Wes Flanigan found the second half of Wednesday's 71-65 victory much more pleasant to talk about than the first 20 minutes.
Coming back from a 16-point deficit, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock rode a career-high 24-point performance from sophomore Andre Jones to a nonconference victory over the University of Central Arkansas at the Jack Stephens Center.
The Trojans (2-5) connected on 15 of 29 second-half shots, held UCA's leading scorer Jordan Howard to 12 points and were guilty of only one turnover in the final 20 minutes.
"Tonight you saw we are very capable of being a pretty good defensive team," said Flanigan, the Trojans' second-year head coach.