JONESBORO, Ark. (3/7/19) – Ty Cockfield II scored a game-high 26 points, Grantham Gillard added a career-high 25 and Marquis Eaton hit a pair of game-winning free throws with seven seconds left to lift the Arkansas State men’s basketball team to a 73-72 Sun Belt Conference victory over ULM Thursday night at First National Bank Arena.
With the victory, A-State (13-17, 7-10) secured a spot in next week’s Sun Belt Conference Tournament. ULM (15-14, 8-9) suffered its second straight setback and now sits one game above A-State in the Sun Belt standings at seventh place.