LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Trojan men open the regular season Tuesday with their lone home game of November, hosting NAIA member Arkansas Baptist College at 7 p.m. inside the Jack Stephens Center.
Following Tuesday's home opener, Little Rock will hit the road for an eight-game stretch before returning home to face longtime in-state rival Arkansas State on Saturday, Dec. 6.
GAME INFO
Who: Little Rock (0-0) vs. Arkansas Baptist College (1-2)
When: 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 4
Where: Jack Stephens Center – Little Rock, Ark.
Radio: 106.7 The Buz2 (Ray Tucker, pxp; Jason Lanier, analyst)
Video: ESPN+ (Michael Westbrook, pxp; Max Coltrane, analyst)
Stats: LRTrojans.com
Promotion: The first 250 fans will receive a Jack Stephens Center court design poster.
SERIES HISTORY
•Little Rock leads the all-time series 3-0.
•The Trojans defeated the Buffaloes 84-64 in last year's season opener.
COACH SPEAK
"We had a lot of work to do after our two exhibition games, and we've continued that process to get better as a team. With so many new players, it's been about getting everyone on the same page. We really like this group — we have a lot of length and should be even better defensively than we were last year, and we were very good then."
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Little Rock Head Coach Darrell Walker
TROJAN TIDBITS
•SeniorJohnathan Lawson earned All-OVC honors last season and is considered one of the top players in the conference entering 2024–25. He averaged 15.4 points, 3.5 assists, and 5.2 rebounds per game last year and ranked among the national leaders in minutes played.
•Graduate student Tuongthach Gatkek, the reigning OVC Defensive Player of the Year, showed offensive spark in the team's two exhibition games, leading the Trojans in scoring with 18 points in each contest.
•Redshirt sophomore guard Christian Hughes started both exhibition games after appearing in 21 contests last season, averaging just over eight minutes per game.
•The
84 points scored against the Buffaloes in last year's opener were second only to the
92 points the Trojans put up against Lindenwood on Feb. 20.
•The Trojans' roster features
seven active newcomers this season.
