SUN BELT FOOTBALL NEWS

Carter, Arkansas St. make history, beat Georgia St. 78-67 (Feb 27, 2017)

JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) Devin Carter scored 20 points, and led five into double figures as Arkansas State defeated Georgia State 78-67 on Monday night, leap-frogging both Georgia St...

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Texas-Arlington beats Troy for share of Sun Belt title (Feb 27, 2017)

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Jorge Bilbao scored 16 points and grabbed eight rebounds, Faith Pope added 14, and Texas-Arlington dominated down low to beat Troy 82-67 on Monday night and...

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Texas St. uses balanced attack for 90-64 win over S. Alabama (Feb 27, 2017)

SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) Kavin Gilder-Tilbury scored 26 points shooting 10 for 15 and grabbed 11 rebounds and Texas State smoked South Alabama shooting 59 percent from the floor fo...

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Coastal Carolina edges Louisiana-Monroe in 77-72 win (Feb 27, 2017)

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) Shivaughn Wiggins scored 18 points and Colton Ray-St Cyr scored 16 and the two combined to shoot 14 for 21 from floor and Coastal Carolina beat Louisiana-Monroe...

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Bartley, Washington help Louisiana-Lafayette to 77-62 win (Feb 27, 2017)

BOONE, N.C. (AP) Frank Bartley IV scored 21 points and had five steals, tying a career high, and Louisiana-Lafayette defeated Appalachian State 77-62 on Monday night.

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Georgia Southern tops Arkansas St., 72-60, tightens Sun Belt (Feb 25, 2017)

JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) Ike Smith scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Georgia Southern pulled away from Arkansas State in the second half of its Sun Belt Conference battle S...

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Georgia St. still in title hunt with 71-54 win over UALR (Feb 25, 2017)

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Devin Mitchell scored 16 points and D'Marcus Simonds added 10 and Georgia State pulled away from Arkansas-Little Rock in the second half for a 71-54 win on...

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Frye leads with 21, Nicholls edges S.E. Louisiana 77-71 (Feb 25, 2017)

THIBODAUX, La. (AP) Ja'Dante' Frye scored 21 points on near-perfect shooting and Nicholls edged Southeast Louisiana 77-71 on Saturday.

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Texas State holds off Troy late, 61-59, breaks 5th-place tie (Feb 25, 2017)

SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) Nijal Pearson hit a pair of free throws with :19 left and Ojai Black added another as Texas State held off Troy, 63-59 Saturday in a key Sun Belt Conferenc...

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Neal, Hervey lead Texas-Arlington over South Alabama 86-75 (Feb 25, 2017)

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Erick Neal scored 16 points, Kevin Hervey had a double-double and Texas-Arlington rolled to an 86-75 victory over South Alabama on Saturday for its sixth st...

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

UL-Lafayette edges Coastal Carolina 79-77 (Feb 25, 2017)

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) Frank Bartley IV scored 19 points, including the go-ahead free throws late in the second half, to lift Louisiana-Lafayette to a 79-77 win over Coastal Carolina...

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Louisiana-Monroe beats Appalachian State 75-64 (Feb 25, 2017)

BOONE, N.C. (AP) Travis Munnings scored 21 points with 8-for-11 shooting to lead Louisiana-Monroe to a 75-64 win over Appalachian State on Saturday.

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Coastal Carolina pulls away in overtime, beats South Alabama (Feb 20, 2017)

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) Elijah Wilson scored 21 points, Demario Beck and Colton Ray-St Cyr each had double-doubles, and Coastal Carolina beat South Alabama 81-77 in overtime on Monday...

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Varnado has 21 points, 12 boards, Troy beats App State 76-66 (Feb 20, 2017)

TROY, Ala. (AP) Jordon Varnado scored 21 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to help Troy beat Appalachian State 76-66 on Monday night.

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Georgia State pulls away from Texas State in 67-51 win (Feb 20, 2017)

ATLANTA (AP) D'Marcus Simonds scored 18 points, Jeremy Hollowell added 16 more and hot-shooting Georgia State snapped a three-game skid with a 67-51 win over Texas State on Monda...

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Hervey, UTA beat Georgia Southern for 7th straight win (Feb 20, 2017)

STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) Kevin Hervey tied a career high with five 3-pointers and had his 11th double-double of the season, Jorge Bilbao scored 16 points with eight boards and Texas-...

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

High-scoring second half powers South Alabama past App St (Feb 18, 2017)

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) Ken Williams scored 20 points, Georgi Boyanov totaled 12 points and 12 rebounds, and South Alabama used a high-scoring second half to pull away from Appalachian...

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Varnado helps Troy roll past Coastal Carolina 87-78 (Feb 18, 2017)

TROY, Ala. (AP) Jordon Varnado scored 17 points, DeVon Walker scored 13 with 10 rebounds, and Troy led wire-to-wire in an 87-78 win over Coastal Carolina on Saturday.

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

UL-Lafayette edges UL-Monroe with half-court buzzer beater (Feb 18, 2017)

MONROE, La. (AP) Jay Wright scored 28 points and Johnathan Stove sank a half-court buzzer beater to lift Louisiana-Lafayette to an 85-84 win over Louisiana-Monroe on Saturday.

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Georgia Southern holds off Texas State 70-67 (Feb 18, 2017)

STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) Tookie Brown scored 21 points and Georgia Southern held off a late Texas State run to win 70-67 on Saturday to end a two-game skid.

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Neal 3-pointer lifts UT Arlington past Georgia State, 68-67 (Feb 18, 2017)

ATLANTA (AP) Erick Neal drilled a 35-footer with two seconds left and Texas Arlington maintained its hold on first place in the Sun Belt Conference with a 68-67 win at Georgia St...

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Carter, Simms lead Arkansas State to victory (Feb 17, 2017)

JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) Devin Carter made four 3-pointers and scored 18 points and Deven Simms added 16 and Arkansas State defeated Arkansas-Little Rock 67-58 on Friday night.

FEBRUARY 18, 2017