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2019-20 Women’s Basketball Game Notes 6 NCAA APPEARANCES // 5 WNIT APPEARANCES // 10 SUN BELT CHAMPIONSHIPS // 12 20+ WIN SEASONS SCHEDULE LITTLE ROCK (11-15, 9-6 Sun Belt) VS. ARKANSAS STATE (9-17, 6-9 Sun Belt) 2019-20 & RESULTS Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 // 7 p.m. CT // First National Bank Arena (10,563) // Jonesboro, Ark. OVERALL: 11-15 SBC: 9-6 TROJANS RED WOLVES HOME: 6-6 AWAY: 5-8 NEUTRAL: 0-1 Head Coach: Joe Foley Head Coach: Matt Daniel Record at LR: 344-189 / 17th Year Record at ASU: 9-17 / 1st Year DAY DATE OPPONENT TV/W/L TIME/SCORE Career Record: 800-270 / 33rd Year Career Record: 152-152 / 10th Year NOVEMBER (1-5) MATCHUP vs. ASU: 21-14 vs. Little Rock: 0-1 Tue. 5 at #6/7 Texas A&M L 35-78 Sat. 9 at Rice L 40-66 WED. 13 LSU L 50-65 OPENING TIP GAME INFORMATION SAT. 16 CENTRAL ARKANSAS W 63-48 H Little Rock will wrap up the regular season with the fi- Thu. 21 at Florida Atlantic L 72-79 nal three games taking place in the Natural State. SERIES HISTORY Sun. 24 at Western Kentucky L 58-77 H Joe Foley has reached 800 career wins, becoming the Overall 24-40 sixth active Division I head coach to do so. In Jonesboro 6-25 DECEMBER (1-4) H Kyra Collier recently became the second player in pro- Last Meeting LR, 67-58, on 1/18/2020 MON. 2 LOUISIANA TECH L 38-43 gram history and 3rd active DI player with 1,000+ points, Foley vs. ASU 21-14 SAT. 7 TULSA W 63-51 500+ rebounds, 300+ assists and 200+ steals. H TUE. 17 MEMPHIS L 50-68 Sydney Chastain ranks 41st in the nation in as- TELEVISION sist-to-turnover ratio. Sat. 21 vs. #21/20 Arkansas (1) L 53-86 ESPN+ H Teal Battle ranks 54th in the nation with 107 free throws Play-by-Play Brad Bobo Sun. 29 at #15/15 Mississippi St. L 50-89 made this season. Please keep fouling her. H Little Rock's six games against Quadrant 1 opponents Analyst CJ Pepper JANUARY (6-2) this year is more than any other Sun Belt school. Thu. 2 at Texas State* W 78-66 H Little Rock has won the last two Sun Belt Tournament RADIO Sat. 4 at UT Arlington* L 58-65 Championship Games by a combined two points. Little Rock Trojans Radio Network THU. 9 GEORGIA SOUTHERN* W 58-46 H The Trojans are the preseason pick to win the Sun Belt Flagship 920 AM Sports Animal SAT. 11 GEORGIA STATE* W 66-46 Conference. Kyra Collier (First Team) and Tori Laster (Sec- Internet SportsAnimal920.com WED. 15 COASTAL CAROLINA* L 48-68 ond Team) received preseason all-conference honors. Play-by-Play Trey Schaap SAT. 18 ARKANSAS STATE* W 67-58 Thu. 23 at ULM* W 70-50 LR COMPARISON ASU LIVE STATS SAT. 25 APPALACHIAN STATE* W 68-63 56.7 POINTS PER GAME 62.7 TrojanStats.com FEBRUARY (3-4) -5.3 SCORING MARGIN -10.5 TICKETS Sat. 1 at Louisiana* W 59-44 .397 FG% .375 LRTrojans.com/tickets Thu. 6 at Georgia Southern* W 65-49 501-565-8257 Sat. 8 at Georgia State* L 43-58 .299 3FG% .278 THU. 13 TEXAS STATE* L 47-50 Season $99 (General Admission) SAT. 15 UT ARLINGTON* L 46-62 .671 FT% .643 $350 (Upper Leather) Thu. 20 at Troy* L 59-77 $830 (Courtside) Sat. 22 at South Alabama* W 69-58 32.9 REB PER GAME 34.8 Single Game $12-36 H Fri. 28 at Arkansas State* ESPN+ 7 p.m. 12.1 AST PER GAME 12.1 MARCH (0-0) 6.6 STL PER GAME 9.6 THU. 5 TROY* ESPN+ 6:30 P.M. SAT. 7 SOUTH ALABAMA* ESPN+ 2 P.M. 1.7 BLK PER GAME 2.3 Sun Belt Conference Tournament (Campus Sites) Tue. 10 vs. TBD ESPN+ TBD 0.8 AST-TO RATIO 0.7 Wed. 11 vs. TBD ESPN+ TBD Sun Belt Conference Tournament (New Orleans, La.) LITTLE ROCK STARTING FIVE (Based on Recent Games) Sat. 14 vs. TBD ESPN+ TBD Sun. 15 vs. TBD ESPN+ TBD All Times Central * - denotes Sun Belt Conference game (1) - Simmons Bank Arena, North Little Rock, Ark. LASKER CHASTAIN COLLIER 35 BATTLE KNAPP MEDIA RELATIONS 5 Jr. | G 12 Sr. | G 23 Sr. | G Jr. | F 25 Fr. | F Patrick T. Walsh MIN 29.6 MIN 29.5 MIN 38.3 MIN 33.3 MIN 26.5 Associate Athletic Communications Director PPG 5.8 PPG 4.4 PPG 14.8 PPG 13.7 PPG 8.5 e: [email protected] FG% 32.0% FG% 53.6% FG% 38.6% FG% 48.6% FG% 36.0% o: 501-680-2958 3FG% 33.7% 3FG% 33.3% RPG 5.4 RPG 6.0 RPG 3.2 c: 318-514-9203 AST 88 AST 82 AST 84 STL 19 BLK 11 2019-20 LITTLE ROCK GAME NOTES COACHES BY PERCENTAGE GAME NOTES A look at the best winning percentages for active A WIN WOULD... coaches with over 725 wins: H Give Little Rock a genderless sweep over Arkansas State for the first time since the 2011-12 Rk Opponent Yrs W Pct season. 