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Bud Light Next Morning Rush Podcast: Tough loss at the hands of Baylor
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Hogs blow big halftime lead, falling to Ole Miss
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas (17-7, 4-5 SEC) couldn’t finish the job against Ole Miss (18-4, 7-2 SEC) on Sunday, falling to the Rebels in overtime, 76-73.
In the first half, Arkansas led 39-20 going into the locker room, while holding the Rebels to 26.5 percent from the field.
The story was different in the second half, as Ole Miss outscored Arkansas 44-25, while outrebounding the Razorbacks 25-8. In overtime, Ole Miss outscored the Razorbacks 12-9 to clinch the 76-73 win.
Erynn Barnum went on a tear in the loss, scoring a career-high 37 points, which goes down as the seventh most points scored by a Razorback in a game in school history.
Arkansas got rolling early thanks to aggressive play from Barnum under the basket to give the Razorbacks seven of their first nine points of the game, leading 9-2 under three minutes into the game. At the media timeout, Arkansas led 12-4.
The Razorbacks were held scoreless from the field for nearly four minutes, which allowed the Rebels to get on an 8-0 run out of the timeout to tie the game at 12-12.
Barnum dug the Razorbacks out of their scoring drought with a second-chance layup and a few minutes later, Ole Miss took their first lead of the game off a jumper. With less than a minute left in the quarter, Barnum knocked down a triple, as the Razorbacks led 18-16 after one quarter.
After an Ole Miss basket, Samara Spencer earned her first points of the game off a 3-pointer, as the Razorbacks retook the lead, 21-18. Barnum kept her hot shooting going with another triple and after a Spencer layup, Arkansas went up 26-18 with 6:22 left in the second, forcing Ole Miss to take a timeout.
The Rebels scored out of the timeout, but that would be their last basket of the quarter with 6:06 to go in the second frame. Arkansas kept pouring it on, closing out the quarter on a 13-0 run, as Spencer knocked down her second 3-pointer of the game.
Barnum came up with another layup and following a bad pass by Ole Miss, Makayla Daniels capitalized with a layup to help Arkansas tally four points in four seconds. The Razorbacks held Ole Miss to just four points in the second quarter, a season low for opponents in a quarter. Arkansas went into the locker room up 39-20.
Ole Miss scored its first points in over six minutes with two free throws and followed that up with layups on back-to-back possessions.
Barnum got the Razorbacks their first points of the second half with a layup to bring her point total up to 20.
At the media timeout with 4:58 left in the third, Arkansas led 45-33. Ole Miss cut the lead to 10, but with a Spencer floater, Arkansas led 47-35 with three minutes left in the third.
Barnum hit her third 3-pointer of the game to elevate the Razorbacks ahead by 15, but Ole Miss scored two baskets to cut the lead, as Arkansas led 50-39 going into the final 10 minutes of play.
The Rebels capitalized on their first two possessions with layups to make it a seven points game, 50-43, with 8:55 remaining in the contest.
Ole Miss came up with another layup out of the timeout, but Spencer delivered a layup for the Razorbacks’ first points of the fourth quarter. Barnum tied her career-high with 27 points off a wide-open layup. Ole Miss made it a three-point game, 54-51 with a little more than five minutes left in the game.
Barnum then made two free throws and another layup to extend her point total to 31. Ole Miss went on a 9-0 run to tie the game at 58 and then led with 2:31 left in the game.
A Chrissy Carr free throw and two from Daniels helped Arkansas retake the lead, 61-60, with less than two minutes left in the game.
Arkansas didn’t score a field goal for four minutes, and found themselves down, 62-61, with 1:14 left in the game. Barnum got fouled in the process of getting a layup to put the Razorbacks back ahead, 63-62 with seven seconds left.
After a defensive stop by the Razorbacks, Barnum was fouled and made one of two free throws to lead by two. With seven seconds left, Ole Miss made a layup as time expired, forcing overtime with the game tied at 64.
After Ole Miss got a bucket to start overtime, Barnum answered on the other end with an and-1. A Daniels floater helped the Razorbacks retake the lead, 71-70 with 2:11 left in overtime.
