The Eagles didn't play well on this road last weekend after getting dominated in the second half against South Alabama and failing their comeback attempt on Troy. In both games neither sophomores Ike Smith or Tookie Brown scored 15 points in both contests.
The losses last weekend may have been the wake up call the Eagles needed to finish out the season. They are considered the favorite in most of their Sun Belt games, but have not been able to take care of teams until the end of the game. Having these losses shows them they can't afford to play down to any teams in conference or have bad starts they can't come back from.