UALR basketball Coach Darrell Walker was searching for something -- or somebody -- to spark his Trojans on Sunday afternoon at the Jack Stephens Center.
"I thought we were kind of sluggish," he said.
Walker scanned the locker room at halftime and turned to 6-5 sophomore guard Isaiah Palermo, who played less than a minute in the first half.
Walker is glad he did.
Palermo, who averaged 3.1 points in the Trojans' four games in Louisville, Ky., started the second half and didn't leave the floor until he fouled out with 5:23 to play in the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's 86-83 victory over the University of Central Arkansas.