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                <p>HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Solomon Bozeman's deep 3-pointer with 1.5 seconds remaining gave Arkansas-Little Rock a 64-63 win over North Texas for the Sun Belt title on Tuesday night and sent the Trojans to the NCAA tournament for the first time in 21 years.</p>
                <p>It's the first conference tournament title in school history, and the NCAA trip is the first for the school since 1990.</p>
                <p>North Texas (22-11), the defending tournament champion, led 59-52 with less than 2 minutes remaining. UALR (19-16) pulled within 62-61 with 17.6 seconds remaining on a 3-pointer by Matt Mouzy.</p>
                <p>After Tristan Thompson put the Mean Green up 63-61 with a free throw with 7 seconds remaining, Bozeman took the inbound pass all the way up the court and hit the game-winning 3-pointer.</p>
                <p>Alex Garcia-Mendoza then stole the inbound pass to secure the Trojans' win and NCAA berth.</p>
                <p>Bozeman, who finished with 20 points, went to the bench for the final 9:31 of the first half for UALR after being called for his second foul.</p>
                <p>The game was tied 13-13 at the time, and North Texas later took advantage in using a 7-0 run to take a 25-19 lead.</p>
                <p>Thompson scored five points during the run, which Kendrick Hogans capped with an inside basket on a delayed fast break for the Mean Green.</p>
                <p>Even without Bozeman, the Sun Belt Player of the Year, the Trojans stormed back. UALR went on a 13-2 run to take a 32-27 lead late in the half after a layup off the glass by Marlon Louzeiro.</p>
                <p>The Trojans shot just 13 of 31 (41.9 percent) in the first half, but they committed just three turnovers.</p>
                <p>North Texas hit 11 of 22 shots (50 percent) in the first half, and closed the half with five straight points to tie the game at 32 at halftime.</p>
                <p>The hot shooting didn't carry over to start the second half for the Mean Green, who opened the second half 4 of 18 from the field.</p>
                <p>Despite the poor shooting, North Texas appeared to have the game in hand when Josh White's layup put the Mean Green up 59-52 with 1:42 remaining.</p>
                <p>However, after a pair of North Texas turnovers the Trojans hit six straight free throws to pull within 59-58.</p>
                <p>White hit a deep 3-pointer to extend the lead to 62-58 with 30 seconds left, but Mouzy answered on the other end with a 3-pointer with 17.6 seconds remaining. Mouzy collected a steal on the inbound pass and had another 3-point attempt that missed and Thompson grabbed for the Mean Green and was fouled.</p>
                <p>The North Texas senior, who hit a Sun Belt tournament record 20 of 20 free throws on Sunday, missed the first of his two attempts. He hit the second to put the Mean Green up 63-61 with 7 seconds left, which was more than enough time for Bozeman to take the ball up the court and hit the game winner.</p>
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