1. Geno Auriemma, UConn 35 1,086 .884 H Mark Little Rock's eighth win over A-State in nine tries. 2. Tara Vanderveer, Stanford 41 1,091 .813 H Give Little Rock in sole possession of fourth place in the Sun Belt Standings. 3. Muffett McGraw, Notre Dame 38 934 .762 H Register Joe Foley's 801st career win as a head coach. 4. Joe Foley, Little Rock 33 800 .748 H Be better than a loss. 5. Kevin Borseth, Green Bay 33 730 .718 6. Gary Blair, Texas A&M 35 813 .713 7. C. Vivian Stringer, Rutgers 49 1,038 .712 CRITICAL CONTEST 8. Lisa Bluder, Iowa 36 774 .680 9. Henry Perretta, Villanova 42 781 .616 Friday's game between Little Rock and Arkansas State is pivotal for both teams. Little Rock heads to Jonesboro trying to keep ahold of fourth place in the league standings with a chance to host the opening two rounds while Arkansas State (6-9) is tied for seventh alongside Appalachian MILESTONE WINS State with just a half-game lead over Georgia Southern. Please refer to Page ******* for more A look at the milestone wins throughout the leg- information on scenarios. endary career of Joe Foley: FOLEY CLAIMS WIN NO. 800 Field Goals Made No. Date Team Opponent Score Little Rock Head Coach Joe Foley became just the sixth active Division I head coach - and 16th 1 11/17/1987 ATU Philander Smith 80-56 coach overall - to reach 800 career wins when the Trojans topped South Alabama, 69-58, on Feb. 100 11/30/1990 ATU Oklahoma City 89-67 22, 2020 in Mobile, Alabama. 200 1/6/1994 ATU Henderson State 71-59 300 11/15/1997 ATU Montevallo 80-62 400 3/1/2001 ATU West Alabama 76-45 Now the Trojans enter a stretch where 800 is quickly approaching. Foley enters this game with 500 1/4/2007 LR North Texas 87-49 799 wins to his credit, needing just one more to hit the impressive No. 800. If he does that, Foley 600 1/29/2011 LR Arkansas State 53-36 will be just the sixth active Division I head coach to hit the 800-win milestone and will place his 700 3/21/2015 LR Texas A&M1 69-60 name among elite company in the coaching ranks, moreso than he already has. 800 2/22/2020 LR South Alabama 69-58 1 - NCAA Tournament First Round Game AND RANKS AMONG THE BEST THE 800 CLUB Joe Foley is currently sixth on the active coaches list in terms of all-time wins as the GOAT consis- tently builds a winning program year-in and year-out at Little Rock. That puts the Trojans leader A look at all coaches in NCAA history that have won among the top names the sport has to offer. 800 career games: Rk. Name (Schools) By Victories (as of Feb. 26, 2020) 1. Pat Summitt (Tennessee 1975-12) Rk Name, Team Yrs. Won Lost Pct. 2. *Tara VanDerveer (Idaho 1979-80, Ohio St. 1980-85, 1. Tara VanDerveer, Stanford 41 1,091 251 .813 Stanford 1986-95, 97-19) 2. Geno Auriemma, UConn 35 1,086 142 .884 3. *Geno Auriemma (UConn 1986-19) 3. C. Vivian Stringer, Rutgers 49 1,038 420 .712 4. *Barbara Stevens (Clark (MA) 1978-83, UMass 1984-86, Bentley 1987-19) 4. Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame 38 934 292 .762 5. Sylvia Hatchell (Francis Marion 1975-86, 5. Gary Blair, Texas A&M 35 813 327 .713 North Carolina 1987-18) 6. Joe Foley, Little Rock 33 800 270 .748 6. *C. Vivian Stringer (Cheyney 1972-83, Iowa 1984-95, 7. Harry Perretta, Villanova 42 781 487 .616 @Rutgers 1996-18) 8. Lisa Bluder, Iowa 36 774 364 .680 7. *Muffet McGraw (Lehigh 1983-87, Notre Dame 1988-19) 8. Jim Foster (Saint Joseph's 1979-91, Vanderbilt 1992-02, 9. Kevin Borseth, Green Bay 33 730 287 .718 Ohio St. 2003-13, Chattanooga 2014-18) 10. Wes Moore, NC State 31 721 231 .757 9. Jody Conradt (Sam Houston St. 1970-73, UT Arlington 1973-76, Texas 1977-07) 10. Robin Selvig (Montana 1979-16) THREE POINTS MIGHT BE A LONG SHOT 11.