ST. CHARLES, Mo. – After a three-game road trip through Tennessee, the Trojan men's basketball team plays host to Lindenwood Thursday night. Tip time at the Jack Stephens Center is 7 p.m.
Lindenwood (14-10, 8-5) is tied for fifth place in the Ohio Valley Conference standings with SIUE. Little Rock is a game back. The Trojans can gain ground as they host SIUE on Saturday. They also beat them on the road last month.
GAME INFO
Who: Lindenwood (14-10, 8-5) at Little Rock (9-14, 3-5)
When: 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 5
Where: Jack Stephens Center (5,600), Little Rock, Arkansas
Radio: 106.7 Buz2 (Ray Tucker, pxp; Jason Lanier analyst) Listen
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Video: ESPN+ (Michael Westbrook., pxp; Jacob Ridenhour, analyst) Watch
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SERIES HISTORY
• Little Rock leads the all-time series 4-3 and has won four of the last five meetings.
COACH SPEAK
"We need to protect our home court the next two games. It's a long season and we can still be right in the middle of things, but we have six home games left and we need to win those."
— Darrell Walker, Little Rock Head Coach
TROJAN TIDBITS
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Johnathan Lawson needs eight points to reach 1,000 for his career and currently has 882 points scored at Little Rock.
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Braxton Bayless is 13 points away from the 1,000-point milestone.
• Little Rock scored 30 points in the paint in Tuesday night's narrow loss at UT Martin.
• The lead changed eight times in the contest.
• Lawson accounted for four of Little Rock's 11 steals in the game.
• The Trojans are 5-2 overall at home this season and 4-1 in OVC play at the Jack Stephens Center.
SCOUTING THE LIONS
• Lindenwood is coming off a 78-72 home loss to SIUE on Tuesday. The Cougars also defeated the Lions at home earlier this season.
• The Lions have won two of their last three games.
• Anias Futrell leads Lindenwood in scoring at 17.2 points per game, ranking second in the OVC.
• Jadis Jones adds 16.8 points per game and ranks fourth in the conference in scoring.
