Trojans Look to Earn First Road Win at Saint Louis

Game 6: Little Rock at Saint Louis
Date	Friday, Dec. 1, 2017
Time	7 p.m.
Location	St. Louis, Mo.
Arena	Chaifetz Arena
Records	Little Rock (2-3) | Saint Louis (3-5)
Radio	Sports Animal 920
Stats	StatBroadcast
Video	A-10 Network
Notes	Little Rock | Saint Louis

LITTLE ROCK – Little Rock women's basketball (2-3) will look to earn its first road win of the season as it visits Saint Louis (3-5) on Friday. The game is scheduled for 7 p.m., at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis.
 
Little Rock has an all-time record of 1-2 against Saint Louis with the lone win coming last season. The Trojans won 56-43 in the Billikens' first-ever visit to Little Rock. Before that, Saint Louis won the first two games of the series. Little Rock and Saint Louis met in the first round of the WNIT in St. Louis in 2016 and saw the Billikens sneak away with a 70-69 win. The first-ever meeting between the two occurred in 2003 as Saint Louis won 72-67.
 

• Little Rock is 3-3 against current A-10 Conference members and has played Saint Louis the most with three prior meetings.
• A win would be Little Rock's first road win of the season.
• A victory would be Little Rock second consecutive against Saint Louis and the team's first-ever at Saint Louis.
• The Trojans have an all-time record of 1-2 against Saint Louis.
• Monique Townson's 13 steals through five games are the most by a Trojan player since Chastity Reed and Shanika Butler in 2009-10.
• Townson's 4.4 assists per game rank second in the Sun Belt, while her assist turnover ratio of 2.75 ranks 53rd nationally and second in the Sun Belt.
• Little Rock is shooting 79.2 percent from the foul line this season — 11th in the nation and first in the Sun Belt Conference.
• Tori Lasker is a perfect 12-for-12 from the foul line and is only one of two Sun Belt players with a perfect free-throw percentage.
• Little Rock has committed the 20th-fewest turnovers in the nation this season with 68.
• The Trojans' turnover margin of 5.40 ranks 37th nationally and second in the Sun Belt.
• Little Rock is committing 13.6 turnovers per game — the 48th-fewest in the nation and second-fewest in the conference.
• Against opponents, Little Rock is forcing 19.00 turnovers per game this season — second-most in the Sun Belt.
• Raeyana DeGray has tallied a career-high in points and/or rebounds for three consecutive games.
• Little Rock is receiving seven votes in this week's College Insider Top 25 Mid-Major Poll.

 
The Trojans will return to the Jack Stephens Center on Monday as they host Missouri State at 6:30 p.m.
 
The 2016-17 women's team will be honored at halftime of Saturday's men's game against Oral Roberts. Last season, the Trojans won the Sun Belt Regular-Season Championship after finishing Sun Belt play with a 17-1 record and advancing to the second round of the WNIT. The men's game against ORU will tip at 3 p.m.