HBU Huskies (1-4, 0-2 SLC) at Central Arkansas Bears (3-3, 2-0)
Saturday, Oct. 11 – 6 p.m.
Estes Stadium – Conway, Ark.
 
Live Audio (Lonnie King/Russ Reneau)
Live Stats
Game Notes
 
CONWAY, Ark. - HBU returns to the road for the second of back-to-back away games and its longest bus trip of the season when it faces Central Arkansas in Southland Conference football Saturday at 6 p.m. on the purple and gray surface at Estes Stadium. The Legacy Sports Network broadcast with Lonnie King and Russ Reneau can be heard on HBUHuskies.com, beginning at 5:30 p.m. with the pregame show.
 
Redshirt freshman running back B.J. Kelly leads HBU (1-4, 0-2 SLC) with 298 rushing yards and a pair of touchdowns, while senior tight end Kenneth Bibbins is the Huskies' leading receiver with 16 catches for 210 yards and three touchdowns. Redshirt freshman quarterback Ka'Darius Baker is 19-for-44 for 274 yards with a touchdown and an interception this season. He started the final six games of last year's developmental season, but got his first start of this season last week at Incarnate Word with sophomore Jonathan Fleming out with an injury.
 
The defense continues to be anchored by redshirt freshman linebacker Garrett Dolan, who ranks second in the conference and 24th in the nation with 9.8 tackles per game, totaling 49 stops and 2.5 sacks on the year. Sophomore cornerback Eric Amoako has 31 tackles, and redshirt freshman linebacker Terrell Brown has 30. Junior defensive end Josh Jones is tied for fifth in the league with 4.0 sacks. On special teams, redshirt freshman punter Christian Guzman leads the SLC with a 45.8 average, and junior kicker Travis Shinn is 5-for-7 on field-goal tries and 14-of-15 on extra points.
 
On Wednesday, Dolan and Guzman were named to the 20-member watch list for the Jerry Rice Award, which honors the most outstanding freshman in the Football Champoinship Subdivision (FCS). The pair are two of the three Southland Conference representatives on the list.
 
Central Arkansas (3-3, 2-0) is led by quarterback Taylor Reed, the nephew of HBU head men's basketball coach Ron Cottrell, who has completed 63-of-98 passes for 677 yards with five touchdowns and no interceptions, while adding 146 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns. Dezmin Lewis is the Bears' top receiver with 31 catches for 476 yards and four touchdowns, while Desmond Smith has 27 catches for 344 yards and five scores. Willie Matthews leads UCA with 364 rushing yards and six touchdowns.
 
George Odum is the UCA's leading tackler with 39, one of seven Bears with 30 or more stops. Jonathan Woodard had 33 tackles and 6.0 sacks, while Bobby Watkins has 37 tackles and two of the Bears' six interceptions.
 
Last week, HBU fell on the road to UIW, 31-8, in San Antonio, while UCA pulled out a 49-39 victory over Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches, Texas.
 
The Huskies return home for two-straight games, beginning with SFA Saturday, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m., followed by the Homecoming matchup against Nicholls Saturday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. at Husky Stadium.