Little Rock Ready for No. 16 Oklahoma on Wednesday

Game 3: Little Rock at No. 16 Oklahoma
Date	Wednesday, Nov. 16
Time	7 p.m.
Location	Norman, Okla.
Stadium	Lloyd Noble Center
Stats	Statbroadcast
Audio	KARN The Sports Animal
Video	Sooners Sports TV
Notes	Little Rock

LITTLE ROCK – After a trip to defending Horizon League champion Green Bay on Sunday, the road does not get any easier for the Little Rock women's basketball team this week The Trojans are set to take on No. 16 Oklahoma in the Sooners' home gym on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
 
This will be the first of Little Rock's four games in 2016-17 against members of a major conference. Little Rock will also play LSU on the road while hosting Mississippi State and Texas A&M. The Trojans' 2016-17 non-conference slate includes five games against NCAA Tournament teams from last season and two more against WNIT teams from last season.
 
Little Rock will be looking to regroup on Wednesday after a tough outing in Wisconsin on Sunday. In that contest, Green Bay jumped out to a 15-0 lead, and Little Rock was never able to get back into the contest.
 
During that game, though, Sharde' Collins scored her 500th career point as a Trojan, becoming just the 29th player in team history to reach that mark. Monique Townson had her second consecutive double-digit scoring effort, reaching at least 10 points in consecutive games for the first time in her career.
 
Trojan fans also got to see more of some unfamiliar faces, as freshman Emily Lytle got her first career start and freshman Anna Hurlburt played 28 minutes. Hurlburt scored 7 points in the game including a 3-pointer and added four rebounds to finish second on the team in rebounding. Freshman Sydney Chastain also played one minute off the bench.
 
Sunday's game was also the first opportunity for Trojan fans to see Kiara Scott in action. The sophomore did not play at all last year and came in for seven minutes against the Phoenix. She recorded four rebounds and had a steal.
 
Little Rock will be traveling to the Lloyd Noble Center for the second consecutive season. When the teams met last year, Little Rock trailed by just 2 points at halftime before eventually falling by 13 points as the Sooners outscored the Trojans 34-23 in the second half.
 
This year's Oklahoma team is 1-0 after a season-opening blowout win over Southern Illinois. The Sooners got 14 players involved in the game in the 32-point victory aganst the Salukis. Vionise Pierre-Louis (18) and Gioya Carter (16) each scored in double figures.
 
TIP OFF

• Little Rock fell behind 15-0 in the first quarter at Green Bay on Sunday and fell out of the Championship Bracket of the Preseason WNIT with a 26-point loss to the Phoenix.
• Sharde' Collins reached 500 career points in the loss, becoming just the 29th player in team history to score 500 points.
• Monique Townson scored in double digits for the second consecutive game, recording a team-high 12 points at Green Bay.
• The Trojans gave a start to freshman Emily Lytle in just her second career game. She is the first freshman to start in the second game of her career since Keanna Keys in 2013.
• Sophomore Kiara Scott played the first minutes of her career on Sunday at Green Bay, playing for seven minutes and grabbing four rebounds.
• The Trojans are 1-5 all-time against Oklahoma with the lone win coming in 2014. The Sooners will be the first of four Power 5 conference teams that Little Rock plays this year.