JD Notae recorded his sixth career double-double while Jaylin Williams and Davonte Davis each produced career highs to lead No. 10-12 Arkansas (9-0) to an 86-66 victory over Charlotte Tuesday night at Bud Walton Arena.
It was Notae’s first double-double. He scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds — all on the defensive end — while Williams scored a career-high 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting with eight boards and Davis dished out a career-high eight assists with 18 points, two shy of his career high.
Charlotte made a run at Arkansas after making back-to-back 3-pointers to get to within nine (73-64) and force a Razorback timeout with 5:46 left. Arkansas came out of the break with a 10-0 run and, overall, ended the contest on a 13-2 spurt for the 20-point win.
Arkansas dominated the glass by getting 41 rebounds compared to just 21 by the 49ers. The Hogs had 15 offensive rebounds despite shooting an impressive 53.1 percent from the field. Charlotte only had 21 total rebounds, 17 defensive rebounds and four offensive rebounds – all lows by an opponent in the Musselman era. In fact, Charlotte has zero offensive boards at halftime.
Charlotte was led by Austin Butler with 14 points and six rebounds.
Arkansas travels to Tulsa, Okla., on Saturday for a neutral-site meeting with border rival Oklahoma. Tipoff in Tulsa’s BOK Center is set for 12:30 pm and the game will be televised on ESPN2.
FIRST HALF: Arkansas: 41 – Charlotte: 31
• With the game tied 14-14, Arkansas went on a 17-4 run to lead 31-18.
• However, Charlotte answered with an 11-4 run of its own get to with six, 35-29.
• Arkansas out-rebounded the 49ers, 22-11. Au’Diese Toney had seven for the Hogs.
• Arkansas had 14 second-chance points compared to zero for Charlotte. In fact, Charlotte had zero offensive rebounds in the first half.
• JD Notae led all scorers with 11 and Jaylin Williams added 10.
SECOND HALF: Arkansas: 45 – Charlotte: 35
• Arkansas shot an impressive 65.4 percent from the field (17-26) despite going just 1-of-6 from 3-point range.
• Davonte Davis had five of his eight assists in the second half as the Hogs had nine of their 14 in the period.
GAME NOTES
• Arkansas’ starting lineup was Davonte Davis – JD Notae – Au’Diese Toney – Jaylin Williams – Connor Vanover for the eighth straight game.
• Charlotte won the tip. It is just the second time this season the opponent has won the tip.
• Charlotte’s Austin Butler scored the game’s first points, a 3-pointer at 8:48. Connor Vanover scored the first points for Arkansas, an offensive put-back at 18:16.
• Chris Lykes was the first Razorback sub.
• Head coach Eric Musselman is 9-0 to start the season for the second straight season. He has started at least 8-0 in each of his three seasons in Fayetteville.
• Arkansas has won 17 straight regular-season games and 15 straight in Bud Walton Arena dating back to last season. Arkansas won 20-straight regular-season games during the 1990-91 season and the school record is 31-straight from Jan. 17, 1977, to Jan. 12, 1978.
• JD Notae had four steals. He entered the game sixth in the NCAA in steals per game (2.88).
• Arkansas has 54 overall wins and 37 wins at home in the Eric Musselman era. Those win totals are the best among SEC teams over the span.
• Arkansas extended its streak to 1,084 consecutive games with at least one 3-pointer made. It is the third-best current streak in the NCAA behind UNLV and Duke.
Information from Arkansas Communications is included in this story.
