Arkansas-Little Rock Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:30:24 PDT

The Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans won a school-record 15 Sun Belt league games in 2008-09 on their way to a West Division title and tie with NCAA second-round qualifier Western Kentucky for the overall league title.

The Trojans bade farewell to four seniors who helped UA-Little Rock to back-to-back divisional titles. With most of the rest of the league returning veteran squads, coach Steve Shields faces one of his toughest challenges in seven years on the job.

One thing that won't change is the stifling defense that awaits Trojan opponents. UA-Little Rock was second in the league in scoring defense (63.4), second in field goal defense (.402) and first in 3-point field goal defense (.319).