Crimson Tide hammer Noland, even series with 10-0 shutout over Hogs

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama forced a rubber match with Arkansas, giving up only four hits in a 10-0 shutout at Sewell-Thomas Stadium.

Casey Martin, Dominic Fletcher, Trey Harris and Jacob Nesbit each tallied a hit in the defeat, but the Razorbacks could not get a baserunner past second as Harris had the only extra-base hit in the contest.

It’s Arkansas’ first conference loss of the year and first time it has been shutout since Game 3 of the College World Series Finals against Oregon State last season.

It’s also the first time the Hogs have been shutout by the Crimson Tide since a 5-0 loss in Tuscaloosa, Alabama during the 2013 season.

Nesbit was able to keep his team-best hitting streak alive as he upped it to 13 games with a fifth-inning single, while also extending his reached base streak to 20 games.

Since his hit streak began on March 6 against Charlotte, Nesbit is hitting .463 with 19 hits, 13 RBIs, 10 runs scored and is slugging .610 with a .489 on-base percentage. Nesbit also continues to lead the team overall with a .356 batting average for the year.

The Razorback pitching wasn’t able to slow the Tide offense either as it allowed three runs in the second inning and six runs in the sixth before the final run came in during the eighth inning. It’s just the second time an opponent has scored 10 or more runs on Arkansas this year (12 against Louisiana Tech on March 9).

Starting pitcher Connor Noland lasted only 1.2 innings, his shortest start of the year, as he gave up all three runs in the second inning before giving way to Kole Ramage out of the bullpen.

Saturday was Noland’s first decision of the year, dropping his record to 0-1.

Ramage was good out of the bullpen, retiring the first 10 batters he faced and seemed to be keeping the Hogs in the game, but he gave up three-consecutive hits to start the sixth which was the start of a string of eight-straight batters that reached base before Arkansas recorded an out.

Patrick Wicklander, Zebulon Vermillion, Liam Henry and Collin Taylor all followed Ramage out of the bullpen. Vermillion and Henry both came away with more of the more effective outings as both pitchers held Alabama to no runs in the seventh and eighth innings.

Razorback quotables
“We spotted them a three-run lead in the second inning and we missed some pitches. We hit a couple of balls hard and had a few line outs with runners on first and third, but we had that bad hop play at third at the end of the second inning when we had only given up one run. There wasn’t much he could have done about it. We just got off to a bad start on the mound. Our starting pitcher was behind, he didn’t have his breaking ball today and wasn’t spotting his fastball. They (Alabama) were hitting a lot of balls hard. They kind of took it to us, offensively.” — Dave Van Horn on Saturday’s loss to Alabama

“We just have to learn from what happened today. You can think about it for a while and then just move on to the next day. That’s what you have to do in this league. Nobody is going to give you anything. You have to take it. We’re on the road and tomorrow is a Sunday game. It’s going to be a tough game for us; we have to play perfect to win tomorrow.”  — Van Horn on how to learn from today and prepare for a rubber match on Sunday

Up next

Arkansas will send redshirt junior Cody Scroggins to the mound on Sunday as the Razorbacks will try to take its second-consecutive series to start SEC play.

Scroggins hasn’t given up a run in his last 11 innings and struck out 18 during that span. First pitch from Tuscaloosa is set for 1 p.m. and will be broadcast on SEC Network+.

Fassi, Kim, Benton in Top 10 for Razorbacks at ‘Evans-Derby’ in Auburn

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AUBURN, Ala. — Arkansas had three players in the Top 10 taking the lead after round one of the Evans-Derby Experience in Auburn, Alabama, on Saturday.

Seniors Maria Fassi and Dylan Kim are tied for fourth overall, shooting two-under 70’s and senior Kaylee Benton is tied for 10th with an even par 72 at the Auburn University Course.

Team’s began the round from the first tee box and Fassi appeared to struggle in the opening holes.

The All-American was four-over after eight holes but picked up a birdie on the ninth hole before the turn. The momentum carried over to the back nine as Fassi played the second side 5-under with four birdies in her final five holes.

Kim’s scorecard was balanced, especially on the back nine where she was even with one birdie and one bogey. She was two-under on the front side with three birdies to turn with a 34.

