LITTLE ROCK – After winning the Sun Belt Conference Regular Season Championship last Saturday, Little Rock women's basketball (18-9, 15-1 Sun Belt) will play its next-to-last game of the regular season at ULM (4-23, 1-15 Sun Belt) in Monroe, Louisiana, on Thursday. Opening tip is scheduled for 5 p.m. at Fant-Ewing Coliseum.
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Little Rock is 25-3 in the all-time series against ULM since the first meeting in 1999. When playing in Monroe, Little Rock is 11-2 against ULM and has won five in a row at Fant-Ewing Coliseum. Little Rock has won the past three meetings by at least 20 points and won the first meeting of the season 57-37 at the Jack on Dec. 31. Last year in Monroe, Little Rock put up 92 points against ULM in what was the all-time record against a Sun Belt opponent in program history.
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ULM has lost 13 consecutive games with its only conference winning coming against Coastal Carolina at home on Jan. 4. All four of the Warhawks' wins for the season have come at home. ULM is last in the Sun Belt and 309th nationally for rebounds per game at 33.96 per game. The Warhawks are being outscored by 14.7 points per game this season — the largest margin in the conference. ULM is committing 20.5 turnovers per game — last in the league and 336th nationally.
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- Little Rock won the outright Sun Belt Title for the second consecutive season after defeating Appalachian State 61-35 last Saturday at the Jack.
- This is the first time since 2006-07 that Little Rock has started a season at 18-9 and is just the second time in program history.
- This is the second consecutive season in which Little Rock has started Sun Belt play at 15-1 and is the fourth time in program history — all since 2009-10.
- Little Rock will enter the Sun Belt Tournament as the overall No. 1 seed for the fourth time in program history.
- Little Rock is 25-3 against ULM since the first meeting in 1999 and has won 12 in a row.
- The Trojans are 11-2 when playing the Warhawks in Monroe.
- Little Rock has won the past three meetings against ULM by at least 20 points.
- Little Rock has won 23 of the past 24 meetings against ULM.
- Little Rock is No. 25 in this week's College Insider Mid-Major Top 25 Poll.
- The Trojans' scoring defense ranks fifth nationally at 52.7 points per game.
- Little Rock is holding Sun Belt opponents to 34.4 percent from the field — the lowest in the conference.
- The Trojans have kept opponents below 40 percent from the field in 16 of the last 17 games.
- Little Rock is guaranteed to make its 10th postseason appearance in program history.
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Little Rock will play its final game of the regular season on Saturday at it faces Louisiana at the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana. Opening tip is scheduled for 4 p.m.
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