Trojans Face UTA Monday on ASN and ESPN3

Little Rock vs. UT Arlington
Date	Monday, Feb. 13
Time	8 p.m.
Location	Arlington, Texas
Venue	College Park Center
Stats	Statbroadcast
Audio	The Point 94.1 FM
TV	American Sports Network
Video	ESPN3
Notes	Little Rock

LITTLE ROCK – Little Rock takes on UT Arlington at 8 p.m. Monday at the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas. The matchup between the Trojans and Mavericks will be televised on the American Sports Network and streamed through ESPN3.
 
The game will be carried locally on KATV subchannel 7.3, GRIT TV. Comcast subscribers can watch the game on Ch. 208 in Little Rock. DirecTV customers can watch the game on CSN Chicago, Ch. 665.
 
Little Rock will try to bounce back from a loss on Saturday at Texas State. The Trojans' shot a season-low 30.2 percent, but rallied in the final minutes to trim a double-digit deficit to four. Kemy Osse scored 13 points to lead Little Rock.
 
UT Arlington is 18-6 overall and 8-3 in Sun Belt play after Saturday's 81-75 win over Arkansas State at the College Park Center. The Mavericks enter Monday night having won six of their last seven games.
 
Picked to win the Sun Belt Conference, the Mavs are scoring 78.1 points per game on the season while shooting 46.5 percent as a team. Kevin Hervey, the Preseason Sun Belt Player of the Year, paces UTA at 16.6 ppg. Hervey also pulls down a team-high 8.1 rebounds per contest. Jalen Jones (12.2 ppg) and Erick Neal (10.5 ppg) give the Mavs three double-figure scorers, while three more UTA players average at least 7.9 ppg.
 
UTA holds a 4-3 lead in the all-time series but Little Rock leads 2-1 in games played in Arlington. The Trojans swept the 2015-16 season series, topping the Mavs 68-62 at the College Park Center before winning 72-60 at the Jack Stephens Center.
 
Scott Cross is in his 11th season as head coach.
 
Quick Hits
• Little Rock had its worst shooting night of the season, making 16 of 53 from the floor (.302) in a 56-49 loss at Texas State on Saturday.
• Kemy Osse made 4 of 8 shots from the floor and finished with a team-high 13 points for his second double-digit scoring effort in three games.
• Osse hit three 3-pointers against Texas State, moving him into 10th place on Little Rock's career list (129).
• Lis Shoshi blocked five shots at Texas State, the most by a Little Rock player since Michael Javes blocked five shots at Arkansas State on Jan. 14, 2012.
• Little Rock has limited its turnovers to 10 or fewer in three of the last four games.
• Little Rock leads the Sun Belt Conference and ranks 39th nationally in free throw percentage (.754).
• Little Rock is shooting a league-best 80.9 percent from the foul line in Sun Belt games.
• Marcus Johnson Jr. ranks 16th in the league in scoring (14.2 ppg) and 7th in assists (3.3 apg) in SBC games.
• Little Rock swept the 2015-16 season series, but UT Arlington leads Little Rock 4-3 in the all-time series.
• Little Rock defeated UTA 68-62 in the College Park Center in Feb. 2016.
 
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