LR Goes for SBC Tournament Title Sunday on ESPN2

GM33: No. 1 Little Rock (28-4) vs. No. 2 ULM (20-12)
Sun Belt Men's Basketball Championship Presented by First Bank and Trust
Sunday, March 13 | 12 p.m. (CST)
New Orleans, La. | Lakefront Arena (10,000)
TV: ESPN2
TV Talent: Rich Hollenberg (PxP), Mark Adams (Analyst)
Radio: The Point 94.1 FM / KKPT.com
Talent: Ray Tucker (PxP), Trey Schaap (Analyst)
Live Stats | Live Video | Game Notes
 
NEW ORLEANS – Little Rock will have a chance to earn an automatic bid to its fifth NCAA Tournament appearance in program history when it takes on ULM in the finals of the Sun Belt Men's Basketball Championship presented by First Bank and Trust on Sunday at noon. The game will be televised on ESPN2 and streamed live on ESPN3.
 
A win would give the Trojans just their second-ever win at the league's postseason tournament, and first since winning in 2011. Little Rock recently secured its first-ever outright Sun Belt Championship in the regular season.
 
The Trojans are coming off a 72-65 win over fourth-seeded Louisiana in the conference tournament semifinals on Saturday. Little Rock finished the game shooting 53.8 percent from the floor and 50 percent from 3 as Jalen Jackson came off the bench to score 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting.
 
Little Rock and ULM split their two meetings in the regular season. The Trojans beat the Warhawks 58-57 at the Jack Stephens Center on Jan. 9, while ULM won an 86-82 decision at Fant-Ewing Coliseum on Feb. 11.
 
In addition to a tournament title and automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, a Little Rock win on Sunday would match the Sun Belt Conference record for wins in a season (29).
 
Quick Hits
• Little Rock will have a shot at its second-ever Sun Belt Tournament title on Sunday when it faces No. 2 seed ULM (2011).
• Little Rock earned its first-ever outright regular-season Sun Belt Conference Championship.
• For the first time since joining the league, Little Rock earned the No. 1 seed at the SBC Tournament.
• Chris Beard was voted the Sun Belt Coach of the Year, while Josh Hagins (First Team), Marcus Johnson Jr. (Second) and Roger Woods (Third) were voted All-Sun Belt.
• Little Rock has already established new program records for overall wins and Sun Belt wins in a season.
• Little Rock is one victory shy of matching the Sun Belt Conference record for wins in a season (29).
• Little Rock's 12 road wins in the regular season were a program record and second-most nationally in 2015-16.
• Little Rock's scoring defense ranks third nationally (59.9 ppg) and its defensive FG% (.387) ranks seventh.
• Beard is in his first season at Little Rock after two years at Angelo State, where he went 47-15 and led ASU to the 2015 NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen and No. 19 national ranking in 2014-15.