LOUISIANA-MONROE 79, UALR 62

Rayjon Tucker scored 17 points and grabbed five rebounds as the University of Arkansas at Little Rock lost its season finale to Louisiana-Monroe at the Jack Stephens Center in Little Rock.

The Ragin Cajuns scored the game’s first eight points, and after UALR’s Dani Koljanin and Louisiana-Monroe’s Michael Ertel traded three-pointers, the Cajuns maintained a 13-5 lead nearly four minutes into the game. The Trojans went on a 9-0 run over the next 3:20, capped by a Jaizec Lottie layup with 14:09 left in the first half, to take a 14-13 lead. UALR’s lead never grew higher than four points, and a layup by Travis Munnings with 10:06 remaining tied the game at 21-21.

The Ragin Cajuns (16-14, 10-8 Sun Belt) built a double-digit lead on three occasions from that point, but a three-pointer by Deondre Burns with 1:32 left cut ULM’s lead to 40-32 at halftime.

A 6-1 run to start the second half pushed the lead to double digits again, where it would remain for the rest of the game.

The Trojans shot 45 percent (21 of 47) from the floor and were 37 percent (7 of 19) from the three-point line, but they didn’t hit a field goal in the game’s final 4:56. UALR was outrebounded 39-29 — including 10-3 on the offensive end — and committed 14 turnovers.

Burns and Koljanin scored 12 points each for UALR (10-21, 5-13). Munnings scored a game-high 23 points on 8-of-13 shooting from the floor, including 5 three-pointers, to lead Louisiana-Monroe. JD Williams had 18 points for the Warhawks, Daishon Smith and Andre Washington chipped in with 12 each and Ertel finished with 11.