Arkansas St. 78, Ark.-Little Rock 66

JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) Dereke Tipler scored 22 points to lead Arkansas State to a 78-66 victory over Arkansas-Little Rock in a Sun Belt Conference game Saturday afternoon.<br> <br> It was the third victory in four games for the Indians (9-13, 4-4 SBC) against their cross-state rival UALR (11-8, 4-3) and gave ASU a sweep of their two regular-season games this year. ASU won 74-70 in Little Rock earlier this month with Tipler leading the way with 30 points.<br> <br> On Saturday, Tipler was 8-of-10 from the foul line and also had seven assists and grabbed five rebounds.<br> <br> Aside from Tipler, both teams mounted balanced scoring attacks.<br> <br> For ASU, Marcus Ardison scored 14, Yual Banks perfect on five shots added 13 points and Jim Jones scored 12. ASU used only seven players in the game.<br> <br> UALR was led by Zack Wright with 14 points, while Elijah Muldrow added 13 points, Rashad Jones-Jennings scored 11 and Byron Ray had 10.<br> <br> The Indians led 41-30 at halftime. UALR got as close as three points on three occasions, the last time at 62-59 with 3:28 left, but Banks hit a 3-pointer 20 seconds later.<br> <br> Zack Wright&#39;s free throw trimmed the margin to 65-60, but ASU answered with an Ardison jumper and Tipler&#39;s driving full-court layup and free throw for a 70-60 lead with 1:27 to play.<br> <br> (Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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