MONROE, La.
-- UALR outlasted ULM 70-60 on Thursday evening in a Sun Belt battle inside
Fant-Ewing Coliseum. The Trojans shot 49 percent from the field and led by as
many as 15 in the second half, but had to hold off a late comeback attempt from
the Warhawks.
Sophomore Trey
Lindsey scored a career-high 18 points to lead ULM, including a 4-of-6
effort from beyond the 3-point line. Lindsey capped a 9-0 run for the Warhawks
with his final 3-pointer of the night to cut the UALR lead to 61-58 with 1:55
remaining.
The Trojans (15-10, 9-5 SBC) responded with a
3-pointer from Will Neighbour and a
dunk from James White to push the
lead to 66-58. UALR went 4-of-4 from the free-throw line down the stretch to
finish off the victory.
"We responded much better and played harder and got some energy in the
second half," ULM head coach Keith Richard said. "That's what happens when you do those
things. In the first half, any little thing that went wrong, the guys
put their heads down and looked down on themselves. We cut [the UALR
lead] to two a couple of times but just couldn't get it done."
Josh Hagins
paced the Trojans with 14 points, while Gus
Leeper chipped in 12 points off the bench and Neighbour added 11 points.
UALR broke the game open with a 17-4 run to close out
the first half and took a 36-23 lead into halftime. The Trojans went up 38-23
on a layup from Michael Javes to open
the second half before managing just two points over the next seven minutes.
ULM (3-16, 2-11 SBC) embarked on a 15-2 run during
that stretch to get within two points with 12:58 to play, but UALR answered
right back with an 11-2 spurt to build its lead back to double-digits.
Junior Amos
Olatayo scored on a layup in transition and a pair of 3-pointers by Lindsey
sparked a final run for the Warhawks.
Junior Jayon
James finished with 15 points and six assists and junior R.J. McCray finished with 10 points and
a career-high seven assists for the Warhawks. Olatayo had his streak of three
straight games with at least 21 points snapped as he finished with nine points
and nine rebounds.
ULM travels to UL-Lafayette on Sunday for a 7:15 p.m. tipoff inside the
Cajundome.
