Nov. 21, 2015
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SAN DIEGO (AP) - Josh Hagins made four straight shots in the final 2:45, including a 3-pointer, and finished with 14 points as Little Rock stunned San Diego State 49-43 on Saturday.
The Trojans (3-0) twice took 11-point leads in the first half and were more energetic than the Aztecs (2-2), who committed 16 turnovers and shot only 28.3 percent (13-for-46).
The Aztecs seemed to have gotten the upper hand after Ben Perez hit his third 3-pointer of the second half for a 41-38 lead with 4:11 to go.
That's when Hagins started his run, making a baseline shot and then a long 3-pointer for a two-point lead with 2:06 to go. After SDSU's Jeremy Hemsley made a layup to tie it, Hagins made a 10-foot jumper and then a shot from just inside the arc for a 47-43 lead.
Little Rock won despite being outrebounded 42-28. The Trojans, though, had 25 defensive boards.
Hemsley and Dakarai Allen scored 11 points apiece for SDSU.
After leading 26-19 at halftime, Little Rock went cold from the field in the second half, making only one field goal in the first 10 minutes, a 3-pointer by Hagins.
At one point in the second half, the Aztecs had made more free throws, nine, than field goals, seven.
The Trojans outhustled and outshot the Aztecs in twice taking leads of 11 points in the first half. The first was 19-8 after Maurius Hill made a 3-pointer and Lis Shoshi a jumper. The other was 24-13 after Hagins made a jumper in the key.
San Diego State was in the midst of going almost eight minutes without a field goal. Allen made a layup with 13:10 to go and failed to convert the three-point play. The Aztecs made only four free throws until Zylan Cheatham made a layup with 5:28 before halftime to cut it to 19-13.
The Aztecs had seven turnovers to none for the Trojans in the first half, and were outshot 34.6 percent to 22.7 percent.
TIP-INS
Little Rock: Coach Chris Beard was an assistant at Texas Tech when the Red Raiders beat SDSU four straight times between 2001-04.
San Diego State was playing a Sun Belt Conference team for the first time since hosting Troy on Nov. 30, 2003.
UP NEXT
Little Rock plays East Carolina in Las Vegas on Thursday.
San Diego State hosts East Carolina on Monday night in a non-bracketed game of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational. SDSU then plays No. 15 California in Las Vegas on Thanksgiving night.