2020-21 Women’s Basketball Game Notes 6 NCAA APPEARANCES // 5 WNIT APPEARANCES // 10 SUN BELT CHAMPIONSHIPS // 12 20+ WIN SEASONS SCHEDULE LITTLE ROCK (6-5, 2-2 SBC) VS. LOUISIANA (4-5, 3-1 SBC) 2020-21 & RESULTS Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 // 5:30 p.m. CT // Jack Stephens Center (1,500) // Little Rock, Ark. OVERALL: 6-5 SBC: 2-2 HOME: 3-4 AWAY: 3-1 NEUTRAL: 0-0 TROJANS RAGIN' CAJUNS Head Coach: Joe Foley Head Coach: Gary Brodhead DAY DATE OPPONENT TV/W/L TIME/SCORE Record at LR: 351-198 / 18th Year Record at LA: 139-126 / 9th Year NOVEMBER MATCHUP Career Record: 807-279 / 34th Year Career Record: Same (0-1) vs. LA: 24-6 vs. Little Rock: 4-15 SAT. 28 RICE L 54-66 DECEMBER (4-2) OPENING TIP GAME INFORMATION Tues. 1 at Memphis W 61-52 H Little Rock will play its third game in four days as the SAT. 5 VANDERBILT W 82-74 Trojans host Louisiana on Monday. SERIES HISTORY THU. 10 #10/10 TEXAS A&M L 56-79 H The Trojans have not lost to Louisiana at home since Overall 26-11 SUN. 13 WESTERN KENTUCKY W 63-47 2016. At Little Rock 13-2 Wed. 16 at Central Arkansas W 60-50 H Little Rock leads the Sun Belt with a NET ranking of No. Last Meeting LA, 49-46, on 3/11/2020 SAT. 19 #12/12 ARKANSAS L 70-80 125. Only four Sun Belt teams are ranked in the top 200 of Foley vs. LA 24-6 the NET rankings. H Mayra Caicedo is fourth in the nation in assists per JANUARY (2-2) TELEVISION game and ranks seventh nationally in assists. ESPN+ Fri. 1 at UT Arlington* W 57-56 H Krystan Vornes recorded her first career double-double Play-by-Play Dorian Craft Sat. 2 at UT Arlington* L 54-59 in Little Rock's game vs. #10/10 Texas A&M. She now has FRI. 8 LOUISIANA* - PPD five double-doubles this year. Analyst Patrick Newton SAT. 9 LOUISIANA* - CCD H Joe Foley has reached 800+ career wins, becoming the Fri. 15 at Texas State* - PPD fifth active Division I head coach to do so. RADIO Sat. 16 at Texas State* - CCD H Little Rock continues its mantra of playing the tough- Little Rock Trojans Radio Network FRI. 22 UT ARLINGTON* L 50-55 est competition available in the non-conference slate. The Flagship 920 AM Sports Animal SAT. 23 UT ARLINGTON* W 47-40 Trojans will face three Power 5 programs and two ranked Internet SportsAnimal920.com MON. 25 LOUISIANA* ESPN+ 5:30 P.M. opponents before a conference game is played. Play-by-Play Trey Schaap FRI. 29 ULM* ESPN+ 2 P.M. Analyst Ron Jumper SAT. 30 ULM* ESPN+ 1 P.M. LR COMPARISON LA 59.5 POINTS PER GAME 66.0 LIVE STATS FEBRUARY (0-0) TrojanStats.com Tue. 2 at Texas State* ESPN+ 6 p.m. -0.4 SCORING MARGIN +1.7 FRI. 5 TEXAS STATE* ESPN+ 6:30 P.M. .394 FG% .398 TICKETS SAT. 6 TEXAS STATE* ESPN+ 4 P.M. LRTrojans.com/tickets Wed. 10 at Arkansas State* ESPN+ 5 p.m. .270 3FG% .318 501-565-8257 SAT. 13 ARKANSAS STATE* ESPN+ 1 P.M. Fri. 19 at ULM* ESPN+ 3 p.m. .726 FT% .718 Season $99 (General Admission) Sat. 20 at ULM* ESPN+ 1 p.m. $350 (Upper Leather) Fri. 26 at Louisiana* ESPN+ 6 p.m. 35.0 REB PER GAME 34.3 $830 (Courtside) Sat. 27 at Louisiana* ESPN+ 4 p.m. 12.4 AST PER GAME 10.1 Single Game $14 (online) $15 (at Box Office) MARCH (0-0) 6.5 STL PER GAME 6.1 Sun Belt Conference Tournament (Pensacola, Fla.) Fri. 5 vs. TBD ESPN+ TBA 2.4 BLK PER GAME 2.2 Sat. 6 vs. TBD ESPN+ TBA Sun. 7 vs. TBD ESPN+ TBA 0.8 AST-TO RATIO 0.7 Mon. 8 vs. TBD ESPN+ TBA LITTLE ROCK STARTING FIVE (Based on Recent Games) All Times Central * - denotes Sun Belt Conference game (1) - Simmons Bank Arena, North Little Rock, Ark. CAICEDO K. SCOTT KNAPP BATTLE VORNES MEDIA RELATIONS 24 Jr. | G 2 So. | G 25 So. | F 35 Sr. | F 10 Sr. | F Patrick T. Walsh MIN 36.8 MIN 20.8 MIN 21.1 MIN 34.2 MIN 28.4 Associate Athletic Communications Director PPG 4.8 PPG 6.0 PPG 6.5 PPG 11.2 PPG 8.8 e: [email protected] FG% 38.5% FG% 33.3% FG% 33.3% FG% 36.9% FG% 44.7% o: 501-916-5381 3FG% 25.0% 3FG% 50.0% RPG 4.3 RPG 3.5 RPG 9.1 c: 318-514-9203 AST 78 STL 6 STL 3 STL 10 STL 6 2020-21 LITTLE ROCK GAME NOTES QUICK FACTS GAME NOTES GENERAL INFORMATION Full Name University of Arkansas at Little Rock A WIN WOULD... Preferred Name Little Rock H Give Little Rock its fourth straight home win over Louisiana. Founded 1927 H Push Little Rock to .500 in home games this season. Enrollment 9,579 (Fall 2019) H Register Joe Foley's 808th career win as a head coach (why stop counting?). Nickname Trojans H Colors Maron and White Give Joe Foley his 352nd win as head coach of the Trojans. Arena Jack Stephens Center H Be better than