Men’s basketball head coach Keith Richard cemented his 300th career win on Thursday, defeating Georgia Southern (12-9; 5-3) 72- 59 to claim ULM’s third-straight Sun Belt Conference win of the season and remain tied for first place in the conference standings. But juxtaposed against that career milestone stood a 77-53 blowout loss to the Troy Trojans (12-9; 5-3) on Saturday that dropped the Warhawks (9-12; 5-3) down to a three-way tie for second place.
For the Trojans, Saturday’s win marked an important stat. It was their largest margin of victory since they defeated ULM exactly nine” “years prior by 28 points.