Today’s Southland Conference game

CENTRAL ARKANSAS AT LAMAR

WHEN 6 p.m. Central

WHERE Provost Umphrey Stadium, Beaumont, Texas

RECORDS UCA 7-1, 6-0 Southland Conference; Lamar 1-7, 0-6

COACHES Steve Campbell (30-14 in fourth season at UCA, 57-22 in sixth season overall); Mike Schultz (1-7 in first season at Lamar and overall) SERIES UCA leads, 6-0

LAST MEETING 2016: UCA 22, 12 RADIO KUCA-FM, 91.3, in Conway; KKPT-FM, 94.1, in Little Rock INTERNET ESPN 3 INTERNET ucasports.com/KUCA

WHEN UCA HAS THE BALL Quarterback Hayden Hildebrand engineers UCA’s offense and leads the Southland Conference in pass efficiency. Through 8 games, the senior has completed 70.0 percent of his passes for 2,176 yards and 21 touchdowns. He has thrown 6 interceptions. Sophomore Carlos Blackman and freshman Kierre Crossley lead UCA’s running attack. Crossley has rushed for 549 yards and 2 touchdowns. He averages 5.3 yards a carry. Blackman is second on the team with 456 rushing yards. His and senior wide receiver Roman Gordon’s six touchdowns lead the Bears. Senior Brandon Cox leads UCA in receptions with 29 for 524 yards. Gordon has 26 catches for 523 yards. WHEN LAMAR HAS THE BALL Senior Andrew Allen has started the Past three games at quarterback and is expected to direct the team’s option attack against UCA. In 8 games — including 5 as a reserve — Allen has completed 55.2 percent of his passes for 795 yards. He has thrown for an average of 182.0 yards a game as Lamar’s starter. Allen has rushed for 137 yards and 4 touchdowns. Sophomore Kendrick King leads the Cardinals in rushing with 370 yards. Sophomore Zae Giles has caught 26 passes for 216 yards and freshman Kirkland Banks has 25 for 253 yards.

WHAT’S AT STAKE A victory would leave UCA as the only undefeated team in Southland Conference play. … A victory would give UCA eight consecutive for the second consecutive season.