Little Rock cruises past Georgia Southern 80-67
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Marcus Johnson Jr. matched a career-high with seven 3-pointers and finished with 24 points, and Little Rock cruised to an 80-67 victory over Georgia Southern on Thursday night.
The Trojans (18-2, 8-1 Sun Belt Conference) have won eight of their last nine games and are off to their best conference start.
Johnson was 8 of 13 from the floor. Roger Woods had 15 points, and Josh Hagins added 10 points and six assists for Little Rock, which shot 51 percent from the floor.
Tookie Brown scored 17 points and Mike Hughes had 16 to lead Georgia Southern (7-12, 3-6).