Sweet Sixteen Berth At Stake Saturday vs. Iowa State

GM35: No. 12 Little Rock (30-4) vs. No. 4 Iowa State (22-11)
Saturday, March 19 | 5:10 p.m. (CST)
Denver, Colo. | Pepsi Center (19,155)
Radio: The Point 94.1 FM / KKPT.com
Talent: Ray Tucker (PxP)
Television: TNT
Live Stream: March Madness Live
Talent: Andrew Catalon (PxP), Steve Lappas (Analyst), Jamie Erdahl (Sideline)
Live Video | Game Notes
 
DENVER, Colo. – Twelfth-seeded Little Rock will face No. 4 seed Iowa State in the NCAA Tournament Second Round on Saturday at 5:10 p.m. (CST) at the Pepsi Center. The game will be televised on TNT.
 
Thursday's game and all games in the 2016 NCAA Tournament will be available via March Madness Live. MML will be available across 12 platforms including desktop, Amazon Fire tablets, Amazon Fire TV, iPhone, iPad, Android handset, Android tablet, Windows handset, Windows desktop, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Roku players and Roku TV models. Additionally, MML will offer Google Cast and Airplay support.
 
A victory on Saturday would send the Trojans to the program's first-ever Sweet Sixteen.
 
Little Rock is coming off an 85-83 double-overtime win over No. 5 seed Purdue on Thursday. The Trojans trailed for the majority of the game and were down 13 with 3:33 left. Little Rock finished regulation on an 18-5 run, tying the score on a step-back 3-pointer by Josh Hagins with five seconds remaining.
 
Hagins outscored Purdue 21-20 over the final five minutes of regulation and the overtime periods, and finished with 31 points, seven rebounds, six assists, five steals and zero turnovers in 40 minutes. It is the first 30-5-5-5 line in NCAA Tournament history.
 
Thursday's win was Little Rock's seventh of the season while overcoming a double-digit deficit.
 
Little Rock is now the first program in Sun Belt Conference history to win 30 games in a season.
 
Quick Hits
• Little Rock earned its second NCAA Tournament win in program history with an 85-83 victory over No. 5 seed Purdue in double overtime on Thursday.
• Little Rock's only other NCAA Tournament win came in 1986 when the No. 14 seed Trojans topped No. 3 seed Notre Dame, 90-83.
• Josh Hagins is the first player to total 30 points, 5 assists, 5 rebounds, 5 steals in a Tournament game.
• Little Rock's four losses are tied with Kansas for the fewest in the nation.
• Little Rock is the first team in Sun Belt Conference history to win 30 games in a season.
• Little Rock's 12 road wins in the regular season were a program record and 2nd-most nationally in 2015-16.
• Little Rock's scoring defense ranks second nationally (60.3 ppg) and its defensive FG% (.389) ranks ninth.
• Chris Beard was voted the Sun Belt Coach of the Year, while Josh Hagins (First Team), Marcus Johnson Jr. (Second) and Roger Woods (Third) were voted All-SBC.
• Beard is in his first season at Little Rock after two years at Angelo State, where he went 47-15 and led ASU to the 2015 NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen and No. 19 national ranking in 2014-15.