That was the only lead Arkansas would have for the remainder of the game, as Ole Miss retook the lead with a layup, which started a 6-2 run to end the game. Arkansas fell in a heartbreaker, 76-73.
Hogs Highlights
• Barnum scored a career-high 37 points, which is the seventh most in a game in school history. She also added six rebounds and three assists, as well as tied a career-high three 3-pointers
• Spencer logged 16 points, six assists, five rebounds and three steals
• Daniels recorded 12 points, six rebounds, three assists and three steals
• Arkansas held Ole Miss to 1-for-11, 9.1 percent, from beyond the arc
• Arkansas held Ole Miss to four points in the second quarter, which is a season best for Arkansas in a quarter
Next Game
Next on the docket is at Auburn on Sunday at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcast on SEC Network from Neville Arena.
Razorbacks come up short at end in loss at Baylor
WACO, Texas — Arkansas and Baylor, who last met in an NCAA Elite 8 matchup two years ago, put on another classic battle Saturday afternoon at the Farrell Center.
And, again, the No. 17 Bears handed the Razorbacks another road loss, 67-64. It is the last year of the SEC-Big 12 Challenge.
Arkansas led by two five minutes to play before Baylor tied the game at 53 with 4:51 left to play. The Bears would then score four-straight points on a pair of Keyonte George baskets and later lead 62-55 with 1:21 left. However, Ricky Council IV kept Arkansas close with a pair of free throws and a jumper to get the Razorbacks to within three (62-59) with 28 seconds left.
After an Arkansas foul, BU’s Jalen Bridges went 1-of-2 at the line. Davonte Davis sprinted down the floor and converted an old-fashion 3-point play to cut the deficit to one (63-62) with 19 ticks left.
The Hogs fouled LJ Cryer with 10 seconds left and he made both free throws for a three-point Baylor lead. Davis once again quickly pushed the ball up the court and made a layup with four seconds left to make it a one-point game once again.
George was immediately fouled on the inbounds play and made both free throws to give Baylor a 67-64 lead. Arkansas got the inbounds pass up to Davis, who was fouled just past half court with two seconds left.
Davis missed a free throw and the Hogs executed a play it routinely practices. Jalen Graham tipped the ball to an open Joseph Pinion in the right corner. The shot was off in time but did not fall to give Baylor the win.
Council led Arkansas with 25 points while Davis added 16 points and four assists. Graham only scored four points but had his most impactful game of the year with a season-high nine rebounds, four assists and two steals.
George and Cryer led the Bears with 24 and 20 points, respectively. The pair were each 6-of-6 at the foul line and Baylor was 21-of-24 from the stripe from the game. Arkansas was just 6-of-11 at the line for the contest.
FIRST HALF: Arkansas 33, Baylor 27
• Baylor was in control early thanks to several first-half turnovers by the Razorbacks.
• Arkansas used a 12-1 run, including a 7-0 spurt, to tie the game at 20-20.
• After a technical foul call on the Razorback bench, Baylor went up 25-20 and led 27-22 with 4:13 to play.
• Arkansas answered with an 11-0 run, including a fastbreak layup Davonte Davis followed by a Davis dunk, to grab a 33-27 lead with 1:30 left. Neither team scored for the remainder of the half.
• Arkansas was led by Ricky Council IV with 12 points.
• Jalen Graham and Makhel Mitchell provided a boost off the bench. Mitchell had three blocked shots and Graham scored six points, seven rebounds, two assists and two steals. Mitchell was +15 and Graham was +14.
• Arkansas shot 58.3% from the field and held Baylor to 24.2%. However, Arkansas committed 11 turnovers compared to just four by Baylor.
• Arkansas had eight assists on 14 made baskets
SECOND HALF: Arkansas 31,Baylor: 40
• Baylor was 13-of-15 at the line. Arkansas was 3-of-4.
• After 11 first-half turnovers, Arkansas only committed four in the second half.
• Council had 11 second-half points.
• Georgie had 14 second-half points.
Game Notes
• For the second time this season, Arkansas wore its home white uniforms for a true road game. This time Arkansas wore its ’94 Throwback uniforms.
