North Texas Stops UALR in OT, 75-67
North Texas earned a bye in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament last night, beating Arkansas-Little Rock in overtime, 75-67.
North Texas (16-12, 9-6) got a huge game from Alzee Williams, who scored 25 points. Tony Mitchell had 13 points and 16 rebounds.
North Texas assured itself of no worse than a fifth place finish. The Trojans (14-15, 11-4) can still lock up the West Division and the tournament's #2 seed with a win over Arkansas State Saturday.
That was one of three games in the Sun Belt that went into overtime last night. In Boca Raton, Mychael Ammons scored a career-high 25 points as South Alabama (8-7, 16-10) defeated Florida Atlantic (11-17, 7-8). 79-75.
And, in Miami, Emil Jones scored 17 as Troy (9-17, 4-11) outlasted FIU (7-21, 4-11) 75-70. FIU scored only three points in the overtime period.
And, in Bowling Green, Slidell native T. J. Price hit a three pointer with two seconds remaining to give Western Kentucky (10-18, 6-9) a 79-76 win over Arkansas State.
Elsewhere, regular-season overall champion Middle Tennessee (25-4, 14-1) hit 10-19 from three point range and blasted Louisiana-Monroe (2-26, 1-14) 94-61.
Sun Belt Standings (known seeds in parenthesis)
(1) Middle Tennessee 14-1
Arkansas-Little Rock 11-4
Denver 10-5
Louisiana 10-5
North Texas 9-6
(6) South Alabama 8-7
Florida Atlantic 7-8
Western Kentucky 6-9
Arkansas State 6-9
FIU 4-11
Troy 4-11
This weekend, South Alabama is at FIU, Troy travels to FAU, Western Kentucky plays host to Middle Tennessee, Arkansas State is at UALR, Louisiana-Monroe is at Louisiana, and on Sunday, North Texas visits Denver.