Chris Efretuei hook shot vs UT Arlington 2020
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54
La.-Monroe ULM 6-15,2-10 Sun Belt
68
Winner UT Arlington UTA 10-13,6-6 Sun Belt
La.-Monroe ULM
6-15,2-10 Sun Belt
54
Final
68
UT Arlington UTA
10-13,6-6 Sun Belt
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
La.-Monroe ULM 25 29 54
UT Arlington UTA 35 33 68

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Road Woes Continue; ULM Stumbles at UTA, 68-54

ARLINGTON, Texas – Sam Griffin and Radshad Davis combined for 32 points while Jabari Narcis recorded his fifth double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds as UT Arlington completed the regular-season sweep over ULM with a 68-54 victory Saturday afternoon. UTA also made 13-of-28 3-point field-goal attempts.
 
ULM got off to a quick start as Jalen Hodge buried back-to-back 3-pointers and Chris Efretuei converted a layup off a pass from Hodge as the Warhawks jumped out to an 8-5 lead in the first 2 1/2 minutes. With the score tied at 10, UTA put together a 10-2 run and took a 20-12 lead as Narcis rattled in a 3 from the top of the circle with 13:07 on the clock. The Warhawks answered with an 11-4 spurt and cut their deficit to one at 24-23 on Erie Olonade's layup with 7:36 to play in the opening half. After the teams traded baskets, UTA (10-13, 6-6 Sun Belt) outscored ULM, 9-0, over the final 5:27 and took a 35-25 lead into halftime. The Warhawks misfired on their last 10 field-goal attempts of the first half.
 
ULM (6-15, 2-10) managed to trim its deficit to seven points twice in the second half – the last time at 44-37 on Michael Ertel's 15-foot jumper from the right wing with 12:58 remaining. TiAndre Jackson-Young's 3-pointer from the right wing sparked a 12-1 run as Mavericks built an 18-point lead at 56-38 on a transition 3 from Davis out of the left corner with 9:05 to play. ULM went without a field goal for 5:39, missing five-straight shots and committing three turnovers during the stretch. Another 3-pointer from Narcis gave UTA its largest lead at 64-43 with 5:14 left.
 
"We just didn't have enough oomph out there," ULM head coach Keith Richard said. "The first 15 minutes were pretty good, but as the game moved along, the bigger, stronger athletes wore on us. And they hit a bunch of 3s."
 
Griffin hit 6-of-9 shots from the field, including 4-of-7 3-pointers, and finished with a game-high 17 points to pace the Mavs. Davis came off the UTA bench to contribute 15 points, connecting on 5-of-7 field-goal attempts, including a perfect 4-for-4 from behind the 3-point arc.
 
Tyree White led ULM in scoring for the fifth time in the last six games with 11 points to go along with seven rebounds. The Warhawks also got 10 points from Ertel.
 
ULM played its second-straight game without its second-leading scorer (14.1 points per game) and rebounder (5.2 per game), in JD Williams, who suffered a season-ending ankle injury early in the first half of last Saturday's game at Louisiana Lafayette.
 
The Warhawks' backcourt experienced another setback against UTA as Hodge left the game midway through the first half with a hyperextended knee and didn't return.
 
"Jalen had gotten off to one of his better starts of the year and was playing well," Richard said. "He hit a couple of early 3s and was penetrating and finding open people for assists. So, it certainly didn't help us to lose him midway through the first half. We had the odds against us, and we just couldn't do it."
 
For the game, ULM shot 40 percent (23-of-57) from the floor but made only 4-of-14 3-pointers (29 percent). The Warhawks outrebounded the Mavs, 37-30.
 
"We did do a better job on the boards," Richard said. "But they had a better shooting percentage, so they didn't have quite as many missed shots. We gave up six offensive rebounds and three of those came on the second possession of the game."
 
The Warhawks, who remained winless on the road this season (0-10), also saw their losing streak extended to eight-straight league games.
 
"We've just got to keep working at it," Richard said. "I told the team after the game that we'll take tomorrow off; get back in the saddle on Monday and try to win two home games this week."
 
Following three consecutive Sun Belt road games, ULM returns Fant-Ewing Coliseum for a two-game homestand, beginning Thursday, Feb. 6 against Georgia Southern (7 p.m. tipoff) and followed by Georgia State on Saturday, Feb. 8 (2:30 p.m. tipoff).
 
 
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