LR to Face No. 18 Oklahoma on Fox Sports Southwest

Game 8: Little Rock at No. 18 Oklahoma
Date	Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017
Time	3 p.m.
Location	Norman, Okla.
Stadium	L. Dale Mitchell Park
Stats	StatBroadcast
Audio	KASR 92.7 FM or CSNSports.net
Video	Fox Sports Southwest
Full Notes	Little Rock | Oklahoma

LITTLE ROCK – Fresh off a series win over Purdue, Little Rock baseball will face No. 18 Oklahoma (8-1) on Tuesday afternoon at L. Dale Mitchell Park in Norman, Oklahoma. The game will air live on Fox Sports Southwest and Fox Sports College Central at 3 p.m.
 
If you can't catch the Trojans on television, you can still catch the game on KASR 92.7 FM and/or CSNSports.net as Mike Harrison calls all the action.
 
Little Rock has earned a win at Oklahoma in four of the last five meetings in Norman. The Trojans' last win over the Sooners occurred in 2014. All six of Little Rock's wins against Oklahoma have occurred in Norman. 
 
The Trojans will throw left-hander Cole Townsend (0-0) against the Sooners. Townsend had a career performance last Wednesday at Louisiana Tech with 10 strikeouts in six innings.
 
Oklahoma will let right-hander Ryan Madden (1-0) toss on Tuesday. In Madden's only start, he threw five strikeouts and allowed two runs on three hits and two walks in 4.2 innings of work against Grambling State last Wednesday.
 

• Oklahoma will be the first ranked opponent the Trojans have faced since No. 16 Louisiana.
• The Trojans hold a record of 6-24 all-time against the Sooners with all wins occurring in Norman.
• Little Rock's last visit to Oklahoma occurred in 2015.
• Little Rock has won four of the past five games in Norman.
• The Sooners were ranked in three of the last four Little Rock wins in Norman.
• The Trojans have won two straight games against ranked opponents.
• Little Rock will start left-hander Cole Townsend (0-0) on Tuesday.
• Townsend is one of 82 Division I pitchers with an ERA of 0.00.
• The Trojans haven't allowed an opposing run to score in 22 consecutive innings.
• Cory Malcom leads the nation with a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 22.00.
• Malcom's 22 strikeouts lead the Sun Belt and rank fifth nationally.
• The Trojans will go up against right-hander Ryan Madden (1-0) on Tuesday.
• A win would be Little Rock's third straight against a ranked opponent.
• Little Rock is now ranked fifth in the nation for shutouts this season.
• Dalton Thomas and Hunter Owens have earned a hit in all seven games this season.
• Little Rock's fielding percentage of .988 ranks seventh nationally.
• Cameron Knight's batting average of .458 ranks fifth in the Sun Belt.