LITTLE ROCK – Fresh off its win over Tulsa, Little Rock stays at home to host UAPB on Thursday. Tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m. from the Jack Stephens Center.
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The Trojans' win over Tulsa on Saturday was the program's third straight over teams from the American Athletic Conference. Dating back to the start of the 2015-16 season, Little Rock has wins over schools from the Big Ten, Mountain West, American Athletic Conference (3) and BIG EAST.
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Seven Trojans scored seven or more points in the win over Tulsa. On the season, Little Rock has four players averaging double figures in scoring and another averaging 9.1 ppg.
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UAPB is 1-7 on the year, most recently falling at Central Michigan on Saturday. The Golden Lions' lone win came against Ecclesia College on Nov. 14. Ghiavonni Robinson leads UAPB at 12.8 points per game.
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The Lions are averaging 59.8 points per game and shooting 37.1 percent as a team. UAPB is forcing 17.6 turnovers per game averages 8.8 steals.
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Little Rock leads the series with UAPB 13-5, and Thursday's meeting will be the first between the teams since 2005. The Trojans have not lost to the Golden Lions since moving to Division I in 1978-79. Little Rock's last loss to UAPB came in Pine Bluff in the 1977-78 season.
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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.
• Head coach
Wes Flanigan's 6-2 record through eight games trails only Chris Beard's 8-0 start in 2015-16 for first-year Trojan head coaches. Wimp Sanderson ('94-95) and Porter Moser ('00-01) also started 6-2.
• A win Thursday would give the program its ninth start of 7-2 or better since moving to Division I ('78-79).
• The Trojans have four players averaging double figures in scoring, another scoring 9.1 ppg, and are averaging 79.9 ppg as a team.
• Little Rock leads the Sun Belt in free throw percentage (.716) and ranks second in scoring offense, scoring margin (+11.1) and 3-point percentage (.386).
• 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.
• Flanigan enters his first season at the helm after serving as associate head coach on Little Rock's record-breaking 2015-16 team.
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