Seniors surrender final game to Bobcats, 70-65

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Senior week for the ULM Men’s Basketball team didn’t go quite as planned for the Warhawks as they dropped the last two home games to UT Arlington 72-57 and Texas State University 70-65.
Through the first half of the game vs UT Arlington, the Warhawks gave the Mavericks everything they had. There were 12 lead changes in the first half. Thirteen points was the result for ULM from UTA turnovers.
Meanwhile, the Warhawks had great ball security, only allowing three turnovers. Going into halftime, ULM would find themselves down by only one point with a 31-30 score.
The second half of the game was not kind to the Warhawks. The offense could not find any baskets while the Mavericks were not missing. UTA started the second half with a 13-5 run on the Warhawks to increase their lead to 44-35. But the Warhawks are fighters, and they attempted to surge back. ULM pulled the game back to within five points, but the Maverick offense proved to be too powerful for the Warhawks as they steadily pulled away in the last five minutes of the game.
Game number two was Saturday at Fant-Ewing and was an emotional senior day for three of your Warhawks. Guards Nick Coppola, Marcus Washington and Prince Cooper played in their last game here at home. Although wanting to go out with a win, their stories are not yet over as they look to upset another team at the Sun Belt Tournament.
“We haven’t been able to close well…” said head coach Richard, “it’s been in the last five or six minutes, and it’s been at the buzzer.”
Saturday, the Warhawks faced off against Texas State in an exciting final game. In the first half of the ...


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