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Defense shuts down Tigers, Hogs’ offense dominates 61-33 win
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas dominated Missouri (15-10, 4-8 SEC) to cruise to a 61-33 victory for the Razorbacks’ ninth straight win over the Tigers.
Missouri’s 33 points is the least amount the Razorbacks have given up defensively ever in an SEC game to reach a new record.
Chrissy Carr led the Razorbacks with 18 points off 5-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc.
Arkansas came up empty on its first two possessions, but Samara Spencer got the Razorbacks on the board with a jumper, which initiated a 6-0 run, while Missouri was still searching for its first field goal of the game.
The Razorbacks then could not get a field goal in its next five attempts, but Arkansas still lead 6-2 at the media timeout taken with 4:56 left in the quarter.
Spencer picked up two freebies and Makayla Daniels came up with an and-1 to extend Arkansas’ run to 11-0. Missouri scored its first field goal of the game with 1:40 left in the frame, as Arkansas led 11-4.
Barnum came up with layup, but Missouri got off a layup before time expired, as Arkansas led 13-6 after one. The Razorbacks held Missouri to just two field goals, while forcing six turnovers.
Saylor Poffenbarger earned her first basket of the game off a jumper to start the scoring in the second quarter, and Carr followed with the Razorbacks’ first 3-pointer.
Missouri called a timeout with Arkansas leading 18-6 with 7:34 left in the quarter. Arkansas continued its run, 8-0, with a Carr and-1. After Missouri’s second offensive foul of the game, the Tigers took a timeout with 6:05 left in the frame and the Razorbacks led 21-6.
The Hogs logged a freebie and a layup, but Poffenbarger answered with a 3-pointer. Missouri went on a 4-0 run, to cut the lead to 26-13 with under two minutes to play in the quarter.
The Razorbacks finished the quarter with four unanswered points, thanks to Spencer scoring a layup off a Tiger turnover and Daniels attacking the basket for a layup as the buzzer sounded. Arkansas led 31-13 at the half, holding Missouri to 25% shooting in the first half.
Daniels logged Arkansas’ first points of the second half with two free throws. After a Missouri shot clock violation, the Tigers’ 16th turnover of the game, Missouri took its third timeout of the game with Arkansas leading 33-14 with 7:38 remaining in the quarter.
Carr logged a 3-pointer out of the break, but Missouri responded on their next possession with a layup. Missouri cut the lead to under 20 after a jumper, but Erynn Barnum pushed it to 22 following a triple.
At the media timeout, taken at 4:11, Arkansas held a 40-18 advantage.
The bench got some action, as Rylee Langerman hit a 3-pointer and a Jersey Wolfenbarger’s three-point play pulled Arkansas ahead, 47-18 going into the final quarter. Arkansas held Missouri off the scoreboard for the latter six minutes of the frame.
Daniels knocked down a triple to find her way back in double digits in scoring.
Missouri was 0-for-13 from beyond the arc until the Tigers scored their first triple, but Arkansas still led 52-23 with under eight minutes left in the game.
The Razorbacks were held in a scoring drought for over three minutes, as Missouri went on a 4-0 run. Carr broke the Razorbacks’ scoring drought with her fourth triple of the game, and with 2:53 left in the contest, Arkansas led 58-29.
The redshirt senior added one more for 3-pointer for good measure to match a career-high five triples and send off Arkansas with a 61-33 win. Despite being outscored 15-14 in the fourth quarter, Arkansas held Missouri to 33 points, a record low in SEC play defensively for the Razorbacks.
Hogs Highlights
• Carr paced the Razorbacks with a game-high 18 points off an efficient 6-for-10 shooting from the field. Her five 3-pointers matched a career-high and moved her up to No. 18 for the most 3-pointers scored in an individual season with 61. Carr also added five boards
• Barnum followed with a near double-double of 14 points and nine rebounds for her 11th straight double-digit scoring game. She added three blocks as well
• Daniels logged 11 points, while drawing six fouls. She also tallied three assists and three steals
• Langerman and Wolfenbarger recorded three points each off the bench
• Arkansas scored 24 points off Missouri turnovers
• The Razorbacks held Missouri to 28.3 percent shooting from the field, 13-for-46, while holding the Tigers to 6.7 percent, 1-for-15, from beyond the arc
• Arkansas logged nine 3-pointers on the game
Next Game
Arkansas will remain home to face Tennessee on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 6 p.m. The game will be televised on the SEC Network.
Information from Arkansas Communications is included in this story.
Nick Smith will give Hogs an entirely new look going forward
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas has Nick Smith back, but we won’t know until March if it was in time.
One thing we can be pretty assured of is Razorbacks coach Eric Musselman and his staff have been coming up with a plan for this.
