the division standings.

TOP MEN'S GAMES

National ranking courtesy of the NABC/Division II Bulletin poll.

#11 Delta State (17-1, 8-0) at Henderson State (9-7, 5-3)--Monday 7:30 p.m. CST
Christian Brothers (10-8, 4-4) at Central Arkansas (12-6, 5-3)--Monday 8 p.m. CST

To paraphrase the old "Energizer Bunny" TV commercials of years gone by, the Statesmen just keep winning, and winning, and well, you get the idea. The DSU men won their 13th straight game Saturday night by stomping a slumping Arkansas Tech 84-59. The Statesmen hope to extend to make it 14 straight wins Monday night by knocking off a Reddies team that has won six games in a row.

As for the Buccaneers and the Bears, this game has huge implications as far as who will make the Gulf South Conference tournament out of the West Division, as well as how the seeding will play out. CBU lost a 71-66 heartbreaker at Arkansas-Monticello Thursday night, only to bounce back to defeat Southern Arkansas 81-72 in overtime. The Muleriders, by the way, upset the Bears 60-57 Thursday night, a defeat UCA hopes to bounce back from.

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