PENSACOLA, Fla. - The Sun Belt Conference’s second-best men’s basketball scoring defense entering postseason play belonged to the Appalachian State University Mountaineers. On Friday night, Appalachian State (14-11) forced the Little Rock Trojans (11-15) into 14 turnovers and held them to only 4-14 shooting from beyond the arc, as the Mountaineers grabbed a 67-60 win at Hartsell Arena to advance in the Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Championships.
Little Rock started quickly, scoring nine of the game’s first 12 points, but App State rattled off a quick 8-0 run to grab its first lead of the game with 14:47 left in the first half.