Trojans receive early boost from pair

University of Little Rock women's basketball Coach Joe Foley confirmed over the weekend that Bre'Amber Scott and Brianna Crane had opted out of the remainder of 2020-21 season following the program's covid-19 outbreak earlier this month.

The departure of the duo, and the combined 32.1 points per game it accounted for, left an already hampered team further depleted. As the Trojans prepared to return last week from a 20-day layoff with only 10 available players and without its two leading scorers in Scott and Crane, Foley's message to his team was simple.

"It's not who you start with," the head coach told them. "It's who you finish with."

In their places, Ky'lie Scott and Alayzha Knapp entered…