LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Texas State women's basketball program will attempt to continue displaying road warrior ways when the Bobcats look for their fourth road Sun Belt Conference win this season when TXST meets Little Rock inside Jack Stephens Center on Thursday, Jan. 27 at 11:30 AM. 

The contest, which will be the fourth meeting between the two women's basketball program in less than 12 months, will be streamed on ESPN+.

LOOKING AT THE BOBCATS

The senior duo of Kennedy Taylor and Da'Nasia Hood will enter Thursday morning's contest at Little Rock as the Sun Belt Conference's leaders in assists per game (Taylor, 7.6), minutes per game (Taylor, 38.6), shooting percentage (Hood, 59.3) and points per game (Hood, 23.0) in conference-only games. 

With four more appearances, Texas State senior Da'Nasia Hood will join fellow senior Kennedy Taylor as the only two active Bobcat women's basketball student-athletes to have appeared in 100-or-more career games. Taylor is the program's active career leader with 101 games played, while Hood sits at 96. Fellow senior Ja'Kayla Bowie is quickly approaching the milestone, too, as the Tyler, Texas native has appeared in 89 career games. 

Speaking of senior guard Kennedy Taylor, with her 12-assist afternoon against UTA on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, Taylor joined Shelly Borton (1986-90) as the only student-athletes in program history to have been credited with 500-or-more career assists. Taylor will travel to Little Rock just 88 assists shy of breaking Borton's all-time program record. 

SCOUTING THE TROJANS

Back on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, Little Rock traveled to the state of Alabama and became the first women's basketball team to beat Troy in Trojan Arena. The Little Rock win snapped a 16-game home winning streak — the longest such streak in Trojan Arena history — that dated back to the 2020-21 season. 

Little Rock enter Thursday morning's contest leading the Sun Belt Conference in fewest points allowed per game in conference play. The Trojans allow opponents — on average — to score 57.0 points per game. App State is the next best scoring defense in the league with a 63.5 mark. 

The Little Rock defense ranks 12th in the country in opponents' assists per game at just 9.5 assists per game. Texas State travels to Little Rock leading the Sun Belt with a 16.4 assist per game average. 

SERIES HISTORY

Last season, the two women's basketball programs played each other three times in five days. Texas State won the lone matchup in San Marcos, 51-44, on Tuesday, Feb. 2, before the Trojans won 62-51 and 62-49 in Little Rock on Friday, Feb. 5 and Saturday, Feb. 6, respectively. 

Little Rock was Texas State's opponent when the Bobcats made their lone appearance in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament championship game on March 11, 2018. 

The Trojans hold a 14-8 edge in the all-time series history. Texas State's lone win in Little Rock came on Feb. 13, 2020, when the Bobcats won 50-47 behind a 17-point, 14-rebound double-double by Da'Nasia Hood. 

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