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Jacksonville 59, Central Arkansas 55
After leading for more than 20 minutes, the University of Central Arkansas fell behind in the second half and never recovered against last-place Jacksonville on Thursday night at Swisher Gymnasium in Jacksonville, Fla.
The Bears (8-18, 4-6 ASUN) leaned on their defense in the first half, holding the Dolphins (12-12- 3-7) to 32.3% shooting from the field and 16.7% on three-pointers to take a 28-24 halftime lead.
But Jacksonville scored seven of the first nine points in the second half to take a 31-30 lead.
Jacksonville's lead never grew to more than seven points, but UCA was unable to put together enough stops to overcome the deficit.
In his first career start, Javion Guy-King scored 16 points to lead UCA. Fellow freshman Tucker Anderson added 12 points.
Robert McCray hit four three-pointers and scored 22 points to lead Jacksonville.