NEW ORLEANS -- The UALR Trojans women's basketball team relied on one of the nation's top defenses to roll to the Sun Belt Conference regular-season title.
But Saturday night in the Sun Belt Tournament semifinals, Louisiana-Lafayette repeatedly dissected the University of Arkansas at Little Rock defense in a 79-71 victory at Lakefront Arena.
The fifth-seeded Ragin' Cajuns (20-10) scored 58 points in the paint -- four more than UALR's ninth-ranked scoring defense was giving heading into the game -- to advance to the championship game against the winner of Saturday's late game between No. 2 Texas-Arlington and No.