After losing seven straight and falling down the Sun Belt standings to the eight seed, the Red Wolves looked to get back on track on Tuesday night at the Jack Stephens Center. The Red Wolves, however, were unable to hang with league-leading UALR and fell 89-80.

“I don’t have a lot of complaint,” A-State Head Coach John Brady said. “We had a couple of defensive breakdowns, but their guards are really good. They shoot the ball so well, and they made timely baskets. Our team made some plays, though. That teams is holding people to 58 points a game and we come in their gym and put 80 on them. I don’t know if they’ve had 80 scored on them all year.”

The Trojans came out looking for revenge over the Red Wolves, and shot 59.4 percent from the field and 42.9 percent from beyond the arc in the first half of play. The Trojans dominated the Red Wolves inside the painted area, outscoring them 22-6.

UALR led 48-38 after one half.

The Trojans were paced in the first half by Roger Woods, who scored 16 points on 6-8 shooting. A-State was led in scoring by Devin Carter, Nouhoum Bocoum and Anthony Livingston, who each had 10 points.

The Red Wolves looked to claw their way back into the game in the second half, but UALR wouldn't budge. The Red Wolves got it to a single digit ballgame for most of the half, but never could get over the hump. The Trojan offense was able to exploit the Red Wolves defense through ball screens to free up their guards. UALR shot 7-14 (50 percent) from beyond the arc in the second half, and almost all of made threes were off of kick-outs.

“Defensively we struggled a little bit,” Brady said. “We did some good things on offense, but struggled to get it going on defense.”

Despite losing the game, A-State had a definite advantage on the boards all night. A-State out rebounded UALR 42-24, and led in second chance points 17-6.

The Red Wolves were paced in scoring by Devin Carter and Nouhoum Bocoum. Carter finished the game with 22 points on 8-16 shooting from the field, and 4-8 shooting from beyond the arc. Bocoum finished with a career high 21 points on 8-11 shooting, to go along with nine rebounds.

Anthony Livingston recorded a career high 22 rebounds in the contest as well.

A-State now moves to 11-19 (7-12) and have now lost eight straight games. A-State now sits just a half game ahead of Texas State for the eight seed with one game to go.

“We’re starting to get our mojo back, and Donte Thomas is starting to get back in the flow,” Brady said. “If we have this type of effort Saturday, i think we can win the game.”

The Red Wolves will be back in action on Saturday when they take on Appalachian State at 2:30 p.m. The game can be seen on WatchESPN.