Roger Woods vs. UTA
Nelson Chenault
60
UT Arlington UTA 18-9, 9-7
72
Winner Little Rock LR 25-3, 15-2
UT Arlington UTA
18-9, 9-7
60
Final
72
Little Rock LR
25-3, 15-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
UT Arlington UTA 25 35 60
Little Rock LR 36 36 72

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Trojans Clinch SBC Share in Front of Sellout Crowd

LITTLE ROCK – Little Rock (25-3, 15-2 SBC) hosted its second-ever sellout at the Jack Stephens Center in a 72-60 win over UT Arlington (18-9, 9-7 SBC) on Thursday night that clinched a share of the Sun Belt Conference regular season championship. The crowd of 5,253 was the second-largest in arena history.
 
"I want to thank the crowd; that was a lot of fun out there tonight," head coach Chris Beard said after the win. "When I was fortunate enough to get this job and hired what I think is one of the best coaching staffs in the country, our vision for this was to create an atmosphere here where it's hard to get a ticket. To do that in our first year is really pleasing."
 
A win on Saturday vs. Texas State would clinch Little Rock's first-ever outright Sun Belt Conference title. Little Rock's last regular season championship came during the 1986-87 season as members of the Trans America Athletic Conference.
 
Little Rock never trailed, leading by 11 at halftime and growing the margin as wide as 14 with 1:41 to play. The Trojans finished the night shooting 47.3 percent from the floor and making 10 of 19 3-point shots.
 
Tonight's win ties Little Rock with Xavier for the best record in the nation at 25-3. The Trojans are now 12-0 at home for the first time since the 1988-89 season.
 
The Trojans are also one win shy of the program record of 26 set in 1986-87.
 
Josh Hagins led four Little Rock players in double figures with 17 points to go along with five rebounds, five assists and two steals. Lis Shoshi added a season high-matching 13 points. Mareik Isom scored 11 points on a 3-of-4 effort from 3-point range. Roger Woods scored 10 points and totaled three steals.
 
Little Rock took a 36-25 lead into halftime. The Trojans led by as many as 13 in the opening half after holding UT Arlington to 6-of-21 shooting (.286) over the first 20 minutes. Hagins and Woods scored 10 points each in the first half.
 
UTA opened the second half by hitting six of its first seven shots to trim its deficit to two, 41-39, with 15:51 to play. The Mavs would pull within two again with 14:04 to play, but the Trojans scored six of the next seven points and UTA would get no closer than four the rest of the way.
 
Little Rock hosts Texas State on Saturday at the JSC. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m.
 
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