THE MATCHUP
Teams: ULM (6-15, 0-8 SBC)
Little Rock (12-9, 3-5 SBC)
Location: Fant-Ewing Coliseum/Monroe, La.
Time: 7:00 p.m.
LIVE AUDIO (Warhawk Radio Network)
LIVE STATS (Statbroadcast)
Live Video (Warhawk All Access)
MONROE, La. – The ULM men's basketball team continues its homestand on Monday with a visit from the Little Rock Trojans at 7:00 p.m. Monday night's game will be available on the Warhawk Radio Network and on Warhawks All-Access.
The Warhawks enter the tilt with a 6-15 mark, coming off of a loss against Arkansas State on Saturday, while Little Rock enters with a 12-9 mark, coming off an 88-82 loss to the Ragin Cajuns on Saturday.
NOTABLES
Last Time Out: ULM could not overcome a second half onslaught from beyond the arc from visiting Arkansas State in route to the Warhawks' eighth straight Sun Belt Conference loss, 73-63 on Saturday afternoon.
Home Cooking: The Warhawks returned to Fant-Ewing Coliseum on Saturday for just the ninth time this season, while Saturday's game was just the third home game since the start of the new year. The Warhawks are 32-7 over their last two and half seasons inside Fant-Ewing Coliseum.
Head-to-Head: The Warhawks and Trojans meet for the 31st time on Monday night in Monroe, with the Trojans holding a slim 17-13 head-to-head record. The two teams met to open SBC play back on Dec. 31 in a game where the Warhawks dropped a tough four-point game in overtime.
Scouting the Trojans: Little Rock enters Monday night's contest coming off a six-point loss to the Ragin Cajuns on Saturday night. In that contest Marcus Johnson Jr. had 26 points while Maurius Hill added 17 points. The Trojans enter the game Monday with a 3-4 mark in Sun Belt Conference play after dropping four of their last five contests.
Assist Mark: Senior Nick Coppola currently sits with 496 assists over his three-plus seasons with the Warhawks. He is just four assists away from becoming the eighth active NCAA Division I player to have 1,000 points and 500 assists in his career. He eclipsed the 1,000-point mark earlier this season when he scored a season-high 23 points against Jacksonville State on December 10.
Sun Belt Leaders: Following the January 28 slate of SBC games, Travis Munnings is currently second in the SBC with 8.6 rebounds per game and he also ranks 6th in minutes per game with 32.7 mpg. Munnings also ranks third in the conference this season with 6.0 defensive rebounds per game. Nick Coppola leads the Sun Belt with 36.8 minutes per game while also leading the conference in assist to turnover ratio with a 2.6 mark. Coppola ranks third on the season with 4.1 assists per game. In conference-only games, Munnings ranks fourth in rebounding averaging 8.4 rebounds a game in conference while also ranking second in offensive rebounding with a 3.4 average. Coppola leads the Sun Belt in league games with a 38.9 minutes per game average while Munnings ranks third with 35.9 minutes per game average. Coppola currently ranks 9th in the country in minutes per game.
Sharing the Basketball: The Warhawks have 278 assists on 515 made baskets so far this season. Nick Coppola leads the way with 87 assists, while Travis Munnings has 44 assists so far this season and Jordon Harris has 39 assists on the season. As a team, the Warhawks have assisted on 54.0 percent of their made baskets this season. The Warhawks have had three games with 20 or more assists, including a pair of games with 23 assists.
UP NEXT
-Following Monday night's contest, the Warhawks head back out on the road with a trip to Georgia for a pair of contests next weekend starting on Saturday against Georgia Southern. The matchup with the Eagles with tip at 4:00 p.m. CST.
