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ASU Tops UALR 69-61 In SBC Opener

JONESBORO (12/20/09) – The Arkansas State men's basketball team defeated Arkansas-Little Rock 69-61 in its Sun Belt Conference opener Sunday afternoon at the Convocation Center in front of a crowd of 3,365, the largest of the season for the Red Wolves.

The Red Wolves, which snapped a four-game skid, improved to 4-5 on the season, while the Trojans fell to 4-8 overall and 0-2 in Sun Belt Conference play.  ASU improved to 2-0 in league openers under head coach John Brady and ended a three-game winning streak by the Trojans in the series.

Arkansas State was led by four players scoring in double figures, including Daniel Bryant with a game-high 17 points.  Bryant reached double digits in the scoring column for the sixth time this season and was joined by Martavius Adams and JeJuan Brown with 11 points each and Brandon Reed with 10.

The Red Wolves built a 13-point lead in the first half, but UALR cut the lead to 41-37 by halftime and the final 20 minutes was tightly contested with four ties and six lead changes.  Following an ASU timeout with 5:02 left in the game, the Red Wolves broke a 55-55 tie with back-to-back jumpers by Brown and Bryant and didn't give up the lead the rest of the way.

ASU outscored UALR 14-6 over the game's final minutes, but led just 61-58 with 1:25 remaining after a lay-up by UALR's Alex Garcia-Mendoza.  However, ASU's Trey Finn then made four consecutive free throws and Bryant hit a lay-up with 35 seconds left to give the Red Wolves a 67-58 lead and put the game out of reach.

ASU finished the game with a .407 field goal percentage to UALR's .383 and outrebounded the Trojans 45-35.  The Red Wolves made 12-of-13 free throws in the first half and, despite enduring a cold stretch at the line during the second half, finished the game with a .700 percentage.

Adams, who narrowly missed his second double-double of the season by one rebound, and Reed accounted for 17 of the Red Wolves first 23 points to lead to help them build a 13-point cushion eight minutes into the game.  UALR went on a 27-18 run in the final 12 minutes of the half to cut the ASU lead to four at the break.

UALR guard and Jonesboro native Matt Mouzy three three-pointers over the first two and a half minutes that run to spark the Trojans, Mouzy finished with 11 points.

Along with Mouzy, Alex Garcia-Mendoza led the team with 16 points and Courtney Jackson recorded a double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds rounding out the UALR players in double-digit scoring.

“It was a good win for us to be able to pull off,” said ASU head coach John Brady. “We needed one and I told our team this was an important game for us to do everything that we could possibly do to make it go our way. They knew it, I knew it and our fans were anticipating it so it was good for us to win it. Had we not guarded and tried and fought for 40-minutes defensively and rebounded the ball, it could have gone the other way.”

ASU will have a quick turnaround returning to action on Tuesday when they travel to Greenville, Miss. to face Mississippi Valley State. Tipoff against the Delta Devils is set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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Players Mentioned

Martavius Adams

#13 Martavius Adams

F
6' 8"
Sophomore
JeJuan Brown

#31 JeJuan Brown

F
6' 7"
Senior
Daniel Bryant

#3 Daniel Bryant

G
5' 10"
Sophomore
Trey Finn

#2 Trey Finn

G
6' 2"
Redshirt Freshman
Brandon Reed

#1 Brandon Reed

G
6' 3"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Martavius Adams

#13 Martavius Adams

6' 8"
Sophomore
F
JeJuan Brown

#31 JeJuan Brown

6' 7"
Senior
F
Daniel Bryant

#3 Daniel Bryant

5' 10"
Sophomore
G
Trey Finn

#2 Trey Finn

6' 2"
Redshirt Freshman
G
Brandon Reed

#1 Brandon Reed

6' 3"
Freshman
G
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