a loss. Capacity (COVID) 5,600 (1,500) NCAA Division/Conference I/Sun Belt COSIDA MEMBERSHIP RECOGNITION WEEK Chancellor Dr. Christina Drale Athletics Director George Lee Running from Jan. 20-26, we are about to wrap up CoSIDA Membership Recognition Week, SWA Maggie Strange which is an opportunity for those who interact with collegiate athletics communications pro- Ticket Office 501-565-8257 fessionals to obvserve and celebrate the impact that athletics communications staff members have on intercollegiate athletics. Game Notes sends a special shout out to Patrick Walsh (Little ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Rock) and Josh Brunner (Louisiana), the respective women's basketball SIDs for today's match- Associate Director Comms/WBB Patrick T. Walsh up. #ThankYourSID Office Phone 501-916-5381 Cell Phone 318-514-9203 Email [email protected] WELCOME BACK Office Address 2801 S. University Ave It's been two years since Louisiana last visited the Jack Stephens Center as Monday marks their Little Rock, AR 72204-1099 first visit to Little Rock since Jan. 5, 2019. The Trojans, always at the forefront of hospitality, pledge Website www.LRTrojans.com to mimic the mantra of Motel 6 - "We'll keep the lights on for you." COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Joe Foley NOTHING BUT NET Alma Mater, Year: Central Arkansas, 1979 This weekend's series between Little Rock and Louisiana will be a meeting of two of the top four Record at School (Years): 345-193 (17) Sun Belt teams in the NET rankings. Little Rock leads the Sun Belt with a NET ranking of 125 while Career Record (Years): 801-274 (33) Assistant Coach: Bobby Brasel UT Arlington comes in at 176 in the NET rankings, fourth among Sun Belt programs. Alma Mater, Year: Texas-Permian Basin, 1993 Assistant Coach: Alicia Cash TROJANS PULL THE NET Alma Mater, Year: Little Rock, 2005 Little Rock has the league's highest NET rating because the Trojans haven't backed down from Assistant Coach: Steve Widower Alma Mater, Year: Arkansas State, 1987 any challenging opponents. The Trojans lead the Sun Belt with three games against NET Top 25 Director of Operations: Raeyana DeGray opponents this season while no other Sun Belt teams have played more than one. Moreover, Alma Mater, Year: Little Rock, 2017 Georgia State is the only other Sun Belt team to play multiple games (2) against NET Top 50 op- Women’s Basketball Office Phone 501-569-3420 ponents while Little Rock still leads the way with three such opponents. Athletic Trianer Jacob Hoy TEAM INFORMATION TEAL IS THE COLOR OF FREE 2018-19 Record 12-19 Little Rock has a dangerous threat at the free throw anytime number 35 steps to the line. Teal Bat- Sun Belt Record (Finish) 9-9 (T-5th) tle ranks 229th in the nation and ninth in the Sun Belt with a 76.2% mark at the charity stripe this Sun Belt Championship 1-1 season. Moreover, her averages of 3.2 free throws made per game and 4.2 free throws attempted Sun Belt Championship All-Time Record 25-15 per gam eboth rank in the top 250 in the nation. Postseason Canceled Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 That extends to Louisiana as well. Brandi Williams (115th) and Skyler Goodwin (127th) both are Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 5/6 Newcomers: 8 among the national leaders in free throw percentage with both hitting over 81% of their free throw attempts. The duo rank fourth and fifth, respectively, in the Sun Belt. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HISTORY First Season of Basketball 1969 First Season of Division I 1999 TROJANS DOMINATE THE GLASS Overall All-Time Record 465-534 (.468) Little Rock has been strong on the glass more than just with their 38-29 advantage over #10/10 Overall Division I Record 357-261 (.569) Texas A&M. Entering this game, Trojan opponents have managed just 32.8 rebounds per game, Division Championships (ended 2012-13) 6 a number that puts the Trojans ranked 30th in the nation in preventing rebounds. That includes 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, an average of 9.3 offensive rebounds per game, ranking the Trojans 21st nationally as well as 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 ranking Little Rock 51st nationally as opponents have just a 27.6% offensive rebound rate (per- Regular Season Conference Championships 6 centage of offensive rebound opportunities in which they actually got an offensive rebound).