Little Rock 97, Howard 76
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Paced by career-high performances by Deondre Burns and Nikola Maric, Little Rock raced out to a big lead in the first half and never looked back, running past Howard 97-76 at the Jack Stephens Center Friday afternoon. The win moves Little Rock to 3-2 on the year and 2-0 at home under first year head coach Darrell Walker while Howard falls to 4-2 overall.
Tennessee Tech 79, ULM 73
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Hunter Vick scored 20 points, including a pair of free throws with 12.6 seconds remaining to blunt a comeback rally and Tennessee Tech held on to defeat ULM 79-73 Friday night to end a five-game losing skid.
UNC Wilmington 78, Arkansas State 64
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – A 15-4 run to start the second half proved to be enough as UNC-Wilmington defeated the Arkansas State men’s basketball team 78-64 Friday night in the first of three games for the Red Wolves at the VisitCurrituckOBX.com Battle in the Blue Ridge.?
Texas A&M 74, South Alabama 62
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M closed the first half on a 26-6 rally and got 25 points from Savion Flagg to defeat the University of South Alabama men's basketball team 74-62 Friday night at Reed Arena. USA led for almost all of the first 11 minutes of the contest, thanks to senior Rodrick Sikes scoring 15 of the team's first 18 points, and went up six in the early going.?
Texas State 82, USC Upstate 52
PORTLAND, Ore. – Senior Tre'Larenz Nottingham and junior NIjal Pearson combined to 43 points in the Texas State men's basketball team's 82-50 victory over USC Upstate Friday evening in the Chiles Center as part of the Portland Classic. Nottingham scored a season-high 25 points and Pearson netted 18 with four three-pointers.
Arkansas 78, UTA 60
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – For the second-straight game on the road against a power-conference opponent receiving votes in the national polls, the UT Arlington men's basketball team (3-3) was within striking distance late in the 2nd half, but a Arkansas surge in the closing 10 minutes propelled the Razorbacks (4-1) to a 78-60 win Friday night at Bud Walton Arena. UTA was saddled in foul trouble all evening as the Mavericks were called for 34 fouls – tied for the 12th-most in single-game program history (which dates to 1959-60). That sent the Razorbacks to the line an incredible 46 times, and they converted 34 of those (73.9 percent) compared with the Mavs going 18-27 (66.7 percent) from the charity stripe to provide nearly the winning margin for the hosts.