The Arkansas State Red Wolves play in the Sun Belt Tournament against the Troy Trojans. Sunday's meeting is the first of the season for the two teams.

For the second consecutive season, the Arkansas State men’s basketball team’s dream of making the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1999 fell one game short with a loss in the championship game of the Sun Belt Tournament.

BOTTOM LINE: Arkansas State plays in the Sun Belt Tournament against Marshall. The Red Wolves have gone 13-5 against Sun Belt teams, with a 9-4 record in non-conference play. Arkansas State is 1-3 in one-possession games.

The Arkansas State men's basketball team avenged a pair of losses to South Alabama during the regular season by taking down the top-seeded Jaguars 74-71 Sunday night in the semifinal round of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.

Our Arkansas State vs Troy predictions for the Sun Belt Tournament final has the Red Wolves pulling away with a hard-fought win.

In the extra period, the Red Wolves scored first and never looked back, leading for all of overtime. When the final buzzer sounded, it was an 86-79 Arkansas State victory, giving the program its first-ever Sun Belt Championship and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Joseph Pinion dropped 23 points Sunday as the Red Wolves beat South Alabama 74-71 in the SBC Tournament semifinals.

Arkansas State took on Troy in the conference title game, after splitting a pair of regular-season matchups with the Trojans. The Red Wolf offense was cold in the early going, allowing Troy to build a nine-point lead halfway through the first half.