Trojans Return Home to Host Texas A&M Tuesday Evening

Game 7 | Texas A&M
Tip-Off	Tuesday, Dec. 6 | 6:30 p.m.
Location	Little Rock, Ark.
Venue	Jack Stephens Center
Watch	ESPN+
Radio	LRSN (920 AM)
Live Stats	Stat Broadcast
Tickets	Click to Purchase
Twitter	@LittleRockWBB
Series History	A&M leads, 12-2
Game Notes	Little Rock | Texas A&M | OVC

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Little Rock returns home to Joe Foley Court at the Jack Stephens Center Tuesday night as the Trojans will host Texas A&M in a 6:30 p.m. tip-off.
 
The Aggies (4-3) will be the third Southeastern Conference team to visit the Jack Stephens Center this season and the fourth to face the Trojans. A&M's Sunday game against Morgan State was canceled making this the second consecutive opponent that Little Rock will face that had their preceding game canceled or postponed, providing them extra time to prepare for Little Rock's Team.
 
Dorian Craft (play-by-play) and Patrick Newton (analyst) will have the call on ESPN+ while fans in the Capital City can listen to Trey Schaap call the game on the Little Rock Sports Network (920 AM The Sports Animal).
 
Series History vs. Texas A&M

• This will be the 15^th meeting between Little Rock and Texas A&M in a series that dates back to 2001.
• The Aggies have won 12 of the past 14 meetings.
• Joe Foley has coached din all but one game in the Little Rock-Texas A&M series.
• The last time the Trojans defeated the Aggies, it was in the First Round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament as Little Rock handed Joe Foley his 700^th career win.
• Little Rock is looking for its first-ever win over A&M in the Jack Stephens Center.

 
Five Things to Know

1. Stingy Defense
   Looking at this game against Texas A&M, the chance for ball movement may be low by the Aggies (you KNOW Joe Foley will have his team moving the ball around). So far this season, Little Rock's defense has held opponents to just 10.3 assists per game, ranking the Trojans 51st in the nation and leads the OVC. In fact, no other OVC program is holding their opponents under 12.5 assists per game. Meanwhile, the Aggies are averaging 12.1 assists per game, a number that ranks the Gig 'Ems 201st in the nation. Additionally, Trojan opponents have just a 40.3% assisted shot rate, ranking Little Rock 14th in the nation. A&M's 51.8% assisted shot rate mark ranks the Aggies 217th nationally. Lindenwood is the only other OVC team holding their opponents under the 50% assisted shot rate mark. The assisted shot rate is the percentage of field goals made by a team that were assisted.
2. Block Party Down Under
   Beware what comes from Australia. Little Rock forward Nikki Metcalfe, a native Australian, enters this game averaging 1.0 blocks per game, a mark that ranks her fifth in the OVCV and 212th in the nation. She has recorded a block in every game except one this year, making up for that by recording a pair of blocks against Oral Roberts on Nov. 23.
3. You've Gotta Have Faith
   George Michael knew what he was talking about in his song lyrics. That's because Little Rock's Faith Lee is having a strong start to her freshman season. She enters this game ranked 55th nationally and third in the OVC among freshmen by averaging 3.7 two-point field goals made per game. Meanwhile her 9.5 ppg ranks her 71st nationally and fourth in the OVC among all freshmen. She is one of only 73 freshmen in the country to be currently averaging 9.5 points or more per game.
4. You Don't Want to Face Her
   That's what UCA's Kierra Prim found out. Prim entered the game against the Trojans averaging 14.0 points, 10.6 rebounds and 5.0 offensive rebounds per game. Enter the Francis Effect. With Francis guarding her, Primm finished the game with four points, four rebounds and one offensive rebound in over 40 minutes of action in the overtime game.
5. Anti-Theft Device
   One of the best anti-theft devices is ... the Little Rock Trojans. The Trojans enter this game with opposing teams averaging just 6.2 steals per game against Little Rock, a mark that ranks the Maroon and Silver 60th in the nation and leads the OVC. That includes an opposing team steal rate of just 7.4%, ranking Little Rock 62nd in the country and also leads the Ohio Valley.

 
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