Trojans Surf Into Coastal Carolina on Saturday

Game 20: Little Rock at Coastal Carolina
Date	Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018
Time	12 p.m. (CT)
Location	Conway, S.C.
Arena	The HTC Center
Records	Little Rock (11-8, 8-0 SBC) | Coastal Carolina (11-9, 5-4 SBC)
Radio	Sports Animal 920
Stats	StatBroadcast
Video	Chant Vision ($)
Notes	Little Rock | Coastal Carolina

CONWAY, S.C. – First-place Little Rock women's basketball (11-8, 8-0 Sun Belt) will look to keep the momentum rolling as it faces Coastal Carolina (11-9, 5-4 Sun Belt) on Saturday at noon (CT) at The HTC Center.
 
In their first-ever meetings last year, Little Rock went 2-0 against Coastal Carolina. On the road, the Trojans took a 74-66 win before earning a 79-47 victory at home. Last season in Conway, former Trojan Kaitlyn Pratt led the game with 24 points and nine rebounds while Monique Townson put up 16 points with four assists and two steals. The Trojans shot 46.4 percent (26-for-56) for the game while the Chanticleers finished at 44.6 percent (25-for-56).
 
The Chanticleers took a 70-63 loss to Arkansas State on Thursday, snapping a seven-game home winning streak. Prior to that, Coastal beat Troy and took a loss to South Alabama on the road last weekend.
 

• Little Rock has the eighth-best scoring defense in the nation at 54.1 points allowed per game and has held opponents to 50 or fewer points in seven of the last eight Sun Belt games.
• The Trojans have kept opponents below 40 percent from the field for nine consecutive games.
• This is Little Rock's first-ever 11-8 start.
• Little Rock's average margin of victory against Coastal Carolina is 20 points.
• The Trojans are 2-0 in the all-time series against the Chanticleers.
• Little Rock has been 8-0 in Sun Belt play on three other occasions — all since 2010-11.
• The Trojans have advanced to the NCAA Tournament or WNIT in the past three 8-0 Sun Belt starts.
• The Trojans have had more bench points than their opponents in 10 consecutive games with an average of 21.1 per game.
• Little Rock is receiving 10 votes in the latest College Insider Mid-Major Top 25 Poll.
• Head coach Joe Foley earned his 300th victory as head coach of the Trojans on Thursday.
• Little Rock has won 13 consecutive conference games dating back to last season — the fourth-longest streak in Division I.
• Little Rock's current winning streak of eight games is tied for the 14th longest in Division I.
• Ronjanae DeGray has led Little Rock in scoring with at least 14 points in seven consecutive games.