Benton had the least ink on her scorecard with a bogey on the third hole and a birdie to move to even on No. 17. Ximena Gonzalez played 1-over with a 73 and is tied for 21st while sophomore Maria Hoyos is tied for 85th shooting an 83. Julia Dean is competing as an individual and is tied for 42nd with a 75 on Saturday.

Arkansas again finds itself among a talented field with two rounds remaining. Arkansas’ 3-under 285 leads No. 7 Florida (288), No. 2 Texas (290), No. 13 Auburn (290) an No. 14 Kent State (292) who round out the top-5 in the standings.

The Lineup

T4 Maria Fassi (2) 70 -2 T4 Dylan Kim (3) 70 -2 T10 Kaylee Benton (1) 72 E T21 Ximena Gonzalez (4) 73 +1 T85 Maria Hoyos (5) 83 +11 T42 Julia Dean (Ind) 75 +3

The Field
The Lineup

The Field
1 Arkansas 285 -3
2 Florida 288 E
T3 Texas 290 +2
T3 Auburn 290 +2
5 Kent State 292 +4
T6 Duke 293 +5
T6 Florida State 293 +5
8 Mississippi St. 294 +6
T9 South Carolina 296 +8
T9 Baylor 296 +8
11 Alabama 301 +13
12 Louisville 302 +14
T13 Clemson 305 +17
T13 Ole Miss 305 +17

Hopkin takes second place, Hogs finish 19th at NCAA championships

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AUSTIN, Texas — In the final day at the NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships, junior Anna Hopkin earned a second-place finish on the way to a program record in the 100-yard freestyle.

The Razorbacks finished in 19th place with 63 points, the highest finish for the team since 1988.

Hopkin kicked off the day’s events with a second-place finish (46.61) in the 100 yard freestyle preliminaries, breaking the program record for the first time of the day.

She recorded a second-place finish in the finals with a time of 46.56, earning All-American honors with the fourth-fastest time in the NCAA.

In the 400-yard freestyle relay, Kobie Melton, Hopkin, Molly Moore, and Marlena Pigliacampi earned a 24th place finish with a 3:16.60. The relay was the third-fastest time of the season and fourth-fastest in program history.

Sophomore Peyton Palsha swam the final individual event of the meet, finishing 32nd overall with a time of 16:40.20.

“I am so proud of this team and what we have achieved this year,” coach Neil Harper said. “Two years ago we were 11th in the SEC and not ranked at the NCAA Championships. After three days of giving it everything we had, we are a Top-20 team!

“Brooke and Anna led us the entire year and performed brilliantly here, but this was a total team effort. We had eight Razorbacks here this year and have built a great foundation for the next few years. I’m so excited for our ladies, our program, and the Razorbacks family.”

The Hogs’ 19th place finish is the first time since 1988 the program has earned a Top-20 finish, just the third Top-20 finish in program history.

Haff’s 15 strikouts paces Razorbacks past fifth-ranked Tennessee to even series

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Sophomore Mary Haff made a statement in the circle for Arkansas with a career-high 15 strikeouts as Arkansas evened their weekend series with Tennessee, getting a 1-0 win.

Senior Katie Warrick recorded her fifth home run of the season in the fourth inning to give the Razorbacks the only run it needed to win.

Haff’s career-best performance is also a single-game high among SEC pitchers this season, besting three others who previously recorded one less than Haff.

The complete-game shutout is the sixth for the Florida-native this season and the 17th of her career. The scoreless performance puts Haff only three shutouts away from moving into second all-time at Arkansas for career shutouts.

Warrick’s game-winning home run was the 19th of her career as a Razorback, as her solo-shot to left field helped propel the Hogs to a 22-8 record overall and a 4-4 count in conference play.

It took only three hits to defeat the Lady Volunteers – only the second time this year the Razorbacks were outhit in a victory. The other two hits came off the bats of sophomore Hannah McEwen and senior Ashley Diaz.

McEwen’s hit in the third inning extends her streak to 14 games with at least one hit and 26 consecutive games in which she reached base.

Arkansas and Tennessee will meet for the game-three rubber match tomorrow (March 24), back at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium for an 11:00 am (CT) first pitch.

Questions start for Anderson, Hogs, after falling to Hoosiers on Saturday

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If anything, Arkansas’ 1-1 finish to the season in the National Invitational Tournament is going to increase the buzz that has surrounded this team and Mike Anderson for the last month.

The Razorbacks got a fairly comfortable first-round win over a Providence team that isn’t very good. Facing Indiana on Saturday, things were a little tougher … especially on the road in a loud and hostile environment.

