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UALR senior guard D'Andre Williams said it's the natural tendency of a team up 13 points in the second half to "take a deep breath." Williams added, "We took a deep breath and they came back." Western Kentucky took over the game while UALR caught its breath, outscoring the Trojans 22-3 over a seven-minute stretch and beat the tourney second seed 68-63 on Sunday night in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament quarterfinal round in Hot Springs. read more >

Making a last-second dash to the other end, Tramar Sutherland was fouled on a layup attempt with eight-tenths of a second showing on the clock and, after a time out, hit the two foul shots to give UALR a 62-60 win over Arkansas State on Saturday night before a near capacity crowd at the Jack Stephens Center. The win gave UALR the outright Sun Belt West Division championship with 12-4 league mark. read more >

The UALR men's basketball team outscored Troy 18-6 in overtime to earn a 74-62 victory in the final game at Sartain Hall on Saturday night. UALR hit nine three pointers in the win and moved one step closer to locking up its fifth Sun Belt Conference Division championship in nine years under head coach Steve Shields. read more >

The UALR men's basketball team, a 19-point loser to Louisiana-Lafayette just three weeks ago at home, went into the Cajundome on Thursday and shocked the Ragin' Cajuns 72-70 in overtime, extending its winning streak to four games and improving to 9-2 in the Sun Belt Conference. Senior D'Andre Williams led the Trojans (12-13) in scoring for the fifth-straight game with a career-high 24 points to help UALR remain in first place in the West Division. read more >

UALR hit 10 three-pointers for the game and ran an impressive half-court offense to shoot nearly 60 percent from the field in the second half, while it forced South Alabama into 18 turnovers in the Trojans most complete game of the year, a 75-50 romp over the Jaguars on Thursday night at the Jack Stephens Center. read more >