Little Rock Heads East to Memphis for Sunday Showdown

Game 9: Little Rock at Memphis
Date	Sunday, December 4
Time	2 p.m.
Location	Memphis, Tenn.
Stadium	Elma Roane Fieldhouse
Stats	Statbroadcast
Audio	KARN The Sports Animal
Video	Little Rock All-Access
Notes	Little Rock | Memphis

LITTLE ROCK – The Trojan women's basketball team is on a three-game winning streak and will look to make it four in a row on Sunday at Memphis. The Trojans and Tigers are set for a 2 p.m. tipoff at Elma Roane Fieldhouse.
 
The Little Rock defense has been a crucial part of the team's success over the last three games, as Little Rock is holding its opponents to just 46.7 points in those contests. The Trojan defense is currently ranked 23rd in the nation, giving up a mere 53.6 points per game.
 
On offense, Kaitlyn Pratt has led Little Rock in the last three games, averaging 16.3 points per game. Her biggest outburst came on Thursday against Oral Roberts when she put down a career-high 24 points. She also earned a double-double with 12 rebounds and went 8 of 8 from the free-throw line. Pratt has made her last 13 free-throw attempts and is shooting 85 percent from the line this year.
 
Sharde' Collins is also scoring big for the Trojans lately, putting up 15 points per game in Little Rock's three-game winning streak. And though Monique Townson is only scoring 4.7 points per game in this stretch, she has contributed 20 assists during the current winning streak and leads the Sun Belt with 4.4 assists per game. Townson is also second in the nation in minutes played and 10th in the nation in minutes played per game.
 
Another large development for the Trojans this week has been the addition of a familiar face to the roster. Senior forward Carolee Dillard will be rejoining the Trojans after spending the last three seasons playing on the Little Rock volleyball team. Originally recruited for basketball, Dillard played her freshman year under Joe Foley before playing volleyball and basketball simultaneously as a sophomore. But six games into her sophomore basketball season, Dillard left the team to focus on volleyball. With her volleyball career now complete, she returns to the Little Rock basketball sidelines and is eligible to play on Sunday.
 
A 6-foot-2, Dillard immediately becomes the tallest listed player on the Trojan roster. In her 34 career games with the Trojans, she averaged 2.8 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. She last played on Dec. 4, 2013 when she scored a career-high 10 points at Texas.
 
Little Rock's opponent on Sunday, Memphis, is 3-4 this year with wins over Missouri State, Illinois and Northwestern State. The Tigers have two double-figure scorers in Cheyenne Creighton and Taylor Williams. Memphis, who made the Postseason WNIT last year, was picked seventh in the American Athletic Conference this year.
 
The Trojans have won the last four meetings with Memphis including a game at the Jack Stephens Center in 2015. Memphis won the team's first seven meetings dating back to 1978.
 
TIP OFF

• Little Rock is on a three-game winning streak after defeating Oral Roberts 56-50 on Thursday night.
• Kaitlyn Pratt had a career-high 24 points against the Golden Eagles and her third double-double of the season with 12 rebounds.
• Little Rock allows just 53.6 points per game defensively, the 23rd-best scoring defense in the nation.
• Monique Townson's 37.9 minutes per game is the 10th-best average in the country. She has played the second-most minutes in the nation as of Friday morning.
• Carolee Dillard rejoined the Little Rock roster this week after playing volleyball for the last three seasons. Dillard played basketball her freshman and part of her sophomore year at Little Rock.
• The Trojans have won four straight games against Memphis.