UALR squandered a halftime lead and trailed by seven points with 4:36 left to play Friday before a 13-2 run salvaged a 66-62 victory over Louisiana-Monroe.
Nikola Maric made a go-ahead hook shot with 19 seconds remaining, but it did little to soothe University of Arkansas at Little Rock Coach Darrell Walker.
"Overall, I'm not happy with this performance," he said. "We've got to get better. We got the 'W', which is good for us, but we have to get better."
The Trojans (9-7, 5-4 Sun Belt) overcame a sluggish second half behind 17 points apiece from Maric and Markquis Nowell to sneak past the Warhawks (4-12, 2-6) to open the weekend series.