The men’s basketball team (9-14, 5-7) lost 74-71 to the University of Louisiana Monroe on Thursday.
UTA took a 22-15 lead, but Louisiana-Monroe went on an 11-0 scoring run to give them a 4-point lead.
The Mavericks would trail at halftime 40-38 while they shot 48% from the field and 41% from beyond the arc.
Graduate guard David Azore led the team in scoring after the first half, with 15 points on four of six shooting from the field.
Louisiana-Monroe extended their lead into double figures at 50-39 with 16:18 left in the game. The Mavericks countered it and trimmed their lead to two at 57-55.