STATE COLLEGE ROUNDUP

SUN BELT MEN ARKANSAS STATE 64, FLORIDA ATLANTIC 63

Rashad Lindsey’s jumper at the buzzer gave Arkansas State University a 64-63 victory over Florida Atlantic on Saturday at FAU Arena in Boca Raton, Fla.

After playing to a 29-29 halftime tie, there were 8 more ties in the second half, the last coming after an Anthony Adger jumper for Florida Atlantic to make it 58-58 with 3:47 remaining. Tamas Bruce fouled Gerdarius Troutman as he tried to shoot a three-pointer, and Troutman hit all three free throws to give the Owls a 61-58 lead with 2:56 left.

Lindsey made a jumper with 1:39 remaining to cut the FAU lead to 61-60. Justin Massey made two free throws to push the lead to 63-60 with 45 seconds left, but Simms answered with a jumper to cut the lead to 63-62 with 32 seconds on the clock. ASU called a timeout, and on the following FAU possession Lindsey stole the ball from Troutman with 19 seconds left. Ty Cockfield missed a layup with six seconds left but got his own rebound, setting up Lindsey’s game-winning shot.

Simms led the Red Wolves with 22 points on 10-of-19 shooting from the floor and Cockfield added 16. Ronald Delph led the Owls with 16 points, while Troutman finished with 15 and Adger chipped in 13.

SUN BELT WOMEN KANSAS STATE 66, UALR 51

Raeyana DeGray led the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s women’s team in scoring for the fifth time in the past six games, but it wasn’t enough to overcome Peyton Williams’ career-high 25 points as the Trojans fell to Kansas State 6651 at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kan.

DeGray scored 14 points, grabbed 8 rebounds and had 2 steals for the Trojans (3-7), while Keanna Keys added 12 points and Anna Hurlburt chipped in with 11.