BURN THE HORSE
Redshirt
freshman James White looked quite a bit different than freshman James White. |
| James White |
White, who
played only six minutes last season before an injury forced him to redshirt,
made the most of that redshirt year. And he made the most of his restart to his
freshman year last night. White finished with 18 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist,
1 block and 1 steal as UALR beat Tennessee-Martin 84-68 on Friday at the Jack
Stephens Center.
White
provided instant energy when he entered the game midway through the first half.
And he continued that energy when he subbed in for foul-plagued Will Neighbour
early in the second half.
His four
offensive rebounds were huge.
Inside the
three-point line, White was 8 of 9 from the field. He also hit both of his free
throws, which was remarkable considering the flagrant foul leveled on him
seconds earlier.
THE GOOD
Freshman
John Gillon had 22 points and 3 assists without a turnover.
THE BAD
UALR’s post
tandem of Michael Javes and Gus Leeper combined for 3 points and 4 rebounds in
23 minutes.
THE UGLY
UALR made
only 10 of 17 first-half free throws for 59 percent. The Trojans did rally to
make 12 of 13 in the second half though.
TROJAN MAN
Will
Neighbour, playing with concussion symptoms, had 13 points and 13 rebounds.
STAT OF THE GAME
UALR
outrebounded Tennessee-Martin 39-32, including 11-4 in offensive rebounds.
Martin had 22 offensive rebounds in its exhibition victory.
VEGAS, BABY
Vegas was
convinced. The line started at 10.5 points and shrunk to 7 by gametime to try
and entice folks to go with Tennessee-Martin. As it turned out, UALR easily
covered.
UP NEXT
UALR takes
on Louisiana Tech on Wednesday in Ruston, La. Louisiana Tech lost its opener at
Texas A&M but looked very good much of the night.
