LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - James White scored 16 points and Arkansas-Little Rock rallied in the second half to defeat North Texas 67-53 Thursday night.
Josh Hagins added 11 points, eight assists and six steals for the Trojans (10-8, 4-3 Sun Belt), who shot 60 percent in the second half to overcome a seven-point deficit. Will Neighbour had nine points, 11 rebounds and three blocks.
North Texas (6-11, 1-5) got 13 points each from Tony Mitchell and Alzee Williams. The injury-plagued Mean Green committed 17 turnovers and shot 40 percent from the field.
Kemy Osse, who was scoreless in the first half, hit back-to-back 3-pointers that spurred a 12-0 run and put UALR ahead 54-44 with 7:20 remaining.
The Trojans made just 4 of 10 free throws in the game but shot 51 percent overall from the field and had only eight turnovers.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| North Texas (6-11) | 32 | 21 | 53 |
| Arkansas-Little Rock (10-8) « | 27 | 40 | 67 |
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| North Texas Mean Green | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Mitchell, F | 37 | 5-11 | 2-4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| A. Williams, G | 39 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| J. Williams, G | 32 | 3-6 | 3-5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| P. Hardwick, G | 31 | 2-7 | 4-4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| R. Franklin, G | 26 | 3-10 | 2-2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Coleman | 17 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| N. Stojiljkovic | 17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Mitchell | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-47 | 12-17 | 32 | 8 | 11 | 53 | |
| 40.4% | 70.6% | ||||||
| Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Neighbour, F | 33 | 4-9 | 0-1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| M. Javes, F | 16 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| J. Hagins, G | 33 | 5-9 | 0-1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| L. Isler, G | 31 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| B. Dillard, G | 24 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. White | 24 | 7-12 | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| T. Lockhart | 16 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| K. Osse | 13 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| G. Leeper | 6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| S. Billings | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Crass | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 29-57 | 4-10 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 67 | |
| 50.9% | 40% | ||||||
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