His 17 minutes on the floor was enough to show there are still some things to work out, but nothing that can’t be fixed in practices and some time on the floor in a game.
Being on the road at Texas A&M this week will help, along with three days of practices mixed in there before Wednesday night’s matchup. Having that extra day can be big in this situation.
It can’t be soon enough for a team that has spent time adjusting to life without him, then uncertainty if he would be back and now getting used to having him on the floor.
Fans, on the other hand, are all over the place.
Some thought he should just go to the NBA or figured he would light up Mississippi State for 30. That probably wasn’t going to happen under the best of circumstances.
What the Hogs get with Smith back on the floor is somebody to free up Ricky Council IV a little.
After starting strong in the preseason, he had struggled at times in conference play with teams collapsing to shut him down. Point guard Anthony Black and Davonte Davis have taken advantage of that.
Now opponents have a different problem.
With Smith on the floor and getting better each day with more adjustments being made, now Council may get to score more. Sure, he had 13 points against the Bulldogs on Saturday, but 11 of those came at the free-throw line (where he was 11-of-13).
Davis had one of those games and probably couldn’t have hit water if he fell out of a boat in the middle of a lake. After a couple of big games, Devo had one of those nights.
Even Jordan Walsh, who may have had the biggest hustle play of the night battling a State player the length of the floor after a couple of dives on one play, only scored 2 points. Put that down in the same category with Devo.
Flush all that and look ahead.
Smith being back on the floor makes this a new team that will create new problems for opponents.
Of course we probably won’t know what that is for a couple of weeks, at least.
Or whenever Musselman figures it all out this time.
Hogs get Smith back, but get pushed down by Mississippi State
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas got Nick Smith Jr., back on the court but it wasn’t enough against Mississippi State.
The Bulldogs came into Bud Walton Arena on Saturday night and proceeded to kick the Razorbacks around in a 70-64 win that shocked some people and others were just mad about it.
“They’re one of the best defensive teams in college basketball and they’re physical,” Hogs coach Eric Musselman said later. “And obviously, especially in the first half, and for some guys the entire game, their defense bothered guys.
“They do a good job when you put it on the floor of kind of swarming and we were unable to convert.”
He didn’t put all the blame on the offense.
“We had too many guys just not shoot a good enough percentage from the field and that cost us along with our overall defense,” Musselman said on his radio postgame.
The loss snapped the Hogs’ five-game SEC win streak.
Mississippi State led by 11 at halftime and pushed its advantage to 16 (43-37) with 15:56 left. However, Arkansas used an 11-0 run to cut the deficit to five (47-42) after a 3-pointer by Davonte Davis with 10:40 left.
The Bulldogs kept the Razorbacks at bay, pushing the lead back to 10 (58-48). Arkansas did not back down and got to within three (60-57) on a Davis fastbreak layup at the 1:22 mark. MSU’s Cameron Matthews went 4-of-4 at the line and converted his own miss for a layup to answer Arkansas’ points and give his team a seven-point lead with 44 ticks left.
Arkansas made a final push to trail by four after a Nick Smith Jr., jumper with 13 seconds left but Dashawn Davis connected on a pair of free throws with nine seconds left to provide the six-point win.
Davis led MSU with 17 points, followed by Shakeel Moore (12 points), Tolu Smith (11 points) and Cameron Smith (10 points).
Anthony Black paced the Razorbacks with 23 points – tying his SEC career high, with five rebounds, five assists and three steals. Ricky Council IV had 13 points thanks to making 11-of-13 at the line.
Arkansas hits the road Wednesday (Feb. 15) to play at Texas A&M. Game time Is set for 8 p.m. and the game will be televised on ESPN2.
FIRST HALF: Arkansas 25, Mississippi State 34
• Arkansas scored first but Mississippi State led for 15:05.
• The Bulldogs owned a 20-12 advantage on the boards.
• Mississippi State shot 51.9% compared to 34.6% by the Razorbacks.
• Anthony Black scored 12 of the Hogs’ 25 points. Devo Davis has five of the team’s 12 boards.
SECOND HALF Arkansas 39, Mississippi State 36
• Arkansas shot 54.4% from the field in the second half and held MSU to 43.3%.
• Arkansas out-rebounded MSU 19 to 13, had four steals and four blocked shots.
• Black had 11 points, all five of his rebounds, four assists and two steals.
Game Notes
• Arkansas’ starting lineup was Anthony Black – Davonte Davis – Ricky Council – Makhel Mitchell – Makhi Mitchell for the fourth-straight time, fifth time overall.
• Arkansas won the tip.
• Arkansas’ Makhel Mitchell scored the first points, a layup at 19:37.
• Jordan Walsh was the first Razorback sub.
• This was just Arkansas’ second loss in its last 17 games in the month of February.
