Little Rock Unveils 2022-23 Non-Conference Schedule

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Little Rock head basketball coach Darrell Walker has announced his team's 2022 non-conference schedule. The slate includes 13 games, including four at the Jack Stephens Center as well as in-state rivals Central Arkansas and Arkansas State. The non-conference schedule includes trips to Illinois, Tennessee, Indiana, Ohio, California and Alabama, facing three 2022 NCAA tournament teams.
 
2022-23 Little Rock Men's Basketball Schedule
 
"This is going to be a good schedule for us and really let us see where we are as a team after the first two months of the season," said coach Walker. "We have a good mix against some really good basketball programs that are consistent NCAA tournament teams, as well as some tough mid-major foes and our in-state rivals. This will be a good challenge as we prepare for our first season in the Ohio Valley Conference."


 
Mon., November 7 at Southern Illinois
Carbondale, Ill. – TBA
Series: Little Rock leads, 2-1
Last Meeting: Nov. 9, 2021 – Little Rock 69, Southern Illinois 66
Series Note: The fourth all-time meeting between the Trojans and Salukis as Little Rock won 69-66 last season in the season opener at the Jack Stephens Center … Little Rock's first trip to Carbondale since 2005, a 67-42 Southern Illinois victory.
 
Thurs., November 10 vs. Arkansas Baptist
Jack Stephens Center – 7:30 p.m.
Series: Little Rock leads, 1-0
Last Meeting: Nov. 14, 2021 – Little Rock 91, Arkansas Baptist 60
Series Note: Little Rock and Arkansas Baptist meet for the second time in as many seasons after last year's 91-60 Trojan victory at the Jack Stephens Center … The Buffaloes are the closest opponent for the Trojans as the two schools are separated by just four miles.
 
Mon., November 14 at Central Arkansas
Conway, Ark. – 7 p.m.
Series: Central Arkansas leads, 36-14
Last Meeting in Conway: Nov. 17, 2019 – Little Rock 76, Central Arkansas 56
Series Note: The first of two meetings between the two schools this season to make up for the game missed on Dec. 14, 2021 due to flu issues … The Trojans are 3-2 at the Farris Center since making the jump to Division I, snapping a two-game skid with the 76-56 win in Conway in 2019.
 
Thurs., November 17 at East Tennessee State
Johnson City, Tenn. - TBA
Series: East Tennessee State leads, 1-0
Last Meeting: Nov. 30, 2019 – East Tennessee State 67, Little Rock 63
Series Note: Little Rock makes the return trip to East Tennessee State as part of the home-and-home contract … The Trojans trailed by as many as 13 in the second half, but rallied to take a seven point lead before a late Buccaneer charge propelled ETSU to the victory at the Jack Stephens Center.
 
Sun., November 20 vs. Jackson State
Jack Stephens Center – 6:30 p.m.
Series: Jackson State leads, 7-1
Last Meeting: Dec. 27, 1990 – Jackson State 69, Little Rock 66
Series Note: Little Rock hosts Jackson State as part of the Indiana Hoosier Classic … The two teams will meet for the first time since 1990 as the Trojans last defeated the Tigers 72-66 on Dec. 11, 1979 … Little Rock is 1-3 all-time against Jackson State at home.
 
Wed., November 23 at Indiana
Bloomington, Ind. - TBA
Series: Indiana leads, 2-0
Last Meeting: Dec. 29, 1994 – Indiana 77, Little Rock 53
Series Note: The second game of the Indiana Hoosier Classic as the Trojans and Hoosiers meet for the third time overall … This will be Little Rock's third trip to Indiana's Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, falling 105-77 on Dec. 10, 1988 … It will be a reunion between head coaches Darrell Walker and Indiana's Mike Woodson as Walker was an assistant under Woodson with the New York Knicks from 2012-14.
 
