Little Rock Trojans

UALR storms back to beat Louisiana-Monroe 79-75 in OT (Dec 31, 2016)

Published Dec. 31, 2016 6:49 p.m. ET

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Kemy Osse drilled a 3-point jumper to give Arkansas-Little Rock the lead in overtime and the Trojans held off Louisiana Monroe for a 79-75 victory on Saturday.

UALR (10-4, 1-0), opened defense of its Sun Belt Conference title with the win.

ULM was ahead 52-42 midway in the second half, but the Trojans stormed back to take the lead. UALR had a 22-8 run capped by Osse's trey at the 3:46 mark to give the Trojans a 64-60 lead.

Louisiana-Monroe's Sam McDaniel drilled a trey to tie the game at 67 with 39 seconds left which took it into the extra period.

Maurius Hill had 18 points for the Trojans and Jalen Jackson was 6 of 11 from the floor for 14 points.

UALR hit 50 percent from the floor while limiting the Warhawks to 24-of-59 shooting.

Travis Munnings led ULM (6-8, 0-1) with 22 points and McDaniel added 20.

Get more from Little Rock Trojans Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more

in this topic

Little Rock Trojans

Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks