Little Rock, Coastal Carolina Face Off Monday on ASN

Little Rock at Coastal Carolina
Date	Monday, Jan. 9
Time	6 p.m. Central
Location	Conway, S.C.
Venue	The HTC Center
Stats	Statbroadcast
Audio	The Point 94.1 FM
TV	American Sports Network
Video	ESPN3
Notes	Little Rock

LITTLE ROCK – Little Rock will look to sweep its first road trip of Sun Belt play when it takes on Coastal Carolina on Monday at the HTC Center in Conway, S.C. The game tips off at 6 p.m. Central and will be televised on the American Sports Network and streamed on ESPN3.
 
In addition to ASN, the game will be carried locally on KATV subchannel 7.3, GRIT TV. Comcast subscribers can watch the game on Ch. 208 in Little Rock. DirecTV customers can watch the game on Altitude, Ch. 681. More local listings can be found here.
 
The game is the first of four ASN broadcasts for Little Rock this season.
 
The Trojans are coming off a 76-68 win at Appalachian State on Saturday. Marcus Johnson Jr. came off the bench to score a game-high 20 points, his 11^th double-figure scoring effort of the season and 31^st in his time in Little Rock. Deondre Burns established new career bests in scoring (16), made field goals (5) and made 3-pointers (4) while making his second career start and first of 2016-17.
 
As a team, Little Rock turned it over a season-low seven times while handing out 15 assists. The Trojans shot 47.4 percent for the game – 53.6 percent in the second half – while making 9 of 16 from 3 and 13 of 16 from the foul line.
 
Coastal Carolina is 7-9 on the year and 2-1 in Sun Belt play with consecutive wins over Arkansas State and Texas State. The Chanticleers are 5-4 this season at home.
 
Elijah Wilson (14.8 ppg) and Jaylen Shaw (13.8 ppg) average double figures for Coastal Carolina. The Chanticleers are scoring 73.1 points on 42.6 percent shooting as a team on the season. CCU is grabbing 42.0 rebounds per game to lead the Sun Belt.
 
Coastal Carolina is in its first season as a Sun Belt Conference member and Monday's meeting will be the first between the two programs.
 
Head coach Cliff Ellis is in his 10th season at CCU and in his 42nd overall as a head coach. Ellis coached Flanigan at Auburn from 1994-97. Flanigan was a three-time co-captain and All-SEC performer for the Tigers under Ellis.
 
Quick Hits
• Little Rock's win percentage of .804 (41-10) since the start of the 2015-16 season is tied for ninth nationally.
• Little Rock's road win percentage of .714 (15-6) over the same span is tied for ninth nationally.
• Little Rock's 15 true road wins since the start of 2015-16 are fourth-most nationally.
• Five Little Rock players are averaging double figures in scoring – the 1989-90 season was the last time Little Rock had five double-figure scorers in a season.
• Making his second career start, Deondre Burns set new career highs in scoring (16), made field goals (5) and made 3-pointers (4) at Appalachian State.
• Marcus Johnson Jr. scored 20 points at Appalachian State, his 11th double-figure scoring effort this season.
• Little Rock leads the Sun Belt Conference in free throw shooting percentage (.727).
• Monday will be the first meeting between Little Rock and Coastal Carolina.
• Little Rock head coach Wes Flanigan played three seasons for Coastal Carolina head coach Cliff Ellis at Auburn (1994-97), where Flanigan was a three-time co-captain and an All-SEC selection as a junior.