And the Hogs couldn’t get a win.

It was pointed out by many this past week the Providence game was an anomaly. When Gabe Osabuohien hits a 3-pointer in a game there’s something different. Bless his heart, Gabe fired up three more attempts Saturday and I’m not sure two of them hit the rim solidly.

Against the Hoosiers, Desi Sills popped up with 18 points and Isaiah Joe had 12, but there wasn’t much more in the way of scoring.

After a solid outing, the Hogs followed it up with a so-so effort and that’s the problem many fans are having with the way things have been going with Anderson’s teams.

On Saturday, the Hogs led most of the first half, but fell behind by two at the break.

Then came yet another cold streak.

Arkansas went nearly the entire final seven minutes of the game without a field goal and the only reason they were able to make things interesting at the end was, simply, Indiana isn’t very good, either.

The Razorbacks had the ball with 6.4 seconds remaining, which is having a chance. A pair of free throws from Mason Jones closed the Hoosiers’ lead to one but Devonte Green pushed the lead back to three with two free throws of his own.

A last second 3-point attempt from Jalen Harris wasn’t the worst look in the world, but probably a little deep for him and it clanged off the rim.

Down low, Reggie Chaney basically disappeared. He scored two points off just three shots and got just three rebounds.

Arkansas struggled down low, being outscored 30-10.

The Razorbacks end the season 18-16.

Arkansas’ basketball program has gone steadily downhill the last couple of years with a player some are hoping is a lottery pick in June’s NBA draft, but more likely will be a later first-round, early second-round pick.

When the SEC made a commitment to improve things in men’s basketball a few years ago, others stepped up their game while some feel Anderson didn’t change a thing.

It’s a league where every coach in a major sport has to spend more time recruiting than actual coaching and landing really good players just to stay competitive.

To compete for championships you better be landing either a whole lot of really good players or a couple of big time stars.

Then you have to put ’em on the floor and win games. Just trying isn’t good enough in the SEC and the Razorback fan base is getting restless.

Arkansas basketball has now gone longer without the success experienced during a 19-year run that included Final Four appearances and two championship games and a national title.

Anderson wasn’t brought back home to win one game in NCAA Tournaments, much less a solo win in a couple of NIT appearances.

As the program sits now, after eight complete seasons by Anderson, it’s not where anyone expected. A 62 percent overall winning percentage (55 percent SEC) with no conference or tournament titles is why there is an ever-increasing amount of noise.

What ultimately happens will be determined by other people over the next couple of weeks.

But going forward it’s reasonable to expect the minimum standard might not be making the NCAA or even winning a single game there.

When teams don’t meet expectations the coach has a problem, right or wrong.

And Mike Anderson has a problem.

Kjerstad, Goodheart at plate, Campbell on mound pace Hogs past Tide

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — With the help of three home runs and another strong performance on the mound from redshirt junior Isaiah Campbell, Arkansas handily defeated Alabama, 12-3, Friday night at Sewell-Thomas Stadium to stay perfect in league play.

For the third-straight game, Arkansas (19-3, 4-0 SEC) scored four or more runs in the second inning when it plated six to jump out to a 7-0 lead before the completion of two innings. All six runs were scored with two outs as Alabama starting pitcher Sam Finnerty was put in a hole early.

Even before the big inning, the offense was kickstarted by sophomore Heston Kjerstad, who hit his fourth home run of the year in the first inning and his second in three games.

Kjerstad drove in four more runs on a bases-loaded single in the second inning, tying his career-high for RBIs after just two at-bats. The Amarillo, Texas native finished the game 3-for-5 with two runs scored. It’s his fifth three-hit game of the season and eighth multi-hit game.

After being handed a large cushion before the bottom of the second, Campbell went on to work six more innings, giving him seven before letting the bullpen take over. It was the fourth-straight quality start for Campbell as he scattered five hits without giving up a run, walking one with seven strikeouts.

Campbell moves to 5-0 with the victory, matching his win total from last season and has only walked two or less batters in all six of his starts.

Nesbit stays on fire; hits first collegiate home run

Redshirt freshman Jacob Nesbit stayed hot at the plate Friday night, going 2-for-4 with three RBIs, including a home run.

Nesbit’s double in the third inning not only brought in Arkansas’ eighth run of the game, but extended his team-best hitting streak to 12 games and reached-base streak to 19 games.

