Trojans Look to Earn 11th 20-Win Season on Saturday

Game 29: Little Rock at Louisiana
Date	Saturday, March 3, 2018
Time	4 p.m.
Location	Lafayette, La.
Arena	Cajundome
Records	Little Rock (19-9, 16-1 SBC) | Louisiana (15-14, 10-7 SBC)
Radio	Sports Animal 920
Stats	StatBroadcast
Video	Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network (FREE)
Notes	Little Rock | Louisiana

LITTLE ROCK – The regular season will come to a close on Saturday as Little Rock women's basketball (19-9, 16-1 Sun Belt) visits Louisiana (15-14, 10-7 Sun Belt) at the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana. Opening tip is scheduled for 4 p.m.
 
Little Rock has an all-time series record of 22-10 against Louisiana since the beginning of the series in 2000. The Trojans have won the last four games at the Cajundome with the last loss occurring in 2012. Little Rock is 9-7 when playing in Lafayette and has won the last five regular-season contests. Last year, the Trojans defeated the Ragin' Cajuns 82-64 in Lafayette.
 
Coming into Saturday's regular-season finale, Louisiana has won two consecutive games. The Cajuns beat Arkansas State on Thursday 60-53 after defeating Troy last weekend. No Louisiana player is scoring more than 9.7 points per game as Simone Fields leads the way.
 

• A win would give Little Rock its fourth consecutive 20-win season and 11th 20-win season in program history — all in the Joe Foley era (2003-present).
• A victory for Foley would give him his 27th 20-win season in 31 seasons as a head coach.
• This is just the second 19-9 start in program history and first since 2006-07.
• This is the second consecutive season in which Little Rock has started Sun Belt play at 16-1 and is the third time in program history — all since 2009-10.
• Little Rock has the fourth-best scoring defense in the country at 52.5 points allowed per game.
• Little Rock is No. 25 in this week's College Insider Mid-Major Top 25 Poll.
• This is the second consecutive season in which Little Rock will enter the Sun Belt Conference Tournament as the No. 1 seed.
• The Trojans will have a first-round bye at the Sun Belt Tournament for the seventh time.
• Little Rock is guaranteed a postseason bid in the NCAA Tournament or WNIT for the fourth consecutive season and 10th out of the last 11 years.
• Monique Townson is one steal shy of tying Asriel Rolfe (2007-11) for the sixth-most in program history.
• The Trojans have the best field-goal percentage in the Sun Belt at 42.5 percent.
• Little Rock is allowing opponents to shoot 34.4 percent in Sun Belt play — the lowest percentage in the league.
• The Trojans have held opponents to below 40 percent from the field in 17 of the last 18 games.

 
After Saturday's game, Little Rock will travel down I-10 to New Orleans for the Sun Belt Conference Tournament at Lakefront Arena. Little Rock will face either the No. 8 or No. 9 seed on Thursday at 11:30 a.m.