ARLINGTON, Texas – Coming off a big double overtime victory over UL-Lafayette in the Sun Belt Conference opener, the ULM men's basketball program will look to stay unbeaten in league play when it travels to UT Arlington on Thursday for a noon tipoff at the College Park Center.
The Warhawks (4-5, 1-0 SBC) picked up their first double overtime victory since Jan. 5, 1989. Junior
Tylor Ongwae and senior
Jayon James both recorded a double-double in the win, becoming the first ULM duo to do so in the same game since Dec. 22, 2009.
Senior
Amos Olatayo leads the team with a 14.3 points per game average, while Ongwae is right behind at 14.1 ppg. Both student-athletes have registered seven double-figure scoring games this season. Ongwae is coming off his best statistical performance with career-highs in points (27), rebounds (11), field goals made (11), blocks (3) and minutes (46) against the Cajuns.
Senior
Jayon James is the team's leading rebounder with 7.2 per game. He ranks second in the Sun Belt Conference in defensive rebounds with 5.7 per contest.
UTA (5-9, 0-2 SBC) looks for its first-ever SBC victory on Thursday. It is 4-3 at home, but 0-2 in league play with losses to Arkansas State and UALR.
Senior guard Reger Dowell is 10th nationally and first in SBC in scoring at 22.0 ppg. Dowell scored a career-high 35 (tied for 20th in UTA history) vs. Howard Payne and had at least 20 points in the season's first seven games.
Senior forward Brandon Edwards is 19th nationally and second in SBC in rebounding at 9.9 per game. He has six double-doubles and had a streak of four in a row snapped at Texas. Edwards began the season 16th on UTA's all-time rebounding list and is now up to eighth.
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NOTES- ULM is 46-12 all-time against UT Arlington and won the last meeting, 80-66 on Feb. 7, 2006 in Monroe. ULM is 16-8 all-time at UTA
- ULM is 1-0 in conference play for the first time since 2006-07 when it won the SBC West Division. ULM is looking to have a .500 overall record after 10 games for the first time since 2004-05
- With 17 regular season games still remaining, the Warhawks have already matched their season win total from last season when they finished 4-23
- With the win over ULL, the Warhawks improved to 3-1 this season at home and have outscored the opposition 334-294 in those games. ULM is 387-164 all-time in Fant-Ewing Coliseum
- ULM's 11 blocks against ULL are the most by a team in the SBC in a single game this season. They were the most by ULM since Dec. 2, 2006 when they had 10 against William Carey
- ULM scored over 100 points in a game for the first time since Nov. 27, 2007 when it also poured in 105 against Alcorn State
- The Warhawks lead the Sun Belt Conference in rebounding offense (40.0 orpg), rebounding margin (+4.2) and defensive rebounds (26.9 drpg)
- The Warhawks are 2-0 in overtime games this season. ULM head coach
Keith Richard is 17-7 in his career in overtime as a head coach, and 3-2 with the Warhawks
- ULM is 4-0 this season when scoring at least 80 points
- ULM played the eighth toughest non-conference schedule in the country, according to cbssports.com. ULM's opponents went a combined 71-30 in non-conference play as the Warhawks took on a pair of top-5 opponents