In the eighth inning, Nesbit crushed his first collegiate home run to make it 10-0 Razorbacks. Nesbit is the eighth different Hog hitter to hit at least one home run this year.

Razorbacks get production from 6-7-8 hitters

The combo of Matt Goodheart, Jack Kenley and Jacob Nesbit went a combined 8-for-14 (.571) at the plate Friday against the Crimson Tide, driving in four and scoring five.

Goodheart and Kenley each tallied three hits in the game, while Nesbit had two. For Goodheart, the sophomore notched his fourth multi-hit game in his last five starts.

Kenley extended his hit streak to four games and tallies his first multi-hit game since March 10 against Louisiana Tech.

Playing long ball

For the third time this season, Arkansas hit three or more home runs in a game as Heston Kjerstad, Jacob Nesbit and Dominic Fletcher all had the long ball working Friday night.

Kjerstad’s solo homer in the first inning got Arkansas’ offense started and then Nesbit followed in the eighth inning for his first collegiate home run.

Fletcher put an exclamation point on the night with a solo blast in the ninth, his third of the year.

Razorback quotables

“He saw the ball well tonight. He squared up two or three balls, took a nice walk and really didn’t go out of the zone too much. He had a really good night.” — Coach Dave Van Horn on Matt Goodheart’s two-hit night

“He battled and got out of a couple jams, but we spotted him a seven-run lead after two and it freed him up. His stuff wasn’t as good as it had been and he knew it. He still threw a lot of strikes and that’s what you do when you’re winning. You have to throw the ball over the plate and make them earn it.” — Van Horn on Isaiah Campbell’s outing

“Alabama had a veteran pitcher out there and he was just one pitch away from getting out of the second inning, but we just kept fouling pitches off and got some big hits and kept chipping away. All of the sudden, we punch in six runs and we’re up 7-0 with (Isaiah) Campbell on the mound.”  — Van Horn on the big six-run second inning

“Both (Jack) Kenley and (Jacob) Nesbit are swinging the bat well right now. It’s good we’re getting a lot of production at the end of the order and they’re contributing offensively. Really the whole lineup has been doing a great job. (Casey) Martin has been struggling a little bit, but he’s a great defender and we know he’s going to turn it around.” — Van Horn on the production from the bottom of his lineup

“I didn’t have the best command tonight and had to rely on my cutter heavily. If I didn’t have that, it would have been a really tough outing. When you get run support like that, it just gets easier because you just have to go out and throw strikes and let the defense do the work.” — Isaiah Campbell on his victory over Alabama

Up next

Arkansas and Alabama will be back on the field tomorrow at Sewell-Thomas Stadium for game two of the series.

First pitch is slated for 2 p.m. and will be broadcast on SEC Network+.

Arkansas drops close match at home to LSU, 4-3; host A&M on Sunday

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FAYETTEVILLE — The No 46 Arkansas women’s tennis team fell 4-3 to No. 21 LSU in a heartbreaker Friday night.

The team dropped the doubles point in straight sets, with Lauren Alter and Thea Rice falling 6-3 before Martina Zerulo and Tatum Rice dropped their match to No. 10 Eden Richardson and Jessica Golovin.

Arkansas evened the match quickly, with Alter earning a 6-2, 6-4 victory at the No. 4 position. The Tigers pulled ahead again as No. 79 Tatum Rice fell to No. 60 Golovin. Jackie Carr tied the match at the No. 6 position before Miruna Tudor pulled the Hogs ahead of LSU.

The Tigers put the score at 3-3 as Laura Rijkers was defeated 7-5, 6-3, before clinching the match in a hard-fought tiebreaker set at the No. 1 position.

The Razorbacks will return to the court Sunday afternoon, hosting No. 11 Texas A&M to close out a five-match homestand.

