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Hogs open SEC play with win on road over Texas A&M, 73-71

Despite an overall miserable performance from the free-throw line Saturday night, freshman isaiah Joe made a couple in the final 12 seconds and Arkansas escaped with a 73-71 win over Texas A&M.

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Despite an overall miserable performance from the free-throw line Saturday night, freshman isaiah Joe made a couple in the final 12 seconds and Arkansas escaped with a 73-71 win over Texas A&M.

The Razorbacks were 50 percent at the line for the game and that’s exactly what Joe did in the final seconds, hitting 2-of-4 free throws.

It helped after the Aggies came down with a chance to make a 3 to tie the game at 72 that Christian Mekowulu grabbed a missed shot and instead of kicking it back out for a game-tying 3-pointer sank a layup to cut the Hogs’ lead to 72-71 with two seconds left.

A&M then fouled Joe and put him on the line for two shots and, keeping with the team’s average for the game, he missed the first one, but sank the second one and Arkansas had the win.

In Thursday’s press conference previewing the game, Mike Anderson had talked about rebounding being big and the Hogs won the battle on the boards, 47-42.

Daniel Gafford led the rebounding with 11, but Gabe Osabuohien had seven, a few coming in the final minutes of the game that proved to be huge.

Jalen Harris led the Hogs’ scorers with 15 points, Desi Sills had 14 while Gafford and Joe scored 11 each.

As a team, Arkansas shot just 37 percent from the field (26-of-70) while A&M hit 61 percent.

The Hogs were nailing 3-pointers in the second half, though. making 10-of-33 while the Aggies were just 5-of-24.

The Razorbacks, now 10-3 overall, will host Florida on Wednesday night at Bud Walton Arena in a 7:30 start.

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2024 High School Rankings

Following is the Arkansas Sports Media High School Football Poll including the Overall Top 10, the top five in Classes 7A, 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A, plus the top three in the 8-man division, as voted by a panel of sports media from around the state for the week ending August 24. Ranking is given with first-place votes received, records, total points and ranking from last week's poll:
OVERALLRecordPtsPrv
1.Bryant (18)8-02521
2.Conway (6)8-02302
3.Greenwood (2)8-02103
4.Little Rock Parkview7-11714
5.Bentonville5-31416
6.Benton7-11265
7.Fayetteville6-21008
8.Pulaski Academy6-2757
9.Rogers5-3459
10.Shiloh Christian6-24010
Others receiving votes: Marion 13, Valley View 9, Joe T Robinson 8, Mountain Home 4, Cabot 3, Elkins 3.
CLASS 7A
1.Bryant (20)8-01241
2.Conway (6)8-01052
3.Bentonville5-3753
4.Fayetteville6-2455
5.Pulaski Academy6-2354
Others receiving votes: Rogers 5.
CLASS 6A
1.Greenwood (26)8-01301
2.Benton7-11022
3.Shiloh Christian6-2713
4.Marion7-1524
5.Mountain Home7-131
Others receiving votes: Little Rock Catholic 4.
CLASS 5A
1.Little Rock Parkview (23)7-11271
2.Joe T Robinson7-1902
3.Valley View (3)8-0803
4.Hot Springs Lakeside7-1484
5.Farmington7-130
Others receiving votes: Camden Fairview 4, Maumelle 4, Morrilton 3, Greenbrier 2, Harding Academy 1.
CLASS 4A
1.Elkins (19)8-01161
2.Arkadelphia (5)6-2792
3.Little Rock Mills (1)8-0703
4.Warren6-2404
5.Malvern (1)8-0315
Others receiving votes: Dardanelle 22, Southside Batesville 11, Mena 8, Bauxite 7, DeWitt 4, Highland 2.
CLASS 3A
4.Bismarck (15)8-01054
5.Fordyce (4)8-0765
Prescott (3)7-1531t
1.Osceola (2)6-149
3.Mayflower (1)8-036
Others receiving votes: Booneville (1) 31, Rivercrest 19, Mansfield 14, Charleston 4, Rison 3.
CLASS 2A
1.Carlisle (21)8-01211
2.Conway Christian (4)8-01042
3.Des Arc7-1663
4.Bigelow (1)6-2455
5.Murfreesboro6-230
Others receiving votes: Marked Tree 10, Mineral Springs 6, Junction City 5, Cross County 1, Mount Ida 1, Poyen 1
8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.Strong-Huttig (25)5-0761
2.Midland (1)7-0502
3.Cedar Ridge7-1253
Others receiving votes: Rector 5.

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