NCAA First Four: UNC-Asheville vs. UALR live blog all night long

BURN THE HORSE

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Bozeman, Marlo with 7, El Fuerte, Country and Williams with 6. Great balance at halftime for UALR.  Mouzy, Leeper and Marlo have 2 fouls

UALR 15 of 27 (55 percent) and 5 of 13 from 3 (38). Asheville 13-29 (44) and 0-2 from 3. Rebounds 12-12. UALR 6 turnovers to UNCA's 3.

UALR extremely poised after that run that allowed Asheville to take the lead. That allows Trojans to go into halftime with a four-point lead

And UALR capitalizes with a three-point play by El Fuerte. Trojans lead Asheville 37-33 and got a second foul on Cunningham

Much better ball movement. Williams hits a 3 for a 34-33 UALR lead. And Asheville is called for a foul with 6.3 left. Last chance for UALR

Mouzy guarding Dickey is a mismatch in favor of Asheville. Three-point play cuts UALR lead to 29-27 with 2:47 left.

is 12 of 22 but 4 of 11. Way too many three-pointers for the Trojans so far. Still, UALR leads 29-22.

UALR can't buy a basket. More than 4 minutes without a FG. Lead shrinks to 27-22. But Bozeman makes a tough layup to end the drought.

UALR is  getting a bit three happy. need to work it inside first. Still, Trojans lead Asheville 27-18 with 5:38 left.

This might be the first time since the Philander game that UALR has the height advantage over anyone.

Solo missed a free throw. He makes the second for a 27-16 lead.  Asheville comes back with a dunk at the other end 27-18

Chuck Guy hits another three for a 24-16 lead.   Back to back to back turnovers and Money gets a huge dunk for UALR. 26-16 Trojans lead.

Kareem Abdul Jabbar is there. He's seen UALR with 9 assists and 1 turnover so far. Make that 2. 21-14 Trojans lead.

Asheville's quick guards are no match for D'Andre Williams' quickness  so far. Drive and dish to Marlo for a dunk. UALR leads 21-12

Marlo strokes a 3 as UALR goes up 17-6. Trojans are hot outside as they make their first substitutions.

Bozeman in transition hits the pull-up J. Then a transition score for Bozeman as Trojans take a 14-6 lead with 13:08 left.

Asheville goes zone and bails UALR with a late shot clock foul.  But Leeper misses on the possession.  Leeper also playing good D

3 team fouls against UALR,  none against Asheville. Trojans holding a 10-6 lead at first media timeout.

UALR comes out smoking and looks great doing it. Trojans grab a quick 10-4 lead as UNCA calls timeout

UALR wins the tip. And gets a great look for a Leeper layup. Asheville answers

Asheville going with black uniforms tonight.

For everyone who has stuck with this through the years. For everyone jumping on now. Tonight, we BURN THE HORSE. Go UALR Trojans!!!!

UALR Trojans wearing white tonight as the home team. They had won four-straight wearing maroon.

Pre-pregame is over. Real pregame starts now. Live blog for UALR and UNC-Asheville continues at http://www.burnthehorse.blogspot.com/

I can't decide if all these people rooting for UALR on the inernet are fans coming out of nowhere or gamblers trying to make bank

Pregame continues. Live updates from Dayton as soon as we're ready for tip off.

We'll keep updating this all night long. Keep refeshing once we get closer to game time. For now, have a look at the predictions for tonight's game. Most are going with UNC-Asheville, but some pretty heavy hitters have selected UALR:
http://burnthehorse.blogspot.com/2011/03/bth-predictions-314-ualr-underdog-going.html