Men take down first place Little Rock
With the best record in the nation at 21-2, Little Rock came into Fant-Ewing Coliseum hoping to shatter the Warhawks perfect record at home, but ULM held on late 86-82.
Seniors Majok Deng and Justin Roberson both tallied 23 points to help the Warhawks high-powered offense past the first place Trojans.
“We just wanted to get this wi
n to move up in the standings and keep pace at the top,” said Justin Roberson.
In the first half the game was back and forth with both teams creating points in every way possible. Trailing 15-12, ULM would go on a 10-0 run with three pointer’s by Travis Munnings and Majok Deng.
“We’re at home, we have a lot of confidence and know that we’re a great team. We didn’t score for a little bit, but we knew it was going to come,” said Deng.
With each team scoring quickly on three pointer’s and mid range shots, ULM would take a ten point lead into halftime up 42-32.
Little Rock came out in the second half trying to press the Warhawks in an attempt to score some points off turnovers.
Freshmen Travis Munnings would break one press and throw down a monstrous dunk to get the crowd of over 3,700 back into the game in the second half.
The Warhawks would have a 59-50 lead with ten minutes left in the game and now was the time they would prove that they could hang on.
After forcing some sloppy turnovers by the Warhawks, the Trojans would narrow the lead late in the game. Coach Richard would reflect on the turnovers late in the game.
Junior Nick Coppola sealed the deal after hitting a clutch free throw with 4.6 seconds left in the game. The Warhawks beat the Trojans by a final score of 86-82.
Coach Richard was happy with the win, but felt there were areas of improvement to be made.
“We played well enough to win, but I’m disappointed that we blew a double-digit lead with three minutes to go by throwing the ball away and making some bone-head fouls. But a win is a win and we’ll take it,” Richard said.
The team takes on the Texas State Bobcats on Thursday.
