The men’s basketball team finished their historical season by beating the Georgia State Panthers 91-78 on senior day. ULM finished their season undefeated at home for the first time in nine years.

Seniors Justin Roberson, Mack Foster, DeMondre Harvey, Jamaal Samuel and Majok Deng were all honored in a pregame ceremony.

“These kids have done some things in the past two years that haven’t been done in a long time around here. I’m really proud of them,” said head coach Keith Richard.

Geogia State’s Marcus Crider made a jumper to give the Panthers the first points of the game. ULM would respond with a layup by DeMondre Harvey and would build off of his post play.

Both teams would make three-pointers and the game would go back and forth throughout the first part of the game. Georgia State’s Isaiah Williams started picking up some key rebounds and knocking down some shots to give the Panthers a 23-15 lead.

After the Warhawks slow start, three pointers made by Jamaal Samuel and Mack Foster would help them get back into the game and start to build a lead. After two free throws by DeMondre Harvey ULM would take a 41-32 lead heading in to halftime.

ULM would come out firing in the second half. With layups by Harvey and Deng and a dunk by Samuel, the seniors were shining.

With the Warhawk offense rolling the Panthers would start to full court press hoping to generate turnovers.

“We made it a point that if they press us, to push it and score off of it so we wouldn’t have to play against the matchup,” coach Richard said.

Fans were brought to their feet with 3:47 left in the game. Nick Coppola was able to beat the press and find Majok Deng who slammed home the alley-oop giving the Warhawks an 84-68 lead.

With 29 seconds left in the game, coach Richard substituted the seniors out of the game giving them a final curtain call in front of the home crowd. After a  layup by Marcus Washington, ULM would finish the season beating Georgia State 91-78.

The Warhawks now look to finish strong in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. Already locking a double-bye in the tournament as the number two seed, ULM will play Saturday at 3:30. You can head down to Lake Front Arena in New Orleans or watch the game on ESPN3.