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2015-16 SUN BELT CONFERENCE REVIEW
REVIEW
Final Standings Sun Belt Overall
W L Pct. W L Pct.
Little Rock%# 17 3 .850 29 4 .879
ULM 15 5 .750 20 13 .606
UT Arlington 13 7 .650 23 10 .697
Louisiana 12 8 .600 17 14 .548
Georgia Southern 10 10 .500 14 17 .452
Georgia State 9 11 .450 16 14 .533
Texas State 8 12 .400 15 16 .484
South Alabama 8 12 .400 14 19 .424
Appalachian State 7 13 .350 9 22 .290
Arkansas State 7 13 .350 10 20 .333
Troy 4 16 .200 9 22 .290
% - Regular Season Champion # SBC Tournament Champions
All-Sun Belt Teams
First Team Yr. Pos. School
Tookie Brown Fr. G Georgia Southern
Josh Hagins Sr. G Little Rock
Shawn Long Sr. F Louisiana
Majok Deng Sr. F ULM
Erick Neal So. G UT Arlington
Second Team Yr. Pos. School
Frank Eaves Sr. G Appalachian State
Anthony Livingston Jr. F Arkansas State
Marcus Johnson Jr. Jr. G Little Rock
Justin Roberson Sr. G ULM
Wesley Person So. G Troy
Final Statistics Rankings
Team (All Games) All Games SBC Only
Scoring Offense 4th 73.6 6th 71.8
Scoring Defense 10th 75.9 10th 76.7
Scoring Margin 8th -2.3 8th -4.8
Free-Throw Pct. 1st .734 1st .734
Field-Goal Pct. 7th .415 8th .409
FG Pct. Defense 3rd .399 3rd .408
3-Pt. FG Pct. 9th .316 9th .311
3-Pt. FG Pct. Def. 8th .352 10th .365
Rebounding Off. 3rd 40.1 3rd 38.8
Rebounding Def. 11th 40.5 11th 40.8
Rebounding Margin 6th -0.5 7th -2.0
Blocked Shots 1st 4.4 2nd 3.9
Assists 5th 12.3 8th 11.1
Steals 9th 5.1 9th 4.5
Turnover Margin 9th -1.35 9th -1.85
Assist/TO Ratio 8th 1.0 8th 0.9
Offensive Reb. 9th 10.8 9th 10.3
Defensive Reb. 1st 29.3 2nd 28.6
Offensive Reb. Pct. 9th .281 10th .272
Defensive Reb. Pct. 5th .694 7th .682
3-Point FG Made 9th 5.8 8th 6.0
Tournament Results
Opening Round (March 10)
No. 8 South Alabama 67
No. 5 Georgia Southern 61
No. 7 Texas State 63
No. 6 Georgia State 61
Quarterfinals (March 11)
No. 4 UL Lafayette 90
No. 8 South Alabama 68
No. 3 UT Arlington 72
No. 7 Texas State 63
Semifinals (March 12)
No. 1 Little Rock 72
No. 4 UL Lafayette 65
No. 2 ULM 82
No. 3 UT Arlington 71
Championship (March 13)
No. 1 Little Rock 70
No. 2 ULM 50
Third Team Yr. Pos. School
Devin Carter Jr. G Arkansas State
Mike Hughes So. G Georgia Southern
Roger Woods Sr. F Little Rock
Ken Williams Jr. G South Alabama
Emani Gant Sr. F Texas State
Player of the Year: Shawn Long, Louisiana
Defensive Player of the Year: Justin Roberson, ULM
Freshman of the Year: Tookie Brown, Georgia Southern
Coach of the Year: Chris Beard, Little Rock
Student-Athletes of the Week
Date Player School
Nov. 17 Jordan Varnado Troy
Nov. 24 Kevin Hervey UT Arlington
Dec. 1 Josh Hagins Little Rock
Dec. 8 Kevin Hervey UT Arlington
Dec. 15 Josh Hagins Little Rock
Jan. 4 Donte Thomas Arkansas State
Jan. 11 Jeremy Hollowell Georgia State
Jan. 18 Shawn Long Louisiana
Jan. 25 Justin Roberson ULM
Feb. 1 Shawn Long Louisiana
Feb. 8 Tookie Brown Georgia Southern
Feb. 15 Majok Deng ULM
Feb. 22 Wesley Person Troy
Feb. 29 Shawn Long Louisiana
March 7 Majok Deng ULM
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