Jan. 2, 2002
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PIONEERS OPEN NEW YEAR IN ARKANSAS: The University of Denver men's basketball team hopes to start the New Year differently than it ended 2001, as the Pioneers look to end a season-high four-game losing streak this weekend in Arkansas. Denver faces Arkansas State on Thursday before playing Arkansas-Little Rock on Saturday.
The Pioneers won a shocker in Jonesboro last year, 90-75, for Denver's first win over ASU since 1968, a four-game stretch. The Indians are coming off a tough double-overtime loss at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, which beat the Pioneers a week earlier. ASU also has an overtime loss to Air Force, which split with Denver earlier in the season.
Denver is coming off a second-straight tough loss, Sunday afternoon at Drake. B.J. Pratt led the Pioneers with 21 points.
Denver Pioneers (3-8, 0-1 Sun Belt) at Arkansas State Indians (9-6, 0-0 SBC) Game #12 - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2002 - Jonesboro, Ark.
TIPOFF: 7:05 p.m. CST.
ARENA: Convocation Center (10,563)
RADIO: KCKK-AM 1600 (Mitch Hyder, play-by-play). Also on the Internet at www.DenverPioneers.com under the "Live Coverage" box.
TV: None.
SERIES: Arkansas State leads the overall series, 4-1, and is 2-1 in Jonesboro. The Pioneers won in Jonesboro, 90-75, in last year's only meeting of the season.
COACHES: Denver - Terry Carroll (Northern Iowa '78), 3-8 in his first season. Arkansas State - Dickey Nutt (Oklahoma State '82), 98-88 in his seventh season at ASU and overall.
