The Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks (11-20, 7-11 Sun Belt) play the Georgia Southern Eagles (16-15, 9-9 Sun Belt) on Thursday in the second round of the Sun Belt Conference tournament in Pensacola, Florida at the Pensacola Bay Center. Louisiana-Monroe ended its regular season with a 64-61 loss to Arkansas State and the Warhawks have lost each of the last seven. Georgia Southern defeated Appalachian State 73-64 in its final game of the regular season. The Eagles have won two straight and four of the last six. Louisiana-Monroe and Georgia Southern do not have any players on their respective injury lists.
Louisiana-Monroe struggled all season on defense, allowing an average of 70.0 points per game while opponents shot 43.8% overall and 34.2% from behind the three-point line. The Louisiana-Monroe offense could not keep pace with what the defense was giving up as the Warhawks scored an average of just 67.7 points per game while shooting a disappointing 41.1% overall and 35.6% from downtown.
Tyreke Locure was the leading scorer for Louisiana-Monroe with an average of 14.5 points per game but shot just 37.1% overall and 38.2% from 3 point land. Jamari Blackmon was the second leading scorer with an average of 12.9 points per game, while shooting only 41.3% overall and 38.2% from downtown. Each of the top five scorers for Louisiana-Monroe shot between only 32.7% and 44.8%. Blackmon was the dish leader with an average of 3.2 ass ists per game. On the boards, the Warhawks averaged 35.0 rebounds per game led by Thomas Howell with an average of 7.9 boards per contest. Locure was the leader in steals with an average of 1.9 per game and Victor Bafutto was the leader in blocked shots with an average of 2.2 swats per game.
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