Little Rock Opens SBC Play at Home Against Louisiana

Game 12: Little Rock vs. Louisiana
Date	Friday, Dec. 29, 2017
Time	5 p.m.
Location	Little Rock, Ark.
Arena	Jack Stephens Center
Records	Little Rock (3-8) | Louisiana (5-7)
Radio	Sports Animal 920
Stats	StatBroadcast
Video	Little Rock All-Access
Notes	Little Rock | Louisiana

LITTLE ROCK – Sun Belt Conference play begins on Friday as Little Rock women's basketball hosts Louisiana at the Jack Stephens Center at 5 p.m.
 
Little Rock owns a 21-10 series lead against Louisiana. The Trojans fell to the Ragin' Cajuns in the semifinals of last season's Sun Belt Conference Tournament after earning four consecutive victories against Louisiana. When playing against the Cajuns in Little Rock, the Trojans are 12-1 and 8-1 at the Jack Stephens Center. Louisiana's lone win in Little Rock came during the 2015-16 season.
 
The Ragin' Cajuns finished non-conference play with a 5-7 record while going 1-3 on the road, 3-2 at home and 1-2 at neutral sites. Skyler Goodwin is the Ragin' Cajuns top player with 11.7 points per game, 1.9 steals per game and an 84.2 percent field-goal percentage.
 

• The Trojans have won 18 consecutive games against Sun Belt opponents at the Jack dating back to the 2015-16 season.
• Since 2013-14, Little Rock is 37-1 against conference foes at the Jack.
• Little Rock is 21-10 in the all-time series against Louisiana and is 12-1 when playing in Little Rock.
• The Trojans have won the past three Sun Belt openers.
• Little Rock has played 138 games since its last overtime game — the second-longest streak in Division I behind Maryland's streak of 159.
• This is Little Rock's third 3-8 start in the Joe Foley era (2003-present) and has gone on to the NCAA Tournament or WNIT in the previous two 3-8 starts.
• Monique Townson leads the Sun Belt with an assist-turnover ratio of 2.32.
• At 129 career steals, Townson is five away from passing Shanity James (2012-16) for the ninth-most in program history.
• Little Rock's opponents are averaging 34.5 rebounds per game against the Trojans this season — the fewest in Sun Belt.
• Raeyana DeGray has led Little Rock in scoring with at least 11 points in six of the last seven games.
• The Trojans finished the fall semester with a team GPA of 3.14 as nine players ended the semester with a 3.00 or better. The athletic department as a whole posted a record 3.30 GPA.

 
Little Rock will return to action against ULM at the Jack on Sunday at 2 p.m.