• Nick Smith Jr., returned to game action for the first time since the first half of the Bradley game (Dec. 17). He played 17:15 off the bench with five points.
• Davonte Davis had a streak of nine-straight games scoring in double figures snapped as he finished with seven points. However, he has scored double digits in 11 of his last 13.
• Despite the loss, Arkansas still leads the all-time series 35-33 overall and 23-9 in games played in Fayetteville.
• Ricky Council IV has scored in double figures in 23 of the Razorbacks’ 25 games this season.
Game notes and other information from Arkansas Communications is included in this story.
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Who: Arkansas Razorbacks (17-7, 6-5 SEC) vs Mississippi State Bulldogs (16-8, 4-7 SEC)
What: Arkansas has won five-straight SEC games and Mississippi State is riding a four-game win streak.
When: Saturday – Feb. 11 – 5 pm (CT)
Where: Nolan Richardson Court at Bud Walton Arena, Fayetteville, Ark.
Television: ESPNU (Michael Eaves and Dane Bradshaw)
Listen Online: HitThatLine.com
Radio: ESPN Arkansas 99.5 in Fayetteville, 95.3 in the River Valley, 96.3 in Hot Springs, 104.3 in Harrison-Mountain Home (Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman).
Sirius/XM: 137 (Sirius)-190 (XM) • SXM App: Channel 961
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — For the first time in 11 days, Arkansas will play a home men’s basketball game, hosting Mississippi State on Saturday.
Tip-off is set for 5 p.m. at Bud Walton Arena and the game will be televised on ESPNU.
The talk this week hasn’t been about the game as much as whether freshman Nick Smith will play for the first time this year after some sort of knee injury.
There are no guarantees from coach Eric Musselman one way or the other, but Smith indicated he would be playing Saturday on an Instagram Live post that several teammates are obviously thinking the same thing.
“Nick has practiced the last few days with us,” Musselman said Wednesday. “Obviously he did not go on the road trip so he could continue to stay back here and work on his conditioning. We’re optimistic and hopeful that Nick will be able to play some time here in the near future.”
Considering the game against the Bulldogs, who are riding a four-game winning streak into town, is the next one it’s the assumption everyone is making.
Musselman’s Scouting Report Wednesday
“The biggest thing with Mississippi State is you’ve got to be prepared for physicality. This is a team that loves to create steals. They average 10 steals a game. It’s a high-gamble team defensively. They jump in passing lanes. The pace of play, they try to control the pace of play. It’s a paint game. You’ve got to be able to defensively defend the paint, starting with Tolu Smith inside, who’s averaging 15 points a game on the year and 13 in conference play.
“Perimeter wise they have Dashawn Davis, No. 10, an Oregon State transfer who can make threes. A high-assist player. Then Shakeel Moore, an NC State transfer, lefty, who can shoot the ball and is playing really well of late. Then they have some really athletic wings with great size in Cam Cam Matthews, No. 4 and Tyler Stevenson, No. 14, and D.J. Jeffries, No. 0.
“Then two big guys inside in Tolu Smith, No. 1, and McNair, who played at New Mexico State last year and we played against him in the NCAA Tournament, No. 13. So boxing out, keeping them off the offensive glass, getting a shot on goal, not allowing their steal game or their defensive anticipation to get out and create transition baskets for them. Those will be some of the keys to Saturday’s game.”
Game Notes
• Arkansas and Mississippi State have met on 67 previous occasions. Arkansas holds a slight 35-32 advantage all-time as well as a slight 30-28 advantage since the Razorbacks joined the SEC.
• While the all-time series is tight, Arkansas holds a commanding 23-8 advantage over the Bulldogs in games played in Fayetteville, including 22-7 in SEC games.
Over the 5-game Arkansas SEC win streak:
• ARK: 72.5 ppg – 50% FG – 36% 3PT – 75 assists – 62 TO – 34 BLK – 39 steals
• OPP: 60.6 ppg – 38% FG – 31% 3PT – 53 assists – 76 TO – 17 BLK – 33 steals
• Davonte Davis: 16.2 ppg – 56% FG – 51% 3PT – 20 assists
• Anthony Black: 14.8 ppg – 43% FG – 23-32 FT – 5.0 rpg – 27 assists – 16 steals
• Ricky Council IV: 12.2 ppg – 18-23 FT – 18 assists – 11 TO
• Jordan Walsh: 9.2 ppg – 5.2 rpg (11 of the team’s 44 offensive boards)
• Makhel Mitchell: 8.3 ppg – 6.5 rpg – 15 BLK
Aaron Torres hoping Razorbacks get star freshman on floor against Bulldogs
Hogs getting things figured out riding a five-game SEC winning streak into Saturday’s home matchup with Mississippi State.
