If the first two games of Sun Belt Conference are any indication, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock men's basketball is slowly figuring out how to do what it so often couldn't last season -- close out tight games.
Take the last outing at Louisiana-Lafayette on Dec. 21, when the Trojans trailed by one heading into the final minute before sophomore point guard Markquis Nowell drained a go-ahead three-pointer, junior forward Ruot Monyyong threw down a dunk, freshman guard Isaiah Palermo knocked down a pair of throws, and the defense delivered a stop to close out a 69-66 victory.