2020-21 LITTLE ROCK TROJANS Assistant AD/Communications: Rand Champion Phone: (501) 351-3385 Email: [email protected]
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2020-21 LITTLE ROCK TROJANS Assistant AD/Communications: Rand Champion Phone: (501) 351-3385 Email: [email protected] 2020-21 SCHEDULE GAMES TWENTY AND TWENTY-ONE Overall: 10-9 | Sun Belt: 6-6 LITTLE ROCK TROJANS (10-9, 6-6 SUN BELT) Head Coach: Darrell Walker (Arkansas, 2012) NOVEMBER Record at Little Rock: 41-40 (3rd season) 25 vs. Prairie View A&M !^ W 71-66 Overall Record: 87-58 (5th season) 27 vs. UNC Greensboro !^ L 70-77 30 vs. Duquesne ^ W 76-66 ARKANSAS STATE RED WOLVES (8-9, 5-5 SUN BELT) DECEMBER Head Coach: Mike Balado (St. Thomas, 1998) 3 vs. Winthrop ^ L 75-80 Record at Arkansas State: 48-57 (4th season) 4 vs. Western Kentucky ^ Canceled Overall Record: 48-57 (4th season) 6 Central Arkansas W 86-83 15 Texas A&M-Texarkana Canceled GAME STORYLINES GAME INFORMATION 18 Champion Christian W 78-50 21 at Missouri State L 77-85 • Little Rock continues a challenging stretch of the schedule GAME ONE: Friday, Feb. 12 | 7:30 p.m. | Jonesboro, Ark. where it will play five of six on the road. Friday’s game in Jones- GAME TWO: Saturday, Feb. 13 | 5 p.m. | Little Rock, Ark. JANUARY boro is the third-straight road game after a pair at Texas State WATCH: ESPN+ (online at WatchESPN.com) 1 UT Arlington * W 102-93 last weekend. TALENT: Roger Twibell & Brian Boyer | Hayden Balgavy & Patrick Newton 2 UT Arlington * W 75-62 RADIO: 106.7 FM The Buz2 (Ray Tucker and Rand Champion) 8 at Louisiana * L 64-66 • Little Rock and Arkansas State resume the Sun Belt’s longest STATS: TrojanStats.com 9 at Louisiana * W (OT) 78-76 standing active rivalry as the in-state foes have met 91 times SERIES RECORD: Arkansas State leads, 55-36 15 Texas State * L 59-63 all-time with the Red Wolves holding a 55-36 series advantage. 16 Texas State * L 56-67 LAST GAME STARTERS 22 at UT Arlington * W 66-59 • Little Rock swept the season series in 2019-20, winning 90-87 23 at UT Arlington * L 61-66 in Little Rock on Feb. 8 before taking an 81-78 decision in Jones- 0 | BEN COUPET JR. | G 29 ULM * W 66-62 boro on Feb. 22. It was the Trojans’ first season sweep of the Red Points: 9.5 Reb: 3.1 30 ULM * W 65-49 Wolves since the 2014-15 season. FG%: 45.5 Assists: 1.8 3FG%: 38.8 Steals: 0.9 FEBRUARY FT%: 69.0 Minutes: 30.1 5 at Texas State * L 47-57 • Little Rock is 11-25 in Jonesboro since making the move to the 6 at Texas State * L (OT) 67-77 Division I level in 1978, winning two of the last three years at First National Bank Arena. 3 | ISAIAH PALERMO | G 12 at Arkansas State * 7:30 p.m. Points: 5.3 Reb: 1.6 13 Arkansas State * 5 p.m. • This weekend’s games features the Sun Belt’s top two rebound- FG%: 40.0 Assists: 1.0 19 at ULM * 6 p.m. 3FG%: 22.7 Steals: 0.7 ing threats in Arkansas State’s Norchad Omier (11.9 rpg) and Lit- 20 at ULM * 4 p.m. FT%: 70.8 Minutes: 17.4 tle Rock’s Ruot Monyyong (10.9 rpg). The two rank 5th and 7th, 26 Louisiana * 6:30 p.m. respectively, nationally in rebounds per game. 27 Louisiana * 4 p.m. 11 | MARKO ANDRIC | PG Points: 3.4 Reb: 1.7 MARCH • Ruot Monyyong is the Sun Belt’s active leader in rebounding FG%: 51.2 Assists: 1.6 5-8 Sun Belt Conference Tournament # TBA (510), blocks (94) and double-doubles (27), being named to the 3FG%: 54.5 Steals: 0.4 Lou Henson Award mid-season watch list. He is the only active FT%: 71.4 Minutes: 14.7 Home games in bold Sun Belt player with over 600 points (603) and 500 rebounds * Sun Belt Conference game (510), ranking third nationally with 11 double-doubles. 25 | NIKOLA MARIC | F ^ Played at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky. Points: 14.5 Reb: 6.2 • As a team, Little Rock boasts 17 double-doubles on the year FG%: 56.1 Assists: 1.3 ! - Wade Davis Tipoff Classic Games (Louisville, Ky.) 3FG%: 22.2 Steals: 0.6 # Pensacola, Fla. ranking second nationally behind Illinois’ 20. Three Sun Belt FT%: 70.7 Minutes: 30.4 schools are among the top-10 six with Louisiana third (16) and All game dates/times/opponents subject to change Arkansas State sixth (14). 