2019-20 Women’s Basketball Game Notes 6 NCAA APPEARANCES // 5 WNIT APPEARANCES // 10 SUN BELT CHAMPIONSHIPS // 12 20+ WIN SEASONS SCHEDULE LITTLE ROCK (2-7, 0-0 Sun Belt) VS. #15/15MISSISSIPPI STATE (11-2, 0-0 SEC) 2019-20 & RESULTS Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019 // 2 p.m. CT // Humphrey Coliseum (10,000) // Starkville, Miss. OVERALL: 2-8 SBC: 0-0 TROJANS BULLDOGS HOME: 2-3 AWAY: 0-4 NEUTRAL: 0-1 Head Coach: Joe Foley Head Coach: Vic Schaefer Record at LR: 335-182 / 17th Year Record at MSU: 205-58 / 8th Year DAY DATE OPPONENT TV/W/L TIME/SCORE Career Record: 791-263 / 33rd Year Career Record: 285-168 / 15th Year NOVEMBER (1-5) MATCHUP vs. Mississippi State: 0-3 vs. Little Rock: 3-0 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 closes out its non-conference schedule and Thur. 21 at Florida Atlantic L 72-79 the 2019 calendar year in Starkville, Mississippi. SERIES HISTORY Sun. 24 at Western Kentucky L 58-77 Overall 0-10 H This marks the fourth SEC opponent that Little Rock has In Starkville 0-6 faced this season. Last Meeting MSU, 98-63, on 11/28/2018 DECEMBER (1-2) H Little Rock is a mixture of experienced and new with Foley vs. Mississippi State 0-3 MON. 2 LOUISIANA TECH L 38-43 five returning players and seven newcomers to the Tro- SAT. 7 TULSA W 63-51 jans. TUE. 17 MEMPHIS L 50-68 H Little Rock has won the last two Sun Belt Tournament TELEVISION Sat. 21 vs. #21/20 Arkansas (1) L 53-86 SECN+ Championship Games by a combined two points. H Sun. 29 at #15/15 Mississippi State SECN+ 2 p.m. Play-by-Play Charlie Winfield H The Trojans are the preseason pick to win the Sun Belt Analyst Bart Gregory Conference. Kyra Collier (First Team) and Tori Laster (Sec- JANUARY (0-0) ond Team) received preseason all-conference honors. Thur. 2 at Texas State* ESPN+ 7 p.m. H Little Rock opens the 2019-20 season with three op- RADIO Little Rock Trojans Radio Network Sat. 4 at UT Arlington* ESPN+ 2 p.m. ponents in the Top 25 rankings, five opponents ranked or THUR. 9 GEORGIA SOUTHERN* ESPN+ 6:30 P.M. Flagship 920 AM Sports Animal receiving votes and nine opponents finishing in the Top SAT. 11 GEORGIA STATE* ESPN+ 2 P.M. Internet SportsAnimal920.com 100 in RPI last season. WED. 15 COASTAL CAROLINA* ESPN+ 6:30 P.M. Play-by-Play Trey Schaap SAT. 18 ARKANSAS STATE* ESPN+ 2 P.M. Thur. 23 at ULM* - 6 p.m. LR COMPARISON MSU LIVE STATS SAT. 25 APPALACHIAN STATE* ESPN+ 2 P.M. 52.2 POINTS PER GAME 83.8 TrojanStats.com FEBRUARY (0-0) -13.9 SCORING MARGIN +26.0 TICKETS Sat. 1 at Louisiana* ESPN+ 2 p.m. .360 FG% .468 LRTrojans.com/tickets Thur. 6 at Georgia Southern* ESPN+ 5:30 p.m. 501-565-8257 Sat. 8 at Georgia State* ESPN+ 1 p.m. .238 3FG% .342 THUR. 13 TEXAS STATE* ESPN+ 11:30 A.M. Season $99 (General Admission) SAT. 15 UT ARLINGTON* ESPN+ 2 P.M. .718 FT% .679 $350 (Upper Leather) Thur. 20 at Troy* ESPN+ 6 p.m. $830 (Courtside) Sat. 22 at South Alabama* ESPN+ 3 p.m. 33.5 REB PER GAME 40.5 Single Game $12-36 Fri. 28 at Arkansas State* ESPN+ 7 p.m. 11.1 AST PER GAME 13.5 MARCH (0-0) 5.3 STL PER GAME 10.1 THU. 5 TROY* ESPN+ 6:30 P.M. SAT. 7 SOUTH ALABAMA* ESPN+ 2 P.M. 1.7 BLK PER GAME 5.9 Sun Belt Conference Tournament (Campus Sites) Tue. 10 vs. TBD ESPN+ TBD 0.7 AST-TO RATIO 1.1 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. KNIGHT CHASTAIN COLLIER 35 BATTLE FRANCIS MEDIA RELATIONS 1 Fr. | G 12 Sr. | G 23 Sr. | G Jr. | F 34Fr. | F Patrick T. Walsh MIN 13.3 MIN 24.7 MIN 38.4 MIN 32.2 MIN 14.5 Associate Athletic Communications Director PPG 4.3 PPG 2.4 PPG 15.9 PPG 11.1 PPG 3.7 e: [email protected] FG% 45.5% FG% 43.5% FG% 38.9% FG% 52.4% FG% 46.7% o: 501-680-2958 AST 2 AST 35 RPG 4.8 RPG 4.3 RPG 1.8 c: 318-514-9203 STL 1 STL 8 AST 26 STL 5 BLK 1 2019-20 LITTLE ROCK GAME NOTES QUICK FACTS GAME NOTES GENERAL INFORMATION A WIN WOULD... Full Name University of Arkansas at Little Rock H Preferred Name Little Rock Give Little Rock its true road win of the season. Founded 1927 H Mark Little Rock's first win over Mississippi State in program history. Enrollment 10,545 (Fall 2018) H Register Little Rock's first win over a ranked opponent since 2015. Nickname Trojans H Move Joe Foley one win closer to his 800th career victory (Currently: 791). Colors Maron and White H Be better than a loss. Arena Jack Stephens Center Capacity 5,600 NCAA Division/Conference I/Sun Belt THE SAME AULD LANG SEC Chancellor Dr. Christina Drale Sunday's contest will mark the fourth game Little Rock will play against the vaunted Southeast- Athletics Director George Lee ern Conference this year. The Trojans have already played at No. 6/7 Texas A&M, against LSU at SWA (interim) Maggie Strange home and in a neutral site contest against No. 21/20 Arkansas. Ticket Office 501-565-8257 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS WHO'S NEXT? Associate Director Comms/WBB Patrick T. Walsh That might be the concerning question for coaches facing Little Rock this year. Take the Tro- Office Phone 501-680-2958 jan's Dec. 21 game against No. 21/20 Arkansas, for example. Angelique Francis and Skyla Knight Cell Phone 318-514-9203 took control of the game for the Trojans with career highs in both points, rebounds and minutes Email [email protected] Office Address 2801 S. University Ave played. With six freshmen on the roster and a squad that is battling injuries, any Little Rock player Little Rock, AR 72204-1099 could be the next to record a breakout game. Website www.LRTrojans.com COLLIER ON VERGE OF NOTABLE MILESTONES COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Joe Foley Little Rock senior Kyra Collier is on the verge of two notable milestones as Little Rock resumes Alma Mater, Year: Central Arkansas, 1979 action this week. The North Little Rock native needs just 49 points to reach 1,000 career points Record at School (Years): 333-174 (16) and 16 rebounds to hit the 500 rebound plateau. Career Record (Years): 789-255 (32) Assistant Coach: Bobby Brasel SHE COULD BE THE EIGHTH Alma Mater, Year: Texas-Permian Basin, 1993 Assistant Coach: Alicia Cash It's not just notable that Kyra Collier is approaching milestones in both career points (1,000) and Alma Mater, Year: Little Rock, 2005 career rebounds (500), it is remarkable. When she reaches both of those milestones, she will be Assistant Coach: Steve Widower just the eighth player in Little Rock history to do so. Quite an achievement considering Little Alma Mater, Year: Arkansas State, 1987 Rock boasts a program that has reached the postseason 11 times under the tenure of Hall of Director of Operations: Sharde’ Collins Fame head coach Joe Foley. Of the seven (soon to be eight) players to reach this accomplish- Alma Mater, Year: Little Rock, 2017 ment, only one (Adrian Brown, 1981-85) did so prior to Foley's tenure. Women’s Basketball Office Phone 501-569-3464 Athletic Trianer Jacob Hoy 1,000/500 Club at Little Rock TEAM INFORMATION Player Years Points Rebounds 2018-19 Record 21-11 Chastity Reed 2007-11 2,207 896 Sun Belt Record (Finish) 15-3 (T-1st) Shanity James 2012-16 1,384 853 Sun Belt Championship 2-0 Alicia Cash 2000-05 1,282 682 Sun Belt Championship All-Time Record 24-14 Ronjanae DeGray 2015-19 1,234 589 Postseason NCAA First Round Kaitlyn Pratt 2013-17 1,142 698 Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 5/8 Marian Kursh 2008-12 1,112 821 Newcomers: 7 Adrian Brown 1981-85 1,067 696 Kyra Collier 2016-Pres. 951 484 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HISTORY First Season of Basketball 1969 CONSISTENT FORCE First Season of Division I 1999 Overall All-Time Record 453-515 (.468) If you think you're seeing a lot of Kyra Collier - and that's a thought that should trouble Little Overall Division I Record 357-261 (.578) Rock opponents - then you are not wrong. Not only has she played the full 40 minutes in several Division Championships (ended 2012-13) 6 games this season, she enters this week's action leading the Sun Belt and ranking eighth nation- 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, ally in minutes played per game (38.30). 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 Regular Season Conference Championships 6 2009-10, 2010-11, 2014-15, MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING IN THE WATER 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 Think Kyra Collier's minutes played numbers are impressive? Ain't nothing but a Rock City thing.