BTH Need to Read (1/16): UALR-ULL recaps, Sun Belt roundup

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The Daily Advertiser
http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20110116/SPORTS/101160350/Trojans-escape-Cajuns
ESPN/The Associated Press
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=310152031

The UALR women held off Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday. Read The Daily Advertiser:
http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20110116/SPORTS/101160332/UALR-holds-off-bid-by-UL-women

Florida Atlantic beat Western Kentucky at Bowling Green last night. Western Kentucky is now 0-4 in Sun Belt play and has lost six consecutive games for the first time since the 1998-1999 season. And now they're interviewing the AD about what he plans to do about it. Read the BGDN blog at:
http://bgdnwkublog.wordpress.com/
Meanwhile, Florida Atlantic remained unbeaten in SBC play. Here's the South Florida Sun Sentinel's blog:
http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports/college/fau/blog/2011/01/owls_keep_on_winning_6_straigh.html
Meanwhile, Troy knocked off North Texas at home. Troy had quite a homestand, beating Western Kentucky and North Texas. Read the Dothan Eagle:
http://www2.dothaneagle.com/sports/2011/jan/15/troy-gets-big-victory-over-north-texas-ar-1347154/
The opposite side of that is the shock from North Texas. Read the Denton Record Chronicle:
http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/sports/stories/DRC_untmenhoops_0116.bb548f01.html Denver is the other unbeaten team in Sun Belt play. The Pioneers trailed for only 22 seconds of the 45 minutes played in an overtime victory over Florida International. Read the Denver Post:
http://www.denverpost.com/colleges/ci_17109420
South Alabama continues to struggle. The Jaguars lost at home to Louisiana-Monroe on Saturday. Read the Mobile Register:
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/01/south_alabama_suffers_two-poin.html
And Trey Finn came up with a couple of late plays as ASU avoided a meltdown against Middle Tennessee. Read the Jonesboro Sun:
http://www.jonesborosun.com/story.php?ID=45868