STORYLINES
• Arkansas State continues a grueling stretch of five of the first seven games on the road as the Red Wolves visit Eastern Michigan on Thursday. Tip off is set for 6:00 p.m. (CT) in a game aired on ESPN3. Matt Stolz brings the play-by-play action on the EAB Red Wolves Sports Network and flagship station 107.9 KFIN.
• Thursday's game is the first of four for A-State in th Hoosier Tip-Off Classic. A-State also faces Howard (Nov. 20) and visits Indiana (Nov. 22) and South Florida (Nov. 24).
• Among players with no starts since the start of last season, Deven Simms ranks second nationally with 424 points scored, an average of 13.