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Little Rock hosts Eastern Illinois after Bayless' 21-point game
By The Associated Press
Eastern Illinois Panthers (7-10, 4-3 OVC) at Little Rock Trojans (7-10, 4-2 OVC)
Little Rock, Arkansas; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Little Rock faces Eastern Illinois after Braxton Bayless scored 21
points in Little Rock's 82-74 win over the Lindenwood Lions.
The Trojans have gone 3-2 in home games. Little Rock averages 14.1 turnovers
per game and is 4-3 when it wins the turnover battle.
The Panthers have gone 4-3 against OVC opponents. Eastern Illinois ranks eighth
in the OVC shooting 30.5% from 3-point range.
Little Rock scores 70.8 points per game, 0.7 fewer points than the 71.5 Eastern
Illinois allows. Eastern Illinois' 42.1% shooting percentage from the field
this season is 4.9 percentage points lower than Little Rock has given up to its
opponents (47.0%).
The Trojans and Panthers meet Thursday for the first time in OVC play this
season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Cameron Wallace is averaging 12.6 points and 6.6 rebounds for
the Trojans. Johnathan Lawson is averaging 19.1 points over the last 10 games.
Zion Fruster is averaging 15.1 points for the Panthers. Meechie White is
averaging 1.4 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Trojans: 5-5, averaging 73.3 points, 29.5 rebounds, 13.6
assists, 9.2 steals and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting 45.6% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 77.5 points per game.
Panthers: 5-5, averaging 69.4 points, 32.0 rebounds, 14.4 assists, 9.0 steals
and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 42.8% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 67.5 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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