LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Will Neighbour had 14 points and 11 rebounds Thursday night and UALR defeated Troy 58-56 in the Sun Belt Conference opener for both schools.
Leroy Isler had 12 points and nine rebounds, Taggart Lockhart had 11 points and James White scored 10 for UALR (5-3)
Hunter Williams had 11 points and seven assists for Troy (4-4). Williams' 3-pointer with 10.7 seconds left got Troy within 57-56. Josh Hagins made one of two free throws for UALR, giving Troy a chance to tie or win, but the last shot fell short.
Emil Jones scored 10 points and Ray Chambers had eight points and 11 rebounds for Troy, which led 33-28 at halftime.
UALR was 14 of 22 from the free-throw line. Troy was 2 for 2, both by Justin Wright in the first half.
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| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Troy (4-4) | 33 | 23 | 56 |
| Arkansas-Little Rock (5-3) « | 28 | 30 | 58 |
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| Troy Trojans | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Chambers, F | 32 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| H. Williams, G | 38 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| E. Jones, G | 27 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| D. Jethroe, G | 22 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| A. Myers, G | 22 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Wright | 18 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| R. Scott | 13 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| T. Calhoun | 11 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| J. Mullahey | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| J. Warren | 8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Totals | 24-63 | 2-2 | 36 | 13 | 18 | 56 | |
| 38.1% | 100% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Neighbour, F | 38 | 5-13 | 4-6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| J. White, F | 23 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| M. Javes, F | 11 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Isler, G | 35 | 4-10 | 3-5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| J. Gillon, G | 26 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Lockhart | 30 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| J. Hagins | 23 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| B. Dillard | 7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Osse | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Billings | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-52 | 14-22 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 58 | |
| 38.5% | 63.6% | ||||||
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