LITTLE ROCK – First-place Little Rock women's basketball (15-9, 12-1 Sun Belt) will look to sweep the season series against rival Arkansas State (13-11, 8-5 Sun Belt) on Saturday at 3 p.m., at First National Bank Arena. The game will air live on ESPN3/WatchESPN.
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Saturday will be the 40th meeting in the series since Little Rock resurrected its program in 1999. In that time, Arkansas State has a slight 20-19 edge. In the all-time series, the Red Wolves have a 46-21 lead. Little Rock has won just five times in Jonesboro over the years with the last victory coming last season. The Trojans have won four consecutive games against the Red Wolves, and with a win on Saturday, it would be the longest winning streak by either side since 2006.
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The Red Wolves went 1-1 last weekend with a 17-point loss at Troy and a 15-point win over South Alabama. Currently, A-State is in a four-way tie for fourth in the Sun Belt Conference standings.
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- Little Rock is two wins shy of clinching the No. 1 seed in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament and a share of the Sun Belt Regular-Season Championship.
- Little Rock can earn the Sun Belt Regular-Season Championship outright with three more wins.
- If Texas State takes a loss to Louisiana on Saturday and Little Rock wins its game at Arkansas State, the Trojans would need just one more win to earn the Sun Belt Regular-Season Championship outright.
- This is the second consecutive season in which Little Rock has started Sun Belt play at 12-1.
- This is the fifth time that Little Rock has started Sun Belt play at 12-1 — all since 2009-10.
- This is the first time in program history that Little Rock has started a season with a 15-9 record.
- Little Rock is 21-46 against Arkansas State in the all-time series.
- The Trojans trail the Red Wolves 19-20 in the Division I era.
- Little Rock has won just five games against Arkansas State in Jonesboro.
- Little Rock has won four consecutive games against Arkansas State.
- A win over Arkansas State would give Little Rock a five-game winning streak against the Red Wolves — the longest winning streak by either team since 2006.
- Little Rock has the fourth-best scoring defense in the nation at 53.6 points allowed per game.
- Little Rock's opponents are shooting 33.9 percent in Sun Belt play — the lowest percentage in the league.
- The Trojans have kept opponents below 40 percent from the field in 13 of the last 14 games.
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Little Rock will return to the Jack Stephens Center on Thursday to face Coastal Carolina at 5 p.m.
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