MONROE, La. – The ULM women's basketball team (1-1, 0-0 Sun Belt) hosts Central Arkansas (1-1, 0-0 UAC) on Monday evening. Tip-off at b1Bank Fant Coliseum is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CT.
FOLLOW THE WARHAWKS –
Monday's game will be available exclusively on KMLB.com with Josh McGehee on the call. Streaming will be available for the game on ESPN+. Links to live stats for all games, when available, can be found at ULMWarhawks.com. Navigate to the women's basketball schedule page and select that day's opponent.
SCOUTING THE SUGAR BEARS –
Central Arkansas enters the matchup coming off of a 72-44 loss on the road at Baylor. Fourth-year guard Layla Reese led the Sugar Bears with 11 points in the defeat. Central Arkansas defeated Hendrix at home for it's first game of the season, 97-40. Reese is averaging a team-best 14.0 points, while fourth-year forward Tiani Elison follows with 10.0.
Central Arkansas is coming off of a 2025-26 season that saw a 21-game win total and a run to the ASUN Championship Semifinal. Cheyanne Kemp was a Second Team All-ASUN last season, and she and Ellison were named to the Preseason All-UAC Team this year.
SERIES HISTORY –
Monday's meeting will be the seventh all-time between the Warhawks and Sugar Bears. Central Arkansas holds the advantage, leading the series 5-1. ULM defeated Central Arkansas for the first time in 2024, taking the game 65-49 in New Orleans (12/20). The Sugar Bears won the first five meetings, with two in Monroe, two in Arkansas and one in Texas.
CULVER IN CONTROL –
Third-year guard Aiyanna Culver scored a career-high 35 points in ULM's victory over Centenary (11/5). That was the highest individual point total in a single game in the Sun Belt in the season's opening week. Her field goal percentage (.591) and three-point percentage (.529) both rank third in the conference through the first week of play. Culver's 12 made field goals against Centenary was tied for the most in the Sun Belt, and her eight made threes led the league as well. She is one of just two Sun Belt players to put up a 30-point performance so far this season, and is tied for second in the conference in scoring (19.00 average).
HISTORIC HOME OPENER –
ULM defeated Centenary 106-26, and the 80-point gap is the Warhawks' largest margin of victory in program history. ULM's suffocating defense earned a program-high 32 steals, which ties for 10th most in a game in NCAA DI history. ULM forced 49 turnovers and scored 71 points off those turnovers in the victory. Centenary's 26 points is the fewest points allowed in program history.
SCOTTY'S STIFLING DEFENSE –
ULM allowed the fewest point in program history (26) against Centenary, and allowed just an average of 41.5 points in the first two games of the season, an average that leads the Sun Belt. The Warhawks led the league in steals, totaling 42 for a 21.0 average during week one, and conceded the fewest total & average points in the SBC. ULM allowed only 26 made field goals (.265) by its opponents to lead the conference. Erin Henry is averaging 4.5 steals per game (fourth in the conference), while Kylee Hunt has 3.50 (eighth) and Nuria Mucongo has 3.00 (twelfth). The Warhawks boast the second-best turnover margin in the Sun Belt, sitting at +11.0 two games in.
UP NEXT –
The Warhawks will remain at home to host Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Monday, November 16. The game will be the first of a double-header at b1Bank Fant Coliseum, with the women's basketball team tipping off at 5 p.m. against the Lions, while the men's basketball team faces Dallas Christian at 7:30 p.m.
