Notes: Women's Basketball Hosts Little Rock To Open Final Home Weekend

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TROY, Ala. – Troy women's basketball is gearing up for its final home weekend of the 2019-20 season. Troy will kick off the busy weekend on Thursday, Feb. 20 at 6 p.m. when the Troy Trojans host the Little Rock Trojans inside Trojan Arena.

Troy Trojans (20-4, 11-2 SBC)
PPG: 80.5 | REB: 55.2 | FG%: .371 | 3FG%: .282 | FT%: .680
The Trojans will look to build upon their already impressive season with over a team that has been a throne in the side since joining the Sun Belt. A win against Little Rock on Thursday would keep Troy in at-least a tie for first-place with Coastal Carolina in the Sun Belt standings with four games left to play. Troy enters Thursday coming off a road win at Appalachian State last Saturday. Following a high-scoring affair at Coastal two days prior, Troy used a 28-6 second-quarter to blow the game open before leaving App with a 20-point. In the game five Trojans scored in double-figures, the first games with that many double-digit scorers since Dec. 15 at Chattanooga.

Little Rock (10-14, 8-5 SBC)
PPG: 56.0 | REB: 32.6 | FG%: .395 | 3FG%: .291 | FT%: .670
Little Rock enters Thursday on a 3-game Sun Belt losing streak. It's their longest Sun Belt losing streak since 2012-13 when they lost four straight games between Jan. 9-19. When Little Rock has been successful this season, it has been because of the damage that the duo of Kyra Collier and Teal Battle can inflect on teams. When those two players combine to score 30 points or more this season, the Trojans have a 6-3 mark. Little Rock went 2-9 in its non-conference schedule and has already lost five Sun Belt Games, the most conference losses in a season since losing six total in 2013-14. They are 10-14 on the year and haven't finished below .500 in a season since the 2005-06 season, Foley's third year at Little Rock when they went 13-15. Little Rock head coach Joe Foley will be going for win number 800 as a head coach in his career on Thursday.

The Series
Troy vs Little Rock: Troy trails, 5-18
When played at Troy: 5-6
In SBC Games: 5-16
Current Streak: L1
Last Meeting: L, 72-76 // Feb. 7, 2019 // Little Rock, Ark.

Trojan Storylines
• Troy has just two home games remaining and currently sit at 10-2 when playing at home. If Troy wins both games their 12 wins will be tied for the most home wins in program history. It's happened five times in Troy's history
• In their last 55 Sun Belt Conference home games, Troy has earned 45 wins to just 10 losses dating back to the 2014-15 season. They have gone 10-1 in home games in two of the last three seasons
• Since the grand opening of Trojan Arena back in 2012 Troy has earned a 77-30 record inside the state-of-the-art facility. Troy is averaging 83.5 ppg in Trojan Arena since 2012 while allowing just 72.6 ppg
• Troy leads the country in free throw attempts (638), offensive rebounds per game (22.9), rebounds per game (54.54), total rebounds (1,309), rebounding margin (+14.7) while ranking second in free throws made (429), and 9th in scoring (80.5)
• Alexus Dye ranks second in the Sun Belt in rebounds per game at 9.3. Dye has been one of the best newcomers in the Sun Belt this season ranking second among all newcomers in points per game (10.8) and ranks first in rebounds among newcomers
• Kate Rodgers ranks fifth in the Sun Belt in blocked shots per game with 1.2 blocks per contest. In conference play she has blocked 24 shots

Broadcast Information
Live Stream: ESPN+
Live Audio: TroyTrojans.com/watch
Radio: Dan Peck on the call at WTBF 96.3 FM & 970 AM

Promotions
• $1 Tickets to see the No. 1 Team in the Sun Belt
• First 500 Fans will receive a Free Taco courtesy of Troy Athletics
• One lucky fan will have the chance to win a $500 Adidas Gift Card
• First 150 Students will receive a Cardinal Adidas T-shirt

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Notes: Women's Basketball Hosts Little Rock To Open Final Home Weekend

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