Little Rock Faces Central Michigan on Wednesday

Lone Star Showcase Little Rock vs. Central Michigan
Date	Wednesday, Nov. 23
Time	7:30 p.m.
Location	Cedar Park, Texas
Venue	H-E-B Center
Stats	Statbroadcast
Audio	The Point 94.1 FM
Video	YouTube
Notes	Little Rock | Central Michigan

CEDAR PARK, Texas – Little Rock will look to bounce back from last night's loss to Pepperdine when it closes the Lone Star Showcase against Central Michigan on Wednesday night at the H-E-B Center. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m.
 
Lis Shoshi posted his second double-double of the season in Tuesday's loss, finishing with 16 points and 10 rebounds. The 16 points match a career high he set vs. St. Bonaventure the previous night. In the second half alone, Shoshi scored 14 points on 7-of-8 shooting in 14 minutes.
 
Central Michigan (4-1) was handed its first loss of the season by St. Bonaventure on Tuesday night in the Lone Star Showcase. CMU fell 102-71 in the first game of the evening.
 
Marcus Keene will enter Wednesday's game against Little Rock averaging 28.8 points per game. Keene entered the Showcase ranked fourth nationally in scoring.
 
The Chippewas are scoring 93.8 points per game on the season and averaging 10 made 3-pointers per game.
 
Head coach Keno Davis is in his fifth season as head coach.
 
Quick Hits
• Coming off of its best season in program history, Little Rock has been picked to finish second in the Sun Belt Conference preseason coaches poll.
• Little Rock had its 18-game home winning streak, the eighth-longest active streak in the nation, snapped by Idaho on Nov. 18.
• Marcus Johnson Jr. was voted Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team after averaging 12.5 points and leading the Sun Belt in 3-point percentage (.466) in 2015-16.
• Despite losing two of their top three scorers, the Trojans return eight lettermen, six seniors and three starters in 2016-17.
• Last season, Little Rock won the Sun Belt Conference regular-season and tournament championships and beat Purdue in the NCAA Tournament first round.
• Little Rock went 30-5 last season, establishing program and conference records for wins in a season.
• The Trojans' five losses last season tied with Villanova, Kansas and SMU for the fewest in the nation.
• Head coach Wes Flanigan enters his first season at the helm after serving as associate head coach on Little Rock's record-breaking 2015-16 team.