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White's long-distance shooting sparks UALR win

From a glance at the play-by-play, C.J. White's third three-pointer in less than 2 1/2 minutes might've seemed like a heat check.

When the ball swung cross-court from Nikola Maric and then kicked into the hands of a wide-open White on a pass from Marko Lukic, though, it was anything but that.

White's string of three-pointers was part of an overwhelming 23-1 Trojan run as the University of Arkansas-Little Rock surged past Georgia Southern 78-66 in its Sun Belt Conference opener at the Jack Stephens Center in Little Rock on Thursday night. White matched his career-high with 15 points, hitting all six of his free throws down the stretch, in his first game since Nov.