The UALR men’s basketball team entered the season with a new coach, seven new players and was picked in the middle of the Sun Belt Conference.
Now the Trojans can be mentioned among some of Division I’s highest-ranked teams.
Marcus Johnson Jr. scored 18 points and Josh Hagins added 15 to help UALR to a 72-49 victory over Troy in front of a crowd of 3,385 Thursday at the Jack Stephens Center in Little Rock. The victory is the school’s 20th this year, the first time since 2009 it has reached that mark.
UALR (20-2, 10-1) joins three other teams who have reached 20 victories: No.