Jah'Likai King made 3 of 4 threes and scored 27 points at VCU in Little Rock's opener. He now faces a SE Louisiana defense that allowed Auburn to hit 12 of 26 threes in its opener.
Papa Amadou Kante added 13 points on 4-of-8 shooting at VCU. His scoring inside the arc gives Little Rock a second option against the Lions, who allowed Auburn to make 32 of 63 shots overall.
SE Louisiana went 20 of 67 at Auburn, including 8 of 33 from three. Little Rock -9 is a bet on King and Kante creating a scoring gap against an offense that opened with 59 points.