Little Rock beats Central Arkansas 77-54

CONWAY, Ark. (AP) Marcus Johnson Jr. scored 16 points and Little Rock remained undefeated, beating Central Arkansas 77-54 on Wednesday night.

Jalen Jackson added 14 points for the Trojans (9-0). Josh Hagins had 13 points and five assists and Maurius Hill had 11 points and nine rebounds. The team averaged 45.2 percent shooting from the field and 94.4 percent from the line.

Hill hit a jumper to give the Trojans a 20-11 advantage with 9:11 to go in the first half and they stretched it to 37-15 at the break.

Johnson sank a 3-pointer with 14:40 to play in the second half and the Trojans led by at least 20 points after that.

Jordan Howard had 14 points and four rebounds for the Bears (1-8). Justin Foreman added 13 points and eight rebounds. It was the fifth-straight loss this season for Central Arkansas.

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Texas State pulls away from Prairie View A&M, 62-44

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (AP) Ethan Montalvo scored 18 points on 6-of-13 shooting to lead Texas State to a 62-44 victory over Prairie View A&M on Wednesday night.

Emani Gant added 15 points and 11 rebounds for Texas State (5-2), which has won four of their last five by an average of 13.25 points per game.

Defensively, the Bobcats held Panthers (0-10) to 27.1 percent shooting from the field and just 1 of 13 from 3-point range.

Texas State opened the second half on a 14-6 stretch, capped by a Maljhum McCrea jumper to take a 44-28 lead. Prairie View A&M never trimmed the lead below double digits the rest of the game, as they managed to cut the lead to 11 (48-37) once after two Admassu Williams free throws.

Williams and Tevin Bellinger each scored 15 points to lead the Panthers. Williams added eight rebounds.