Covid-19 contact tracing depleted the UALR men's basketball's roster Monday night and resulted -- along with foul trouble and an injury -- in the Trojans playing the final 49 seconds of their 85-77 defeat at Missouri State with four players.
Days after 14 players appeared in the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's victory over Champion Christian on Friday, testing protocols left only eight available players for Coach Darrell Walker in the Trojans' nonconference finale. Notable absentees included Jovan Stulic, Admir Besovic and Marko Lukic as UALR dropped to 4-3 on the season.
"I don't know if it was false tests or negatives; I think it was a false positive, then a negative test," Walker said.