A good start

BURN THE HORSE
UALR needs to get off to a good start if it hopes to upset Missouri State on Wednesday at JQH Arena.
Thus far this season, UALR has gotten off to only one bad start in six games. And the Trojans rebounded from behind down 9-4 at the first media timeout to beat Louisiana Tech last Friday.
Here's the scores this season going into the first media timeout, which occurs at the first stoppage in play after the 16:00 mark of the first half.
  • SMU 5, UALR 3 (won)
  • St. Bonaventure 6, UALR 2 (lost)
  • UALR 16, St. Gregory's 1 (won)
  • UALR 7, Illinois State 0 (won)
  • UALR 6, Oral Roberts 2 (lost)
  • Louisiana Tech 9, UALR 4 (won)
UALR's two losses had little to do with the opening minutes of the game. It was the middle part of the first half when both game started to slip away. And both got ugly in the second half.
Missouri State has been down at the first media timeout in four of its six games so far.
JQH Arena should be rocking on Wednesday. Students are back from Thanksgiving break and finals have not yet begun. Taking the intensity of that crowd down a notch will be important if an upset is in the works.