LITTLE ROCK- The Little Rock women's basketball team earned a No. 12 seed in the 2019 NCAA Tournament when the NCAA released the tournament bracket on Monday at 4 p.m. CT on ESPN2. The Trojans will play No. 5 seed Gonzaga on Saturday in Corvallis, Ore. as a part of the Albany Region. The matchup will take place at 2:30 p.m. CT. on ESPN2.
Full Size Run
This will be Little Rock's sixth trip to the NCAA Tournament since 2010, when it made its first trip. The Trojans have posted two NCAA Tournament victories over the years with the last coming as the No. 11 against No. 6 seed Texas A&M in 2015 when they defeated the Aggies 69-60. Little Rock's first NCAA Tournament victory came in 2010 when it was an at-large bid to the tournament. The Trojans took down No. 6 seed Georgia Tech in the first round when they went into the tournament as a No. 11 seed.
About Gonzaga
The Trojans have never faced off against West Coast Conference opponent Gonzaga and are 2-2 all-time against teams from the WCC. The Bulldogs were outright champions of the WCC after posting a 16-2 record in conference play, however, the team fell to BYU 82-68 in the championship game of the conference tournament. Gonzaga is currently ranked 16th in the nation according to the Associated Press.
Ballin' Like its March Madness
This is the farthest distance Little Rock has ever traveled for the NCAA Tournament. The Trojans reached the round of 32 in 2015 and faced Arizona State. If Little Rock were to win tomorrow, they will play the winner of No. 4Â seed Oregon State and No. 13 seed Boise State on Monday.
A Down Pour, Raining Cats and Dogs
Tori Lasker exploded for a career-high 28 points with eight three pointers to her name against Georgia State. Her eight three pointers in a game ties the Little Rock all-time record set by Jocelyn Love in 2006.
Nice to know ya, let's do it again?
Terrion Moore matched her career high with 13 points against Troy in the team's last meeting. This was a career high that she set exactly a year ago in the Trojan Arena. Moore set a new career-high of 17 points at Appalachian State where the sophomore went 8-10 from the field. In the following game against Arkansas State, Moore set yet another career high with a 20-point performance to lead the Trojans to a 68-55 win over the Red Wolves.
Dropping dimes, dropping dimes...
Sydney Chastain recorded a career-high nine assists in her performance at Appalachian State. The junior made her first start since Jan. 10 and helped her team to a 74-59 win over the Mountaineers. Terrion Moore notched a career-high nine assists against UT Arlington on Feb. 14, a game in which she played all 40 minutes.
Double-Double, Maybe Even a 2X2
Ronjanae DeGray collected the seventh double-double of her career against UT Arlington while accumulating 18 points and 10 rebounds. DeGray's first double-double, 23 points and 13 rebounds, came last season against Louisiana in the season's finale. DeGray and Terrion Moore are the most recent Trojans to have registered double-doubles. DeGray tied her career high with 25 points in a win over Louisiana. By adding 11 rebounds, DeGray tallied her second double-double of the season. Kyra Collier got in on the action as well as she picked up a double-double over her own when she scored 17 points and grabbled 11 rebounds in the contest. This was the first time since 2016 that two Trojans recorded a double-double in the same game.
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