The Missouri State Lady Bears make their long-awaited home debut on Monday when Little Rock visits JQH Arena for a 7 p.m. contest.
   Missouri State is 2-3 with a schedule that includes four true road games and three Power Five schools, and takes on a 1-4 Little Rock club with a similar schedule in terms of difficulty.
   Monday will be
Kellie Harper's 400th career game as a college head coach.
   The Lady Bears return to the road for games at Missouri (Dec. 2) and Oral Roberts (Dec. 7), before opening a six-game homestand on Dec. 11 that lasts through Jan. 6.
  Several promotions are in place for Monday's game, including $1 tickets and $1 hot dogs and Coke products at the concession stand. The afternoon ceremony to unveil a statue of
Jackie Stiles has been postponed to a date to be announced later in the season.
Series History
Missouri State is 11-2 all-time against Little Rock, with the home team winning 11 of the last 13 meetings, the exception being MSU wins in Little Rock in 2012 and last season. The Lady Bears and Trojans have met 11 times in the 2000s, with MSU going 9-2 with an average margin of victory of 21.6 points in those nine wins.
Scouting Little Rock
Little Rock was 1-4 against a difficult schedule entering its Nov. 26 game against Saint Louis. A WNIT team last season, the Trojans began the year with a victory against North Texas, and have suffered defeats against Oklahoma and Texas A&M. Sharde' Collins (12.0) and Kaitlyn Pratt (10.8) score in double figures for Little Rock, and through five games the Trojans score 44.8 points and allow 57.8 while shooting 30.9 percent overall, 21.2 percent from long range and 70.4 percent from the foul line.Â