Sat., November 26 at Miami (Ohio)
Oxford, Ohio - TBA
Series: First Meeting
Last Meeting: First Meeting
Series Note: Little Rock and Miami (Ohio) will meet for the first time, playing at Millett Hall in the final game of the Indiana Hoosier Classic … It will be the second-straight year the Trojans will play a MAC school, defeating Northern Illinois 67-60 in Jacksonville, Florida last season, and the first game Little Rock will play in the state of Ohio since the 2011 NCAA First Round in Dayton.
 
Wed., November 30 at San Francisco
San Francisco, Calif. - TBA
Series: First Meeting
Last Meeting: First Meeting
Series Note: Little Rock and San Francisco meet for the first time, playing at The War Memorial at the Sobrato Center … Little Rock will face a West Coast Conference school for the second-straight year, falling to Loyola Marymount 82-63 in Los Angeles last season … The second of three 2022 NCAA tournament teams the Trojans will face in a span of four games (Indiana, Memphis).
 
Tues., December 6 at Memphis
Memphis, Tenn.  - TBA
Series: Memphis leads, 8-0
Last Meeting: Nov. 20, 2019 – Memphis 68, Little Rock 58
Series Note: Little Rock returns to the FedEx Forum for the first time since 2019 after playing the Tigers for three-straight seasons (2017, 2018) … Little Rock held a first half lead in all three of those games before ultimately falling … It will be the second game this season head coach Darrell Walker squares off against a former NBA rival, facing Memphis' Penny Hardaway.
 
Mon., December 12 vs. Philander Smith
Jack Stephens Center – 6:30 p.m.
Series: Little Rock leads, 5-4
Last Meeting: Dec. 12, 2021 – Little Rock 60, Philander Smith 51
Series Note: The Trojans and Panthers meet for the second-straight season and the fourth time since 2010 as Little Rock has won four-straight in the series … Philander Smith led by as many as four in the second half of last year's game before Little Rock pulled away … The game will again feature two Arkansas Hall of Fame head coaches in Little Rock' Darrell Walker and Arkansas' Todd Day.
 
Sat., December 17 at Jacksonville State
Jacksonville, Ala. - TBA
Series: Series tied, 1-1
Last Meeting: Dec. 21, 2021 – Jacksonville State 87, Little Rock 67
Series Note: Little Rock travels to Jacksonville State to complete the home-and-home series that began last season … The Gamecocks defeated the Trojans 87-67 and Little Rock will make its first-ever trip to Pete Matthews Coliseum as the 2013 meeting was played at a neutral site in the Virgin Islands.
 
Tues., December 20 vs. Central Arkansas
Jack Stephens Center – 6:30 p.m.
Series: Central Arkansas leads, 36-14
Last Meeting in Little Rock: Dec. 6, 2020 – Little Rock 86, Central Arkansas 83
Series Note: The second game of the series between the Trojans and Bears as part of the Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield Governor's I-40 Showdown … Little Rock is 10-1 against UCA at home since the jump to Division I with the last two games decided by three points each.
 
Thurs., December 22 at Arkansas State
Jonesboro, Ark. - TBA
Series: Arkansas State leads, 56-36
Last Meeting: Feb. 13, 2021 – Arkansas State 67, Little Rock 65
Series Note: The longest-standing rivalry in program history will continue as the Trojans and Red Wolves will meet as non-conference opponents following the Trojans' move to the Ohio Valley Conference … It is the first meeting between the two since the 2020-21 season as the two games in 2021-22 were canceled due to COVID precautions … Little Rock's last win in Jonesboro came in an 81-78 victory on Feb. 22, 2020 as five of the last seven meetings have been decided by four points or less.
 
Season tickets are now on sale for the Trojans' 2022-23 campaign and as Little Rock begins play in the Ohio Valley Conference this season, you've got to OVC it! Little Rock's upcoming season will be bringing new opponents, new regional rivalries and several new benefits to being a season ticket member all while bringing back more doubleheaders, more thrilling action on the hardwood and more exciting Trojan wins.
 
Fans that take advantage of season ticket memberships will get the best chance to experience the new videoboards being installed at the Jack Stephens Center, a new court design on the floor and the same great exciting action for which Little Rock Basketball is known.
 
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