SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State men's basketball team (20-5, 9-3 Sun Belt) concludes its two-game road trip in Arkansas when the Bobcats play at Little Rock (10-15, 5-7) at 3 p.m. on Feb. 16 at the Jack Stephens Center.
 
The Bobcats enter the game with a three-game winning streak after overcoming a 16-point first-half deficit and defeating Arkansas State 84-74 in Jonesboro, Ark. The Bobcats won their two previous games against Appalachian State (74-71) on Feb. 7 and Coastal Carolina (65-57) on Feb. 9 in Strahan Arena.
 
The win over Arkansas State was Danny Kaspar's 94th victory as head coach at Texas State. He ranks third among Texas State's winningest men's basketball coaches at Texas State. 

GAME INFORMATION – LITTLE ROCK
3 p.m. CST | Jack Stephens Center
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ABOUT TEXAS STATE
For the ninth consecutive week, Texas State has been ranked in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll, remaining at No. 20 in the latest rankings.
 
The Bobcats are back at the top of the league standings following the victory at Arkansas State. Texas State leads the Sun Belt Conference in scoring defense (64.2 ppg) and field goal defense percentage (40.1). Texas State ranks second in three-point field goal percentage defense (28.9 ppg). Offensively the team ranks No. 9 in the Sun Belt with 75.2 points per game and leads the conference with 15.6 assists per game and ranks second with a 1.2 assists-to-turnover ratio.
 
Junior guard Nijal Pearson moved to No. 5 in all-time scoring for the Bobcats after leading the Bobcats with 21 points at Arkansas State. Pearson leads the team with a scoring average at 18.3 points (No. 8 in the Sun Belt) and senior guard Tre'Larenz Nottingham follows at 13.8 points per game (No. 18 in Sun Belt).
 
Senior forward Alex Peacock averages 8.t5 points and 6.6 rebounds per game (No. 13 in Sun Belt), while junior guard Jaylen Shead sits atop the Sun Belt Conference with a 2.7 assists-to-turnover ratio and averages 5.0 assists per game (No. 3 in Sun Belt).
 
ABOUT LITTLE ROCK
Little Rock (10-15, 4-7 in Sun Belt) enters Saturday's game tied for eighth place with South Alabama and holds the tiebreaker with two wins over the Jaguars. The Trojans are coming off a 56-52 victory over UT Arlington last Thursday night and enters Saturday's game with a three-game winning streak. Little Rock also won at Troy (84-70) on Feb. 7 and at South Alabama (91-62) on Feb. 9.
 
Rayjon Tucker leads the Trojans and ranks fifth among the Sun Belt's scoring leaders with 20.1 points per game. Tucker ranks 12th among the league's rebounding leaders with a 6.8 average. Markquis Eaton and Jaizec Lottie rank fourth and fifth in the Sun Belt with 4.5 and 4.1 assists per game, respectively. Eaton also ranks fifth in steals (1.5) and Lottie is seventh (1.4) among Sun Belt leaders.
 
SERIES HISTORY
Although Texas State is on a three-game winning streak in the all-time series vs. Little Rock, they trail overall with a 5-8 record. In the last matchup, Nottingham went off for 24 points, shooting 6-of-10 from the floor and 5-of-8 from behind-the-arc. Pearson was next with 19 points and junior forward Eric Terry scored 11 points behind a perfect field goal (4-of-4) and free throw percentage (3-of-3).  

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