44 | RUOT MONYYONG | F • Nikola Maric has scored in double figures 18 times this season Points: 12.3 Reb: 10.9 FG%: 61.4 Assists: 1.5 and in each of the last 13 games for Little Rock, the sixth-lon- 3FG%: 0.0 Blocks: 1.7 gest double-digit streak for the Trojans since 2000. FT%: 60.4 Minutes: 34.0 TALE OF THE TAPE 10-9 72.1 68.8 47.0% 31.1% 71.5% 35.4 14.9 15.4 6.8 RECORD POINTS ALLOWED FG% 3FG% FT% REBOUNDS ASSISTS TURNOVERS STEALS 8-9 76.0 71.6 45.4% 39.4% 72.6% 37.5 14.5 13.4 7.0 LRTrojans.com NEWS AND NOTES SCOUTING THE RED WOLVES CLEANING THE GLASS 2020-21: 8-9 overall, 5-5 Sun Belt Ruot Monyyong continues to establish himself as one of the na- Last Three Games: W vs. Louisiana (83-77), W vs. Louisiana tion’s top rebounders, ranking first nationally in total rebounds SERIES HISTORY (95-87), L vs. UT Arlington (65-64) with 208 after pulling down 20 at Texas State. The Sun Belt Pre- All-Time Series Arkansas State leads, 55-36 Head Coach: Mike Balado (St. Thomas, 1998) season Player of the Year, Monyyong is seventh in rebounds per Streak Little Rock won 2 Fourth season at Arkansas State (48-57) game (10.9) and eighth in defensive rebounds (7.95). In Little Rock (since 1978) 22-14 Key Players: In Jonesboro (since 1978) 11-25 • #23 Marquis Eaton (Sr., G): 13.1 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 37.3 FG% PLAYING EVEN Neutral 3-3 • #15 Norchad Omier (Fr., F): 13.0 ppg, 11.9 rpg, 54.5 FG% Over the last 11 game, Little Rock’s defensive effort has been • #0 Caleb Fields (So., G): 12.2 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 44.8 FG% key, holding opponents to 64.0 points per game and under 70 LAST 15 MEETINGS • #22 Keyon Wesley (Jr., F): 8.0 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 55.6 G% points in nine of the last 11. However, the Trojans are just 4-5 in • #10 Malcolm Farrington (Fr., G): 7.9 ppg, 0.9 rpg, 48.3 3FG% those games as they’ve struggled to find their shooting touch, Date Location Result Score averaging 64.0 points themselves. Both Little Rock and their Jan. 25, 2014 * Jonesboro L 49-77 SUN BELT’S OLDEST RIVALRY Mar. 1, 2014 * Little Rock W 74-67 opponents have each scored 704 points over the last 11 games. Mar. 14, 2014 ^ New Orleans, La. L (4OT) 114-116 Little Rock and Arkansas State hold the distinction of holding Jan. 29, 2015 * Jonesboro W 75-65 the longest active rivalry in the Sun Belt Conference, meeting MAKING NOISE NATIONALLY Feb. 19, 2015 * Little Rock W 70-57 91 times since the 1927-28 season. The two teams have met 62 Ruot Monyyong continues to make noise on the national level as Jan. 18, 2016 * Jonesboro L 73-76 times as members of the Sun Belt Conference since the rivals he currently ranks in the top-35 nationally in five statistical cat- Mar. 1, 2016 * Little Rock W 89-80 joined the league together in the 1991-92 season. egories, leading the nation in total rebounds through Monday. Jan. 14, 2017 * Little Rock L 72-77 Feb. 17, 2017 * Jonesboro L 58-67 Rivalry Games First Category Player Stat Rank Jan. 20, 2018 * Little Rock L 62-70 LITTLE ROCK vs. ARKANSAS STATE 91 1927-28 Defensive Rebounds Ruot Monyyong 7.95 8th Feb. 17, 2018 * Jonesboro W 82-78 Arkansas State vs. Louisiana 86 1963-64 Double-Doubles Ruot Monyyong 11 3rd Rebounds/Game Ruot Monyyong 10.9 7th Feb. 2, 2019 * Little Rock L 83-84 ULM vs. UT Arlington 77 1974-75 Texas State vs. UT Arlington 74 1983-84 Total Blocks Ruot Monyyong 32 35th Feb. 23, 2019 * Jonesboro L 65-72 Total Rebounds Ruot Monyyong 208 1st Feb. 8, 2020 * Little Rock W 90-87 Louisiana vs. ULM 73 1957-58 Feb. 22, 2020 * Jonesboro W 81-78 LAST TIME OUT TROJAN BLOCK PARTY Little Rock suffered a pair of setbacks in San Marcos, Texas, drop- Ruot Monyyong upped his career block total to 94 and remains * - Sun Belt Conference game ping a pair of games to Texas State. The Trojans scored a sea- in fifth all-time in program history. He has registered at least one block in all but one game this season and is six shy of be- TROJANS WITH... son-low 47 points in a 57-47 defeat on Friday, February 5, then rallied from a 23-point second half deficit to force overtime the coming the fifth player in program history to amass 100 career blocks. Kris Bankston also sits at 71 career blocks, giving Little ... A 20+ POINT GAME following day, but dropped a 77-67 contest to fall to 0-4 on the 27 Ben Coupet Jr.