University of Arkansas at Little Rock women's basketball Coach Joe Foley clearly had been perturbed by how the Trojans performed coming out of halftime in the previous two games.
Over the last week, he'd called out his team for immaturity and complacency in those third quarters. On Wednesday, he referred to the third quarter as the team's "nemesis." Senior guard Kyra Collier had said the Trojans needed to "grow up."
On Saturday afternoon, the messages were received.
Trailing 28-25 at halftime, the Trojans dominated the third quarter, 22-10, and kept the momentum rolling in the fourth to pull away for a 67-58 victory over Arkansas State University in front of an announced crowd of 1,034 at the Jack Stephens Center in Little Rock.