Trojans Travel to Georgia State for ESPN3 Matchup

Game 14: Little Rock at Georgia State
Date	Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018
Time	4 p.m. (CT)
Location	Atlanta, Ga.
Arena	GSU Sports Arena
Records	Little Rock (5-8, 2-0 SBC) | Georgia State (4-9, 0-2 SBC)
Radio	Sports Animal 920
Stats	StatBroadcast
Video	ESPN3/WatchESPN
Notes	Little Rock | Georgia State

LITTLE ROCK – Looking to start Sun Belt play at 3-0, Little Rock women's basketball will travel to Atlanta to face Georgia State at GSU Sports Arena on Thursday at 4 p.m. (CT). The game will air live on ESPN3.
 
Little Rock is 7-1 in the all-time series against Georgia State since their first meeting in 2014 and has won six consecutive games. Of the Trojans' three meetings against the Panthers in Atlanta, Little Rock has a 2-1 lead with the lone loss occurring in the very first meeting. Little Rock has won the past two games in Atlanta by an average of 17.5 points. The Trojans last visited the Panthers in Feb. 2016.
 
The Panthers are on a three-game losing streak and have lost four of their last five. GSU opened Sun Belt play with losses at South Alabama and Troy by scores of 88-52 and 90-86, respectively.
 

• Little Rock is 2-0 to start Sun Belt play for the second consecutive season.
• The Trojans are 7-1 all-time against Georgia State since the first meeting in 2014.
• Little Rock has won six consecutive games against GSU.
• Little Rock's last visit to Atlanta occurred in Feb. 2016.
• Little Rock is off to its first 5-8 start in the Joe Foley era (2003-present) and its second in the Division I era (1999-present).
• Head coach Joe Foley became the 12th Division I head coach in women's basketball history with 750 career wins.
• Foley is just the 30th among men's and women's Division I head coaches with 750 wins.
• The Trojans have played 140 consecutive games without an overtime — the second-longest streak in Division I.
• Little Rock is committing the second-fewest turnovers in the Sun Belt this season with 14.5.
• Monique Townson ranks first in the Sun Belt with 2.23 steals per game and 29 steals.
• At 132 career steals, Townson is two away from passing Shanity James (2012-16) for the ninth-most steals in program history.
• Townson's assist-turnover ratio of 2.75 ranks 26th nationally and first in the Sun Belt.
• With her next assist, Townson will pass Chastity Reed (2007-11) for the fifth-most in program history with 313.
• Little Rock's opponents are averaging 33.0 rebounds per game against the Trojans this season — the fewest in Sun Belt.
• Little Rock is allowing opponents to score 58.2 points per game this season — the 52nd-fewest nationally and second-fewest in the Sun Belt.
• Ronjanae DeGray's field-goal percentage of 52.0 percent ranks second in the Sun Belt and 81st nationally.

 
Little Rock will continue its journey through the state of Georgia by traveling to Statesboro on Saturday to face Georgia Southern at Hanner Fieldhouse. Tip is scheduled for 1 p.m. (CT).