MOREHEAD, Ky. – Little Rock opens Ohio Valley Conference play with a pair of road tilts this week, beginning at Morehead State on Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m. CT. The Trojans will then travel to Evansville, Ind., to face Southern Indiana on Thursday night, with tip-off set for 7:30 p.m. CT.
Both games can be heard on 106.7 Buz2 with Trey Schaap on the call and will also be streamed on ESPN+.
GAME INFO
Who: Little Rock (2-8) at Morehead State (4-6)
When: 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 16
Where: Ellis T. Johnson Arena (6,500), Morehead, Kent.
Radio: 106.7 Buz2 (Trey Schaap, pxp) Listen HERE.
Video: ESPN+ Watch HERE.
SERIES HISTORY
•The series is tied 3–3.
•The Trojans won at Morehead State last season, 76–62, in a game broadcast on ESPNU.
COACH SPEAK
"This game is very important because we want to get off to a good start in the Ohio Valley Conference. Our team understands that, and we've had some good practices leading up to this trip. They understand this is a new start, and we still have all of our goals in front of us."
-Darrell Walker, Little Rock Head Coach
TROJAN TIDBITS
·•Graduate forward
Tuongthach Gatkek made the trip and has worked out with the team. The reigning OVC Defensive Player of the Year has missed the past three games with an eye injury.
•Junior college transfer
Cameron Wallace has provided a spark off the bench. The Little Rock native scored a season-high 24 points in last week's loss to West Virginia, logging a season-high 34 minutes with nine rebounds and four assists. He also scored 19 points and grabbed nine boards in a loss at Central Arkansas.
•Senior forward
Johnathan Lawson leads the OVC in minutes played (33.9) and ranks eighth in scoring at 14.7 points per game.
•Little Rock leads the league in three-point shooting, connecting at a 38 percent clip from beyond the arc.
SCOUTING THE EAGLES
•Morehead State enters the game on a three-game losing streak and has dropped four of its last five contests.
•MSU ranks last in the OVC in scoring defense, allowing 82.5 points per game.
•George Marshall and Davion Cunningham lead the Eagles at 12.0 points per game. Marshall, a 6-foot-4 guard, scored 26 points against Wake Forest, while Cunningham, a 6-foot-3 guard, posted a season-high 23 points versus ULM.
•Jon Carroll, a 6-foot-7 junior college transfer, leads the Eagles in rebounding with nearly seven boards per game.
