Little Rock to Face Texas Tech on Fox Sports SW

Game Notes
 
GM11: Little Rock (10-0) at Texas Tech (8-1)
Tuesday, Dec. 22 | 2 p.m. (CST)
Lubbock, Texas | United Supermarkets Arena (15,000)
TV: Fox Sports Southwest
Talent: Robert Giovannetti (PxP), John Harris (Analyst)
Radio: The Point 94.1 FM / KKPT.com
Talent: Ray Tucker (PxP)
Live Stats
 
LITTLE ROCK – The undefeated Little Rock men's basketball team will look to earn its first 11-game win streak in program history when it takes on Texas Tech Tuesday afternoon at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. The game will tip off at 2 p.m. and be televised on Fox Sports Southwest.
 
Regional access to the game will be available through FoxSportsGo.com. Live audio of the game will be available through The Point 94.1 FM in Little Rock and online at KKPT.com.
 
Little Rock is coming off an 84-57 win over Northern Arizona on Sunday that improved the team to 10-0 and matched the longest win streak in program history. The 10-game run to start a season is the best in the history of the Sun Belt Conference.
 
The Trojans will have a chance to leave Lubbock with the best road record in the nation. Only Navy can match Little Rock's 5-0 mark on the road. One of six unbeaten teams in the country, the Trojans will have played as many true road games (6) as the other five combined after Tuesday.

Little Rock continued to receive votes in the AP Top 25 and USA Today Coaches polls on Monday. The Trojans earned eight votes in the Coaches Poll while picking up 14 points in the AP Top 25.
 
Little Rock head coach Chris Beard coached at Texas Tech for 10 seasons under Bob and Pat Knight. In Beard's 10 years in Lubbock, the Red Raiders won 188 games – the best 10-year stretch in program history – while earning four NCAA Tournament bids and three NIT appearances. His run at Texas Tech was highlighted by the Red Raiders' 2005 Sweet Sixteen appearance.
 
Texas Tech will bring an 8-1 record and seven-game win streak into Tuesday. The Red Raiders rank in the top-40 nationally in turnover margin and defensive field goal percentage. Devaugntah Williams is averaging 14.9 ppg to lead Texas Tech on offense.
 
Quick Hits
• Little Rock is one of six unbeaten teams nationally.
• Little Rock's 10-0 start to the season is the best in both program and Sun Belt Conference history.
• A win at Texas Tech would give the program its first-ever 11-game win streak.
• Little Rock is tied with Navy for the best road record in the nation (5-0).
• Tuesday will be Little Rock's sixth true road game. The other five unbeaten teams have combined to play six total road games.
• Little Rock is receiving votes in the AP Top 25 and USA Today Coaches polls – the first time a Little Rock team has received votes in the AP Poll since Feb. 1988.
• Little Rock's scoring defense ranks first nationally (53.7 ppg) and its defensive FG% (.363) ranks eighth.
• The Trojans lead the nation in free throw percentage (.809) and rank fourth in turnover margin (6.9).
• Head coach Chris Beard comes to Little Rock after two seasons at Angelo State, where he went 47-15 and led ASU to the 2015 NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen and No. 19 national ranking in 2014-15.
• Beard spent 10 years at Texas Tech as an assistant coach under Bob and Pat Knight (2001-11).
 
About Texas Tech (8-1 Overall)
Winners of seven straight, Texas Tech brings an 8-1 record into United Supermarkets Arena on Tuesday afternoon. Leading the Red Raiders on offense is senior Devaugntah Williams, who is averaging 14.9 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.
 
Texas Tech ranks in the top-40 nationally in turnover margin and defensive field goal percentage. Head coach Tubby Smith is in his third season in Lubbock.
 
Little Rock head coach Chris Beard spent 10 years with the Red Raiders as an assistant coach under Bob and Pat Knight. In Beard's 10 years in Lubbock, the Red Raiders won 188 games – the best 10-year stretch in program history – while earning four NCAA Tournament bids and three NIT appearances. Beard's run at Texas Tech was highlighted by the Red Raiders' 2005 Sweet Sixteen appearance.
 
Beard recruited current Texas Tech guard Toddrick Gotcher in his time as a Red Raider assistant.
 
Current Little Rock assistant coach Mark Adams spent the past two seasons on Texas Tech's staff as director of basketball operations.
 
Little Rock is winless in three career meetings with Texas Tech. Most recently, the Trojans fell 93-59 to the Red Raiders in Lubbock in Nov. 2006.
 
Little Rock's only win over a current Big 12 member came against Baylor in March 1987 when the Bears were members of the Southwest Conference.

Receiving Votes
For the fourth straight week, Little Rock received votes – 14 total points – in the AP Top 25 poll released on Monday (Dec. 21). Additionally, Little Rock received eight votes in Monday's USA Today Coaches Poll.
 
The Trojans are the first Sun Belt Conference men's basketball program to earn AP Top 25 votes since Middle Tennessee during the 2012-13 season. The Blue Raiders received votes in the AP Top 25 in three separate weeks that season.
 
It is the first time Little Rock has received votes in the AP Poll since Feb. 1988.
 
Road Victories
Little Rock is tied with Navy for the best road record in the nation at 5-0.
 
The 5-0 start on the road is the best in Little Rock's program history.
 
The Trojans are 1-0 in neutral court games, beating East Carolina 54-46 at the Las Vegas Invitational on Nov. 26.