Overall: 20-14, .588 W-L% (96th of 283)
Conference: 6-6, 4th in Southland (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Tommy Joe Eagles (20-14)
PS/G: 68.5 (147th of 283) ▪ PA/G: 66.2 (78th of 283)
SRS: 4.39 (85th of 283) ▪ SOS: 2.09 (104th of 283)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 29, 1985 | REG | N | San Diego State | WAC | W | 74 | 72 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Nov 30, 1985 | REG | @ | Fresno State | PCAA | L | 64 | 65 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 3 | Mon, Dec 2, 1985 | REG | @ | Northwestern State | GSC | W | 69 | 63 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 4 | Thu, Dec 5, 1985 | REG | Centenary (LA) | A-Sun | W | 82 | 78 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 5 | Mon, Dec 9, 1985 | REG | Marshall | Southern | W | 72 | 71 | 4 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 6 | Fri, Dec 13, 1985 | REG | @ | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 63 | 84 | 4 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 14, 1985 | REG | N | Alcorn State | SWAC | W | 82 | 73 | 5 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 8 | Fri, Dec 27, 1985 | REG | N | Kansas | Big 8 | L | 59 | 81 | 5 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Sat, Dec 28, 1985 | REG | N | Iona | MAAC | W | 84 | 54 | 6 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 10 | Tue, Dec 31, 1985 | REG | N | Arizona State | Pac-10 | W | 87 | 86 | 7 | 3 | W 2 | |
| 11 | Tue, Jan 7, 1986 | REG | Northwestern State | GSC | W | 70 | 50 | 8 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Jan 11, 1986 | REG | Louisiana-Monroe | Southland | W | 74 | 71 | 9 | 3 | W 4 | ||
| 13 | Thu, Jan 16, 1986 | REG | @ | Louisiana-Lafayette | Ind | L | 73 | 74 | 9 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 18, 1986 | REG | Arkansas State | Southland | L | 68 | 72 | 9 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 15 | Thu, Jan 23, 1986 | REG | @ | North Texas | Southland | L | 50 | 56 | 9 | 6 | L 3 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 25, 1986 | REG | @ | Texas-Arlington | Southland | W | 72 | 62 | 10 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 17 | Thu, Jan 30, 1986 | REG | Lamar | Southland | W | 82 | 61 | 11 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Feb 1, 1986 | REG | McNeese State | Southland | L | 72 | 76 | 11 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Mon, Feb 3, 1986 | REG | @ | Centenary (LA) | A-Sun | L | 47 | 50 | 11 | 8 | L 2 | |
| 20 | Thu, Feb 6, 1986 | REG | @ | Lamar | Southland | W | 73 | 67 | 12 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 21 | Thu, Feb 13, 1986 | REG | Louisiana-Lafayette | Ind | W | 66 | 58 | 13 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Feb 15, 1986 | REG | @ | Arkansas State | Southland | L | 62 | 63 | 13 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 23 | Thu, Feb 20, 1986 | REG | Texas-Arlington | Southland | W | 68 | 61 | 14 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Feb 22, 1986 | REG | North Texas | Southland | W | 88 | 67 | 15 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 25 | Mon, Feb 24, 1986 | REG | @ | McNeese State | Southland | L | 58 | 68 | 15 | 10 | L 1 | |
| 26 | Thu, Feb 27, 1986 | REG | @ | Louisiana-Monroe | Southland | L | 43 | 59 | 15 | 11 | L 2 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Tue, Mar 4, 1986 | CTOURN | N | Lamar | Southland | W | 60 | 58 | 16 | 11 | W 1 | |
| 28 | Wed, Mar 5, 1986 | CTOURN | @ | Louisiana-Monroe | Southland | L | 56 | 57 | 16 | 12 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 29 | Thu, Mar 13, 1986 | NIT | @ | Northern Arizona | Big Sky | W | 67 | 61 | 17 | 12 | W 1 | |
| 30 | Mon, Mar 17, 1986 | NIT | McNeese State | Southland | W | 77 | 61 | 18 | 12 | W 2 | ||
| 31 | Thu, Mar 20, 1986 | NIT | @ | Providence | Big East | W | 64 | 63 | 19 | 12 | W 3 | |
| 32 | Mon, Mar 24, 1986 | NIT | N | Ohio State | Big Ten | L | 66 | 79 | 19 | 13 | L 1 | |
| 33 | Wed, Mar 26, 1986 | NIT | N | Florida | SEC | W | 67 | 62 | 20 | 13 | W 1 |