LAFAYETTE – Marcus Stroman scored 21 of his game-high 25 points in the second half while JaKeenan Gant and Justin Miller each added 19 points, but Arkansas State built a 16-point lead in the second half and held off a Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns rally for a 94-83 victory in the Sun Belt Conference opener for both teams on Thursday at the Cajundome.
Marquis Eaton scored a career-high 24 points and Grantham Gillard added 20 as A-State (7-7, 1-0 SBC) used a 19-4 run to build a double-digit lead and fend off a pair of Louisiana (9-5, 0-1 SBC) rallies.