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2 #LittleRocksTeam TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION COACHING STAFF TROJAN RECORD BOOK Quick Facts/Coaching & Basketball Information 2 Head Coach Darrell Walker 28-29 Trojan Individual Honors 55 2020-21 Schedule 2 Walker’s All-Time Coaching Records 29 Trojan Single-Game Records 56 Media Information 3 Assistant Coach Charles Baker 30 Scoring Records 57 2020-21 Season Outlook 4-5 Assistant Coach Preston Laird 30 Trojan 1,000-Point Club 58-60 Jack Stephens Center 6-7 Basketball Support Staff 31 Field Goal Records 61 Sun Belt Conference 8 Little Rock Senior/Game Day Staff 31 Three-Point Records 62 Free Throw Records 63 2020-21 TROJANS 2019-20 IN REVIEW Rebounding Records 64-65 Numerical and Alphabetical Rosters 10 2019-20 Highlights 33 Assist Records 66 Pronunciations 10 2019-20 Final Statistics 34 Steal Records 67 2020-21 Radio/TV Roster 11 2019-20 Game-By-Game Statistics 35 Block Records 68 Trojan Returners 12-23 2019-20 Individual/Team Superlatives 36 Miscellaneous Records 69 Ben Coupet Jr. 12 2019-20 Individual Game Highs 37 Year-By-Year Division I Statistics 70-71 Markquis Nowell 13 2019-20 Points-Rebounds-Assists 38 Division I Team Records 72-73 Alsean Evans 14 2019-20 Miscellaneous Statistics 39 NCAA Tournament Records 74 Isaiah Palermo 15 2019-20 Box Scores 40-47 Marko Lukic 16 2019-20 Sun Belt Review 48 TROJAN HISTORY Terrell Curtis II 17 All-Time Coaching Records 76-77 Sydney Agudah 18 2020-21 OPPONENTS Year-By-Year Results 78-85 Nikola Maric 19 2020-21 Opponent Information 50-52 100 Point/Overtime Games 86 Kris Bankston 20 2021 Sun Belt Tournament Bracket 52 Miscellaneous Game Records 87 Jovan Stulic 21 2020-21 Opponent Series Results 53 NCAA Tournament Box Scores 88-89 Ruot Monyyong 22 All-Time Opponent Records 90-91 Admir Besovic 23 All-Time Opponent Series 91-97 Trojan Newcomers 24-25 Division I Yearly Results 98-118 CJ White 24 All-Time Letterwinners 119-121 Marko Andric 24 Professional Trojans 122 Yacine Toumi 25 2020-21 Roster Breakdowns 26 LRTrojans.com 1 GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL INFORMATION 2020-21 SCHEDULE Name University of Arkansas at Little Rock Date Day Opponent Location Time Preferred Name Little Rock Nov. 25 Wed. vs. Prairie View A&M ^! Louisville, Ky. 12 p.m. Founded 1927 Nov. 27 Fri. vs. UNC Greensboro ^! Louisville, Ky. 6 p.m. Enrollment 8,063 (Fall 2020) Nov. 28 Sat. vs. Western Kentucky ^! Louisville, Ky. 6 p.m. Nickname Trojans Nov. 30 Mon. vs. Duquesne ^ Louisville, Ky. 3 p.m. Colors Maroon and Silver Dec. 2 Wed. vs. Winthrop ^ Louisville, Ky. 3 p.m. Affiliation NCAA Division I Dec. 6 Sun. Central Arkansas Little Rock 2 p.m. Conference Sun Belt Dec. 15 Tues. Texas A&M-Texarkana Little Rock 6:30 p.m. Chancellor Dr. Christina Drale Dec. 18 Fri. Champion Christian Little Rock 6:30 p.m. Athletic Director George Lee Dec. 21 Mon. at Missouri State Springfield, Mo. 7 p.m. Athletic Department Phone (501) 569-3167 Jan. 1 Fri. UT Arlington * Little Rock 4 p.m. Website LRTrojans.com Jan. 2 Sat. UT Arlington * Little Rock 4 p.m. Assistant AD/MBB Contact Rand Champion Jan. 8 Fri. at Louisiana * Lafayette, La. 6 p.m. Phone (501) 351-3385 Jan. 9 Sat. at Louisiana * Lafayette, La. 4 p.m. Email [email protected] Jan. 15 Fri. Texas State * Little Rock 6:30 p.m. Jan. 16 Sat. Texas State * Little Rock 4 p.m. Jan. 22 Fri. at UT Arlington * Arlington, Texas 6 p.m. COACHING STAFF Jan. 23 Sat. at UT Arlington * Arlington, Texas 4 p.m. Head Coach Darrell Walker Jan. 29 Fri. ULM * Little Rock 6:30 p.m. Alma Mater Arkansas, 2012 Jan. 30 Sat. ULM * Little Rock 4 p.m. Little Rock Record 31-31 (Third season) Feb. 5 Fri. at Texas State * San Marcos, Texas 6 p.m. Career Record 76-49 (Fifth season) Feb. 6 Sat. at Texas State * San Marcos, Texas 4 p.m. Assistant Coach Charles Baker (Eastern Kentucky, 1990) Feb. 10 Wed. at Arkansas State * Jonesboro, Ark. 8 p.m. Assistant Coach Preston Laird (Memphis, 2012) Feb. 13 Sat. Arkansas State * Little Rock 4 p.m. Assistant Coach TBD Feb. 19 Fri. at ULM * Monroe, La. 6 p.m. Dir. of Basketball Operations A.J. Montanaro (Cleveland State, 2014) Feb. 20 Sat. at ULM * Monroe, La. 4 p.m. Video Coordinator Grant Glendening (Texas Tech, 2017) Feb. 26 Fri. Louisiana * Little Rock 6:30 p.m. Graduate Assistant Sam Dunkum (Little Rock, 2020) Feb. 27 Sat. Louisiana * Little Rock 4 p.m. Graduate Assistant Breon Baker (Little Rock, 2020) Mar. 5-8 Sun Belt Tournament Pensacola, Fla. TBD BASKETBALL INFORMATION Home games in BOLD CAPS played at the Jack Stephens Center * Sun Belt Conference game 2019-20 Record 21-10 (.677) ^ Louisville Season-Opening Event (KFC Yum! Center - Louisville, Ky.) Sun Belt Record/Finish 15-5 (.750) - 1st ! Wade Houston Tipoff Classic (Louisville, Ky.) Letterwinners Returning/Lost 9/2 Starters Returning/Lost 4/1 All dates/opponents/times are subject to change Newcomers 3 Arena Jack Stephens Center Capacity 5,600 (1,400 in 2020-21 due to social distancing) FOLLOWING THE TROJANS Year Opened 2005 Overall Record 144-80 (.643) Trojan fans will have a variety of media sources to keep up to date with Little Rock basket- First Year of Basketball 1930-31 ball throughout the season. Once again this season, every home game will be streamed Overall All-Time Record 1,029-1,060 (.493) live on ESPN+ with Hayden Balgavy and Patrick Newton handling the broadcast duties. First Year of Division I Basketball 1978-79 Game stories, statistics, game notes and feature stories can be found at LRTrojans.com. Overall Division I Record 692-543 (.560) First Year as a Member of Sun Belt Conference 1991-92 Streaming TV ESPN+ (Hayden Balgavy, Patrick Newton) Overall Sun Belt Record 256-240 (.516) Radio 106.7 FM The Ride (Ray Tucker, Rand Champion) NCAA Tournament Appearances (Record) Five (2-5) Live Stats TrojanStats.com 1986, 1989, 1990, 2011, 2016 Game Notes, Statistics LRTrojans.com NIT Appearances (Record) Three (3-4) Twitter @LittleRockMBB 1987, 1988, 1996 Facebook Little Rock Basketball Instagram @littlerockmbb 2 #LittleRocksTeam MEDIA INFORMATION LITTLE ROCK COMMUNICATIONS STAFF MEDIA POLICIES Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, there have been updates to the Little Rock Athletics media policies to remain in compliance with both NCAA and Sun Belt protocols. All media members are expected to follow these updated policies and changes will be communicated as they are made. GETTING TO THE JACK STEPHENS CENTER From I-30 — Take Exit #139B onto I-630 West and go five miles to Exit #5B/South University Ave. Go south on University Avenue until you reach 28th St. Make a left on 28th St. and then take the third left into the main arena parking lot. Media members should park in Lot 13 by the back loading RAND PATRICK KAYLIE dock. No parking passes will be distributed in 2020-21. CHAMPION WALSH NOLL MEDIA ENTRANCE/CREDENTIALS Asst. AD for Communications Assoc. Dir. of Communications Asst. Dir. of Communications The media entrance will once again be through the back loading dock and credentials will be MBB, BASE, GOLF WBB, VB, T&F/XC SOC, SWIM, WRES needed to gain entrance to the facility. All media members will be expected to wear masks and (501) 351-3385 (318) 514-9203 (501) 680-7848 are subject to a temperature screening before being allowed entry. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] IN-GAME SHOOTING LITTLE ROCK RADIO NETWORK Per NCAA and Sun Belt protocols, no media members will be allowed on the floor to shoot other than one pool photographer and one pool videographer. This season, media shooting access is at Trojan fans can follow all the excitement of Little Rock men’s basketball the top of section 113 on the corner of the court, which can be accessed easily by the stairwell to on a new home this season, airing on 106.7 FM The Ride. Trojan Hall the right of the screening table at the media entrance. If a different shooting angle is preferred, of Famer Ray Tucker will once again handle play-by-play duties for all please contact Rand Champion. There will be no court access available at any time. Little Rock basketball games with Assistant AD/Communications Rand Champion assisting on the call. PRESS SEATING This will be Tucker’s 20th year doing play-by-play for Little Rock’s Due to the seating limitations and social distancing policies, press seating will be limited this season. broadcasts and his 35th year covering the Trojans through the radio, Designated areas for ESPN talent and visiting radio will be located at the top of Section 101 with coaches television show or as the team’s beat reporter. In total, he areas for home radio and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette beat writer at the top of Section 103. brings with him more than 40 years of experience in the broadcasting Limited overflow media seating is available at the top of Section 113. Media members wishing business. He has also worked on the football broadcasts at Oklahoma to cover a game must contact Rand Champion at least 24 hours in advance and space is granted State, Memphis and Arkansas. on a first-come, first-served basis, beginning with those who consistently cover either team. Currently, he hosts “Ray Tucker’s Arkansas Outdoors ... It’s a Natural” on 103.7 The Buzz and is in his 20th year as a co-host of Arkansas’ No.