South Alabama 78, Appalachian State 71
BOONE, N.C. – South Alabama shot 63.6 percent in the second half and got 26 points from junior Josh Ajayi to defeat Appalachian State 78-71 Saturday afternoon at the Holmes Center.

Troy 74, Coastal Carolina 67
Conway, S.C. – Troy erased a 14-point second half deficit en route to a 74-67 win over Coastal Carolina in a physical Sun Belt Conference men's basketball game on Saturday evening in the HTC Center. 

UTA 81, Texas State 73
ARLINGTON, Texas – Picked to finish second-to-last in the Sun Belt Conference Preseason Poll, UTA (16-15, 12-6 Sun Belt) quieted all doubters with a second-place finish in the league after a resounding wire-to-wire 81-73 win over Texas State (23-8, 12-6 Sun Belt) Saturday afternoon inside the College Park Center.

ULM 79, Little Rock 62
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Travis Munnings had 23 points as Louisiana-Monroe got past Arkansas-Little Rock 79-62 on Saturday.

Louisiana 90, Arkansas State 87 (ot)
JONESBORO, Ark. – Cedric Russell scored the go-ahead bucket in overtime and the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns men’s basketball team withstood an incredible second-half performance by Arkansas State’s Ty Cockfield to earn a 90-87 victory in the Sun Belt Conference regular-season finale for both teams on Saturday at First National Bank Arena.

Georgia State 90, Georgia Southern 85
STATESBORO, Ga. – Georgia State won its third Sun Belt Conference regular season title on Saturday defeating in-state rival Georgia Southern 90-85 in Hanner Fieldhouse. It marked the Panthers first win in Statesboro since 1996, snapping a six-game losing streak to their in-state rival.