Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Stephen F. Austin at Central Arkansas

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WHEN 3 p.m.

WHERE Estes Stadium, Conway

RECORDS UCA 7-3, 5-2 Southland Conference; Stephen F. Austin 2-8, 2-5

COACHES Nathan Brown (13-6 in second season at UCA and overall); Colby Carthel (2-8 in first season at Stephen F. Austin and 61-26 in seventh season overall) SERIES UCA leads 10-3.

LAST SEASON UCA won 27-17

RADIO KUCA-FM, 91.3, in Conway; KKPT-FM, 94.1, in Little Rock

INTERNET ucasports.com

WHEN UCA HAS THE BALL Its offense has been led throughout the season by sophomore quarterbac­k Breylin Smith, who has passed for 2,041 yards and 24 touchdowns in 2019. UCA’s leading receiver remains Lujuan Winningham, but he was lost for the season when he broke his left humerus in UCA’s 29-25 victory over Sam Houston State on Oct. 26. Freshman receiver Tyler Hudson has led UCA through the two games with totals of 7 catches for 145 yards and 3 touchdowns. He is third on the team for the season with 39 catches for 712 yards and 8 touchdowns. Senior running back Carlos Blackman has 42 catches for 318 yards and 4 touchdowns, and he leads UCA with 500 rushing yards and 5 touchdowns.

WHEN STEPHEN F. AUSTIN HAS THE BALL Freshman quarterbac­k Cam Arnold completed 15 of 22 passes for 201 yards and 1 touchdown with 1 intercepti­on in the Lumberjack­s’ 31-24 victory over Incarnate Word last Saturday. Stephen F. Austin is led in receptions by freshman Xavier Gipson with 41 catches for 751 yards and 5 touchdowns. Gipson is one of ten Lumberjack­s’ receivers with 10 or more catches this season. Junior leading rusher Da’Leon Ward leads the team in rushing with 534 yards. Junior Josh McGowen has rushed for 269 yards and 5 touchdowns.

WHAT’S AT STAKE FOR UCA A victory will assure that the Bears remain in at least a tie for leadership in the Southland Conference standings. … UCA has not been shut out in consecutiv­e games since 1956 when it lost 19-0 to Missouri State and 7-0 to Henderson State.

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