• The Bears basketball team lost to the Nicholls State Colonels (8-7, 2-2) 70-51 on Jan. 19 in Thibodaux, La. to make them 0-4 in conference play. Colonels’ senior forward Anatoly Bose leads the Southland Conference in scoring with 22.9 points per game, but the Bears held him to 18 points in the game. The Bears shot 38.6 percent from the field in the first half but only 3 of 8 from the line. The Bears turned the ball over 12 times in the game and only forced five. Senior guard Imad Qahwash led the Bears in scoring 12 points, followed by senior forward Tadre Sheppard with 11 points and eight rebounds.

• The Bears basketball team lost to the Lamar University Cardinals (9-9, 3-1) 107-72 Saturday in Beaumont, Texas. The Cardinals led the Bears by just two points at half time but pulled ahead quickly, giving them their second win over the Bears this season. The loss gives the Bears a 0-5 record in Southland Conference play and a 4-14 record overall. Senior guard Mike Pouncy had a career high of 16 points to lead the team in points and had four rebounds and four assists. Freshman guard Ryan Williams scored 15 points for the Bears followed by senior forward Tadre Sheppard with 13. The Bears return to the Farris Center tonight at 7 against the Southeastern Lousisiana Lions. They will host the McNeese State Cowboys on Saturday at 4:30 in the Farris Center.

• The men and women’s track and field teams combined to break seven school records and had 14 qualifiers for the Southland Conference Championship in Jonesboro, Ark. on Sunday. For the men’s team, Sophomore Daniel Reese placed second and broke his own record in the pole vault at 4.66 meters. Senior Donavan Loring qualified and won the triple jump with a mark of 14.63 meters. Juniors Bobby Washington and James Anderson took second and third place and qualified. Junior Jarson Criswell qualified in the long jump and senior Logan Dockery qualified in the 5,000 meters. For the women, sophomore Courtney Efurd qualified in the 800 meters and the mile. Freshman Kayla Nehus also qualified in the mile. Sophomore Elizabeth Craig broke the school record in the 5,000 meters and qualified with a time of 19:45:33. Sophomore Tasha Bryles broke a school record and qualified in the shot put while sophomore Mackenzie Johnson qualified and broke a school record in the weight throw. Sophomore April Martin and freshman Anilah Bashir qualified in the triple jump and sophmore Jessica Potter qualified in the high jump. Freshman Tanesha Maxwell set two school records in 55 meters and 200 meter dash and sophomore Jasmine Ellis broke the school record in the 55 meter hurdles. The track team will compete in the SIU McDonald’s Invitations in Carbondale, Ill. Feb. 4-5.

• UCA’s 375 student-athletes combined to earn a 2.85 during the fall semester, giving them a cumulative GPA of 2.92. Fourteen out of 15 teams made higher than a 2.6 with five teams making above a 3.0. during the fall semester.  Eight teams are cumulatively above a 3.0 and the other seven are above a 2.5. The female student-athletes combine for a cumulative GPA of 3.12 and the male student-athletes have a cumulative GPA of 2.79. 66 student athletes made above a 3.0 and GPA and 11 had a 4.0. The volleyball team had the highest GPA of any team in the fall wih a 3.35. The tennis team, which made a 3.3 for the fall semester, holds the highest cumulative GPA with a 3.43.