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Lady Trojans Clinch Share of SBC Regular-Season Title

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LITTLE ROCK – With three Trojans in double figures, Little Rock women's basketball clinched a share of the Sun Belt Conference Regular-Season Championship and the No. 1 seed in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament with a 53-44 win over Coastal Carolina on Thursday night at the Jack Stephens Center.

For the second consecutive game, Keanna Keys led the Trojans (17-9, 14-1 Sun Belt) in scoring with 15 points while earning four rebounds. Ronjanae DeGray made her first start since Dec. 10 against Mississippi State and tallied 14 points, six rebounds and two steals while shooting 6-for-11. Monique Townson ended up with 13 points, five rebounds, two steals and a game-high seven assists. The Trojans were 20-for-45 (44.4%) from the field, 3-for-6 from three and 10-for-16 (62.5%) from the foul line.

Jas Adams and DJ Williams each put up 16 points for the Chanticleers (14-13, 8-8 Sun Belt) and made up 72.7 percent of Coastal Carolina's offense. Adams had a team-high two steals and three rebounds, and Willams had eight rebounds in addition to a team-high three assists and seven turnovers. The Chanticleers ended the night shooting 18-for-46 (39.1%) from the field, 3-for-7 (42.9%) from three and 5-for-6 (83.3%) from the foul line. Coastal committed 24 turnovers for the game, and Little Rock took advantage with 23 points off turnovers.

Although the fourth quarter went in Coastal's favor at 13-12, Little Rock's lead was large enough to hold off the Chanticleer push. Coastal had its best quarter of the night as it shot 55.6 percent (5-for-9) from the field. Adams led the Chanticleers with five points while Keys led the quarter and Trojans with six. Little rock shot 50 percent (5-for-10) for the second consecutive quarter en route to the Trojans' nine-point win.

After Little Rock began the third quarter on a 14-4 run, the Chanticleers ended the Trojans' run with an 8-2 run of their own. Little Rock was 6-for-12 for the quarter while Coastal Carolina was not far behind at 5-for-11 (45.5%). The Trojans tallied their largest lead of the game when they went up by 17 with a layup by Keys. DeGray led Little Rock with six points in the quarter while Coastal's Willams had eight. Townson earned four of her seven assists in the third quarter alone.

After a rough start, the Trojans turned things around in the second quarter as they outscored the Chanticleers 16-9 after shooting a game-high 63.6 percent (7-for-11) from the field and 2-for-2 from three.  Little Rock held Coastal Carolina to 22.2 percent (2-for-9) in the period. Townson and Tori Lasker each led the Trojans with five points as they both knocked down a three.

Despite leading for nearly seven and half minutes in the first quarter, Little Rock trailed Coastal Carolina 12-10 at the end of one. Six of Little Rock's 10 points came on free throws while the Trojans shot just 2-for-12 (16.7%) behind Townson's four points. The Chanticleers faired a bit better from the field as they went 6-for-17 (35.3%) with both Williams and Isiuwa Oghabon each putting up four. After Little Rock went on a five-point run to take an 8-2 lead, the Chanticleers went on a 10-0 run to go up 12-8.

Lasker finished the game with eight points and three rebounds, and Terrion Moore ended up with four assists, three rebounds and two points. Kira Shepard tallied Little Rock's lone bench point on a free throw attempt. Kyra Collier made her return after missing the past 16 games due to injury and came up with two steals and a rebound in eight minutes.

With a share of the regular-season championship in hand, Little Rock will look to win it outright in their final home game of the year against Appalachian State on Saturday at 3 p.m.

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