No. 21 LSU 4, No. 46 Arkansas 3
Doubles Results – Order of Finish (2,1)
1. #10 Eden Richardson/Jessica Golovin (LSU) def. Martina Zerulo/Tatum Rice (ARK) 6-4
2. Anna Loughlan/Paris Corley (LSU) def. Lauren Alter/Thea Rice (ARK) 6-3
3. Laura Rijkers/Jackie Carr (ARK) vs. Kennan Johnson/Taylor Bridges (LSU) 5-5, unfinished

Singles Results – Order of Finish (4,2,6,5,3,1)
1. #10 Eden Richardson (LSU) def. #115 Martina Zerulo (ARK) 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
2. #60 Jessica Golovin (LSU) def. #79 Tatum Rice (ARK) 6-2, 6-4
3. Taylor Bridges (LSU) def. Laura Rijkers (ARK) 7-5, 6-3
4. Lauren Alter (ARK) def. Paris Corley (LSU) 6-2, 6-4
5. Miruna Tudor (ARK) def. Luba Vasilyuk (LSU) 6-0, 6-3
6. Jackie Carr (ARK) def. Anna Loughlan (LSU) 6-3, 6-3

Arkansas drops road match at Texas A&M on Friday, 6-1

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Arkansas fell to Texas A&M here Friday night, 6-1, in the first road conference match of the season.

The Razorbacks return to the court Sunday at LSU, with first serve scheduled for noon.

The Aggies jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead with a pair of 6-1 victories on courts one and two in doubles. The lead would grow to 2-0 as the highest-ranked Aggie in No. 32 Valentin Vacherot def. Josh Howard-Tripp, 6-1, 6-0.

Texas A&M would clinch the match with consecutive two-set wins on courts four and one. Arkansas would secure a victory on court two as Adam Sanjurjo def. No. 62 Hady Habib in three sets, 6-4, 4-6, 1-0(10).

The Aggies would take the final two courts to secure a 6-1 final. Arkansas, now 2-3 in conference play, will return to action this Sunday in Baton Rouge to face LSU at 12 p.m.

For more information on Arkansas men’s tennis, including in-match updates, follow @RazorbackMTEN on Twitter.

Doubles Results – Order of Finish (1-2)
1. No. 23 Juan Carlos Aguilar/Barnaby Smith (TAMU) def. Oscar Mesquida/Adam Sanjurjo (AR) 6-1
2. Hady Habib/Kevin Lam (TAMU) def. Maxim Verboven/Enrique Paya (AR) 6-1
3. Valentin Vacherot/Jack Pulliam (TAMU) vs. Alex Reco/Jose Alonso (AR) 4-4, unfinished

Singles Results – Order of Finish (3,4,1,2,6,5)
1. No. 77 Juan Carlos Aguilar (TAMU) def. Oscar Mesquida (AR) 6-2, 6-4
2. Adam Sanjurjo (AR) def. #62 Hady Habib (TAMU) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (12-10)
3. No. 32 Valentin Vacherot (TAMU) def. Josh Howard-Tripp (AR) 6-1, 6-0
4. No. 76 Barnaby Smith (TAMU) def. Alex Reco (AR) 6-2, 6-3
5. Noah Schachter (TAMU) def. Enrique Paya (AR) 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
6. Austin Abbrat (TAMU) def. Pedro Alonso (AR) 6-4, 7-6 (7-0)

Schultz grabs second-place finish in 3-meter diving at NCAA Championships

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AUSTIN, Texas — Sophomore Brooke Schultz earned a second-place finish on the 3-meter Friday afternoon at the NCAA Swimming and Diving National Championships in her second Top 5 finish of the meet.

The Hogs opened the day with the 200 yard medley relay. Molly Moore, Sydney Angell, Kobie Melton, and Anna Hopkin earned a 27th place finish (1:39.10), recording the program’s third-fastest time of the season.

Schultz competed in Arkansas’ lone individual event of the day, earning an eighth-place finish (343.05) in the 3-meter preliminaries to advance to the finals. The Fayetteville, Ark. native took second in the finals with a score of 380.50.

“It was another great day for Brooke, Dale, and the Hogs,” coach Neil Harper said. “She battled hard this morning to make it to the finals and performed amazingly tonight to be the NCAA runner-up!”

Following Friday’s competition, the Razorbacks remain in 18th place with 46 points.

The championships will conclude tomorrow, with the mile, 100 yard freestyle, and the 400-yard freestyle relay on deck for the team.

Late comeback by Razorbacks falls short on road against Tennessee

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Arkansas’ comeback fell short as they saw a bases-loaded seventh inning fall short in a 6-4 loss in the first game of a weekend series against Tennessee.

The first inning went quickly with Arkansas’ Autumn Storms and Tennessee’s Ashley Rogers retired the opposing lineup in order.

The Vols struck first with an RBI single to right field that scored a runner from second to give them a 1-0 lead.

