The men’s basketball team (8-11, 4-4) fell to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock 98-96 on Saturday in Little Rock, Arkansas.
It was the final season the teams met as Sun Belt Conference members. UTA is leaving for the Western Athletic Conference, and Little Rock will be going to the Ohio Valley Conference.
Little Rock got out to a 17-5 lead and made six of their first 10 shots.
Successful free throw attempts from graduate forward Lazaro Rojas, and back-to-back 3-pointers from junior guard Carson Bischoff cut UTA’s deficit to 20-19.
Little Rock would outscore the Mavericks 15-7 as UTA trailed 35-26 into halftime.