Little Rock 62, Texas State 47
LITTLE ROCK- Four Trojan starters finished in double figures Thursday night to lead Little Rock to a 62-47 win over Texas State inside the Jack Stephens Center. The Trojans outscored the Bobcats 35-20 in the second half to pull away and grab the much-needed win at home.

The Trojans started off strong defensively by forcing a shot clock violation on their first defensive possession. A couple baskets from Ronjanae DeGray and Kyra Collier got things started on the offensive end for Little Rock in the early minutes. Texas State was able to respond with a three and went 5-7 to start the game and get out to a 17-14 lead and the end of the first period.

Troy 97, Georgia Southern 81
STATESBORO, Georgia – Troy held off a hot-shooting Georgia Southern team, 97-81, on Thursday in Hanner Fieldhouse to win its eighth straight game.

The Eagles' Alexis Brown scored a career-high 34 points and tied a school record with eight 3-pointers, but it would not be enough as the Trojans (14-2, 5-0 SBC) are off to the best start in program history.

South Alabama 68, Georgia State 59
ATLANTA, Ga. – The University of South Alabama women's basketball team earned a 68-59 conference road win over Georgia State on Thursday night at GSU Sports Arena in Atlanta, Ga., to improve to 13-3 (2-3) on the season.

It was a tale of two halves tonight against the Georgia State Panthers. After a hard fought first half the Jaguar entered the break down by four, but came out firing in the third quarter. The Jags connected on four of their 10 three-pointers in the quarter, went on a 12-2 run, and outscored the Panthers 22-9 en route to establishing their lead.

UTA 100, Arkansas State 73
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