LR Looks to Earn Share of SBC Regular-Season Crown

Game 26: Little Rock vs. Coastal Carolina
Date	Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018
Time	5 p.m.
Location	Little Rock, Ark.
Arena	Jack Stephens Center
Records	Little Rock (16-9, 13-1 SBC) | Coastal Carolina (14-12, 8-7 SBC)
Radio	Sports Animal 920
Stats	StatBroadcast
Video	Little Rock All-Access
Notes	Little Rock | Coastal Carolina

LITTLE ROCK – Little Rock women's basketball (16-9, 13-1 Sun Belt) will look to clinch a share of the Sun Belt Conference Regular-Season Championship and the No. 1 seed at the Sun Belt Tournament against Coastal Carolina (14-12, 8-7 Sun Belt) on Thursday at 5 p.m., at the Jack Stephens Center.
 
Thursday will be Little Rock's annual Pink Game as the Trojans will wear pink shoes and headbands. Fans are encouraged to show up for tomorrow's doubleheader donning pink. In addition to the Pink Game, the first 500 fans will receive a free pair of Trojan earbuds.
 
Little Rock has only faced Coastal Carolina three times since the first meeting in 2017 and holds a 3-0 record against the Chanticleers. The Trojans won the only meeting against the Chanticleers in Little Rock last season by a score of 79-47. This year, Little Rock won the first meeting at Coastal Carolina by a score of 51-49. With the game tied at 49, Ronjanae DeGray delivered the game-winning shot with one second remaining. That win put Little Rock at 9-0 in Sun Belt play.
 
The Chanticleers come into Thursday night's game on a three-game winning streak after defeating Appalachian State, Troy and South Alabama at home. On the road, Coastal has a two-game losing streak and is 1-5 in true road games this season.
 

• With a win, Little Rock can clinch a share of the Sun Belt Conference Regular-Season Championship, the No. 1 seed at the Sun Belt Tournament and an automatic berth for the WNIT.
• Little Rock can clinch the Sun Belt Regular-Season Championship outright with a Texas State loss to Georgia State and win against Coastal Carolina.
• This is the first time since 2006-07 that Little Rock has started a season at 16-9 and is just the second 16-9 start in program history.
• This is the second consecutive season in which Little Rock has started Sun Belt play at 13-1 and is the fifth time overall — all since 2009-10.
• Little Rock clinched a first-round bye at the Sun Belt Conference Tournament with a win at Arkansas State last Saturday.
• The bye guaranteed Little Rock as one of the top four seeds in the SBC Tournament.
• Little Rock has won 25 consecutive games against Sun Belt opponents at the Jack Stephens Center and is 44-1 against league opponents at home since 2013-14.
• At 356 career assists, Monique Townson is one away from passing Shanika Butler for the fourth-most in program history.
• Little Rock is 3-0 in the all-time series against Coastal Carolina since the beginning of the series in 2017.
• In Sun Belt play, Little Rock has the best field-goal percentage in the league at 44.9 percent.
• Little Rock is holding opponents to 53.8 points per game this season — the seventh-fewest nationally.
• The Trojans have held opponents to below 40 percent from the field in 14 of the last 15 games.