First-Place Trojans Look to Extend Streak on Thursday

Game 21: Little Rock vs. Georgia Southern
Date	Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018
Time	5 p.m.
Location	Little Rock, Ark.
Arena	Jack Stephens Center
Records	Little Rock (12-8, 9-0 SBC) | Georgia Southern (4-16, 1-8 SBC)
Radio	Sports Animal 920
Stats	StatBroadcast
Video	Little Rock All-Access
Notes	Little Rock | Georgia Southern

LITTLE R0CK – Little Rock women's basketball (12-8, 9-0 Sun Belt) will go for its 10th consecutive win when it plays host to Georgia Southern (4-16, 1-8 Sun Belt) on Thursday at 5 p.m. at the Jack Stephens Center.
 
Little Rock will take part in the annual Coaches vs. Cancer initiative on Thursday as both the men's and women's coaches will swap their dress shoes for sneakers. More info on the event can be found here.
 
The Trojans will be heading back to the 1980s for Throwback Thursday as they wear retro uniforms based off those worn during the late 1980s.
 
Thursday will also be North Little Rock Night at the Jack as the Trojans celebrate the city of North Little Rock.
 
Rounding out Thursday's promotions will be Academic Recognition Night as the Trojans honor Little Rock student-athletes from all sports who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher and those who tallied a GPA of 3.0 or higher during the fall 2017 semester.
 
Little Rock holds a 6-0 series lead since their first meeting in 2015. In games at the Jack Stephens Center, Little Rock is 3-0 against Georgia Southern. The Trojans last faced the Eagles on Jan. 6 in Statesboro and came away with a 30-point win to move to 4-0 in Sun Belt play. Little Rock held Georgia Southern to just 34 points — the lowest total by a Little Rock opponent this season. Ronjanae DeGray led Little Rock with 16 points and eight rebounds. Last year at the Jack, Little Rock won 57-41 behind Sharde' Collins' 24 points.
 
Georgia Southern claimed its first Sun Belt win of the year last Saturday against UT Arlington. The win snapped a 13-game losing streak for the Eagles and a nine-game Sun Belt losing streak dating back to last season. Georgia Southern is just 1-8 on the road this season.
 

• Thursday will mark head coach Joe Foley's 1,000th career game as a collegiate head coach.
• Little Rock has an all-time record of 6-0 against Georgia Southern.
• The Trojans are 3-0 against the Eagles at the Jack Stephens Center.
• Little Rock is on a nine-game winning streak — tied for the 14th-longest streak in Division I.
• The Trojans lead South Alabama by one game in the Sun Belt Conference standings.
• Little Rock has the fourth-best scoring defense in the nation at 53.9 points allowed per game.
• The Trojans have won 14 consecutive Sun Belt games dating back to last season — tied for the fifth-most in Division I.
• Little Rock is 12-8 for the second time in the Division I era (1999-present) and for the first time since 2006-07.
• The Trojans are 9-0 in Sun Belt play for the second consecutive season and fourth time since 2010-11.
• Little Rock has won 23 consecutive Sun Belt games at the Jack dating back to 2015-16.
• The Trojans have a record of 42-1 at the Jack against Sun Belt teams since 2013-14.
• Little Rock received 25 votes in this week's College Insider Mid-Major Top 25 Poll.