Trojans Heading West to Tulsa for Sunday Game

Game 11: Little Rock at Tulsa
Date	Sunday, December 18
Time	2 p.m.
Location	Tulsa, Okla.
Stadium	Reynolds Center
Stats	Statbroadcast
Audio	KARN The Sports Animal
Video	Little Rock All-Access
Notes	Little Rock

LITTLE ROCK – The Little Rock women's basketball team is back on the road this weekend, heading west to Tulsa to take on the Golden Hurricane on Sunday at 2 p.m.
 
The Trojans enter Sunday's game having won four of their last five games, with the only loss coming on Tuesday to No. 5 Mississippi State at the Jack Stephens Center. But that game was very close throughout, as the Trojans trailed by just 1 point at halftime and just 4 points at the end of the third quarter.
 
Ronjanae DeGray had the game of her career against the Bulldogs, scoring 18 points and making all seven of her attempts from the field. The sophomore was also 4 of 5 from the free-throw line and played a career-high 39 minutes. Senior Sharde' Collins finished in double figures as well, scoring 11 points against Mississippi State.
 
Little Rock continues to have success this season with its defense. The Trojans allowed Mississippi State to score just 58 points, more than 20 points fewer than the Bulldogs average on the year. Little Rock allows just 53.1 points per game, a number that is 19th-best in country.
 
The team has not allowed an opponent to score more than 60 points in a game since Fordham on November 19. Fordham is also the Trojans' only opponent this season to score more points against Little Rock than it averages all year.
 
On offense, Little Rock has two players averaging double figures per game: Kaitlyn Pratt (12.6 ppg) and Collins (12.2 ppg). Pratt is also the team's top rebounder with 7.5 boards per game.
 
Little Rock and Tulsa will be playing for the sixth time in the last six years, and Little Rock had won six straight games against Tulsa before the teams' 2015 meet. Last year, Tulsa won at the Jack Stephens Center by a 74-63 margin. Little Rock is 9-2 all-time against the Golden Hurricane.
 
Tulsa is coming off a home victory on Thursday night against Saint Louis. The Hurricane are 4-7 this season with wins over UMKC, New Mexico, North Texas and Saint Louis. Erika Wakefield is the team's leading scorer with 11.9 points per game, and Kendrian Elliott also averages double figures with 10.3 points per game. Little Rock and Tulsa have had four common opponents this year. Both teams beat North Texas and Saint Louis and both teams lost to Oklahoma, but Little Rock defeated Oral Roberts while Tulsa lost to Oral Roberts.
 
TIP OFF

• Little Rock has won four of its last five games this year but most recently lost to No. 5 Mississippi State on Tuesday.
• The Trojans were within one point of Mississippi State at halftime and within 4 points at the end of the fourth quarter.
• Little Rock is 0-3 this season against ranked opponents but was in all three games at halftime and into the third quarter.
• Ronjanae DeGray scored a career-high 18 points against Mississippi State on 7-of-7 shooting and a 4-of-5 effort at the free-throw line. She played a career-high 19 minutes as well.
• Little Rock's defense is 19th-best in the nation, allowing just 53.1 points per game. The Trojans keep opponents 14 points below their season average.
• Kaitlyn Pratt was named the Sun Belt Player of the week on December 6.
• Tulsa defeated Little Rock last year, but the Trojans had won the previous six meetings in the series.

           
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