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Little Rock stuffs men's basketball to close out Lone Star Showcase

Junior Guard Marcus Keene works around an opponent on Nov. 17 in McGuirk Arena.

On the eve of Thanksgiving, the Central Michigan men's basketball team gave up a 10-0 run to prevent its comeback against Arkansas-Little Rock.

The Chippewas trailed 81-79 to Arkansas-Little Rock with 2:06 remaining in the game before the Trojans mashed the Chippewas offensively. Little Rock beat CMU 91-79 Wednesday night to wrap up the Lone Star Showcase at the H-E-B Center in Cedar Park, Texas.

CMU has now lost two straight after starting its season 4-0. After defeating Pepperdine on Monday and losing by 31 points to St.