Senior Ashley Diaz crushed a 1-1 pitch in the third inning, bouncing it off the scoreboard, scoring sophomore Hannah McEwen and giving the Hogs a 2-1 lead.

Tennessee responded in the bottom of the inning with four more runs, two of which came after a Razorback error that allowed the Lady Vols to load the bases.

Tennessee tacked on an additional run in the fifth inning, after Lady Vol Ashley Morgan reached on a double and advanced to third on back-to-back ground outs.

Now trailing 6-2, the Razorbacks stepped up to bat in the sixth inning and fought back- plating two more runs to cut the Tennessee lead to 6-4.

Freshman Taylor Greene would start the sixth with a lead-off walk, as the Hogs called to pinch-runner Sam Torres to take the base.

Torres scored Arkansas’ third run, moving to second on a single by McEwen and onto third, and then home after a Tennessee passed ball and base hit by senior Katie Warrick.

With her 2-3 performance at the plate, McEwen extends her reached base streak to 25 and her hit streak to 13 games.

McEwen scored the final run of the game, off the bat of Diaz, who sent a perfectly executed sacrifice fly to the warning track in left field.

Sophomore Mary Haff entered in relief for Arkansas and was able to keep the Lady Volunteers scoreless through two more innings to keep the game within reach.

Top of the seventh and trailing by two, sophomore Nicole Duncan was hit by a pitch for a team-leading, 10th time this season. Greene followed with a seven-pitch walk and after a Tennessee pitching change, McEwen walked the bases loaded.

The Lady Vols would put out the Razorback fire there, striking out back-to-back Hogs and ending the game in their favor.

Arkansas and Tennessee will meet Saturday for game two in Knoxville, with first pitch schedule for 5:00 pm

Razorbacks meet top seed Indiana in NIT road matchup Saturday

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FAYETTEVILLE — For the second time this season, Arkansas and Indiana will meet on the hardwood as the Razorbacks travel to Bloomington, Indiana, to face the Hoosiers on Saturday.

Tip-off is set for 11 a.m. and the game will be televised on ESPN.

Versus Indiana

• Arkansas is 2-1 all-time versus Indiana and this will be the second meeting between the two storied programs this season.

• Indiana won the first game in the series with a 75-50 decision early in the 1949-50 season in Bloomington.

• Arkansas won the next encounter, 86-72, in the first round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament East Regional.

• The Razorbacks took the rubber match in the series with an exciting 73-72 decision in Bud Walton Arena in game three this year to help Arkansas win the Hardwood Showcase as the Razorbacks were the only team to go undefeated in the exempt tournament.

Arkansas at NIT

• This is the fourth trip to the NIT for the Razorbacks and Arkansas is 6-4 in the postseason tournament.

• Arkansas went 1-1 in 1987

• Arkansas was 3-2 in 1997 and reached the Final Four. The Razorbacks lost in the semifinals before losing to UConn in the consolation game.

• Arkansas went to the NIT was 2014 and the Razorbacks were 1-1.

• Arkansas won a first-round NIT game for the fourth time in four tries, winning at Providence on Tuesday.

Anderson-Arkansas in the postseason

• In this the eighth year of the Mike Anderson era at Arkansas, the Razorbacks are playing in the postseason for the third consecutive year and the fifth time in the last six years. (NCAA in 2015, 2017-18 and the NIT in 2014 and 2019).

• This is Coach Anderson’s 12th postseason appearance in 17 years as head coach, including nine in the NCAA and three in the NIT.

• Overall, this is Arkansas’ 37th postseason berth, including 34 in the NCAA and three in the NIT.

Last time out for Razorbacks

• Reggie Chaney scored a career-high 14 points and blocked a career-high seven shots while Gabe Osabuohien scored 11 points and tied a career-high with eight rebounds to lead Arkansas to an 84-72 victory over Providence in the opening round of the 2019 National Invitation Tournament at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center.

• Chaney, Osabuohien, Adrio Bailey and Ethan Henderson combined to score 36 points and pull down 20 rebounds. However, it was Arkansas’ hot shooting from outside early that set the tone for the win.

• The Razorbacks made an old-fashion, 3-point play to start the game and then made its next five 3-pointers to race out to a 20-9 lead. Later, Arkansas went up 11 points, 26-15, with 9:23 left in the first half and held a double-digit lead the rest of the game.

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