MONROE, La. -- Kemy Osse had a different feeling when the UALR men's basketball team visited the West Coast almost three months ago.
It was UALR's third game of the season, and although it was off to a 2-0 start, victories over non-NCAA Division I members Central Baptist College and Centenary didn't provide much clarity about Coach Chris Beard's first team. But Osse, a junior guard, was confident about the Nov. 21 road game.
"The way we prepared for them, the way guys were locked in on the scouting reports," Osse said this week. "I just felt a big difference.