Opponent: Central Arkansas Bears
Conference: Southland
Current Record “2-1” (0-0)
Last Game: Nov 12, W 93-52 over University of the Ozarks.
2017 Season: 18-17 (10-8), 7th place
Key Losses: G Jordan Howard (25.1 ppg, graduation) G Mathieu Kamba (13.8 ppg, 6.1 rpg, graduation)
Key Returnees G Thatch Unruh (8.7 ppg), C Hayden Koval (8.7 ppg, 3.1 bpg)
The Bears lost their four year starting backcourt of Howard and Kamba to graduation. Howard, the school’s all-time leading scorer (2524), was last year’s Southland Conference Player of the Year. He finished 83 points shy of the conference scoring record, held by some guy named Joe Dumars.