• Arkansas’ starting lineup was Anthony Black – Davonte Davis – Ricky Council – Jordan Walsh – Makhi Mitchell.
• Baylor won the tip.
• LJ Cryer scored the game’s first points, a 3-pointer at 19:43. Makhi Mitchell scored the first points for Arkansas, a dunk at 18:51.
• Kamani Johnson was the first Razorback sub.
• Baylor only had five assists for the game, the fewest by a Razorback opponent since Southern on Dc. 9, 2020.
• Baylor entered the game as the second-best offensive efficiency team in the country. The Bears were 30th in scoring (79.4), 38th in scoring margin (+10.1), 22nd in 3’s made per game (9.4) and 11th in free throws made per game (17.3). Arkansas held the Bears to 67 points, 33.9% from the field and 33.3% from 3-point.
• In this the 100th year of Arkansas basketball, Baylor joins Texas A&M as the only teams on Arkansas’ schedule this year that was also on the schedule in year one (1923-24).
• Baylor is Arkansas’ fourth-most common opponent all time The teams have now met 145 times with Arkansas holding a 96-49 advantage. Despite the loss, Arkansas also leads 36-33 in games played in Waco.
• Arkansas falls to 4-5 in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge. The Razorbacks were 4-0 at home and 0-5 on the road. This is the final year of the Challenge.
Information from Arkansas Communications is included in this story.
How to watch-listen to Hogs at Bears this afternoon
Who: Arkansas Razorbacks (14-6, 3-5 SEC) vs No. 17 Baylor Bears (15-5, 5-3 BIG 12)
What: The final SEC-Big 12 Challenge and the 145th all-time meeting with Baylor.
When: Saturday, Jan. 28, 3 p.m.
Where: Waco, Texas, Ferrell Center (10,284)
Television: ESPN (Tom Hart, Fran Fraschilla)
Listen Online: HitThatLine.com
Radio: ESPN Arkansas 99.5 in Fayetteville, 95.3 in the River Valley, 96.3 in Hot Springs and 104.3 in Harrison-Mountain Home (Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman)
Sirius-XM: 81 (Sirius)-81 (XM) • SXM App: Channel 81
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas steps out of conference play to face the 17th-ranked Baylor Bears in the 10th and final SEC-Big 12 Challenge on Saturday (Jan. 28).
Tipoff at Baylor’s Farrell Center is set for 3 pm and the game will be televised on ESPN.
The Series
• In this the 100th year of Razorback basketball, Baylor joins Texas A&M as the only teams on this year’s Razorback schedule that also appeared on Arkansas’ first season of basketball (1923-24) when the trio of schools were members of the Southwest Conference. In fact, Baylor was Arkansas’ third conference opponent in Arkansas’ inaugural season of basketball. After splitting with SMU and dropping two games to TCU, Arkansas traveled to Baylor and lost, 33-29, on Feb. 18, 1924, before rallying for a 28-14 win over the Bears the next day in Waco.
• Arkansas and Baylor have met on 144 previous occasions, making the Bears fourth (tied) among Arkansas’ most common opponents behind Texas A&M (161), Texas (155) and SMU (155) while being tied with Rice (144).
• Arkansas owns a 96-48 advantage in the series, including a 37-32 mark in games played in Waco. The last time Arkansas played in Waco (Jan. 26, 1991), then No. 2 Arkansas defeated the Bears, 73-68. The teams have only played three times since that 1991 game after Arkansas left the SWC for the SEC. All three were on neutral courts –—Jan. 5, 2008, in Dallas; Dec. 20, 2009, in North Little Rock; and Mar. 29, 2021, in Indianapolis.
Razorbacks and the Big 12-SEC Challenge
• In a rematch of the 2021 NCAA Elite 8, Arkansas will face Baylor in Waco as part of the 2023 SEC/Big 12 Challenge.
• Overall, the 10th — and final —SEC/Big 12 Challenge will feature 10 games played on Saturday featuring five home SEC games and five home Big 12 games.
• Arkansas will play in its ninth consecutive Challenge. The Razorbacks are 4-4 in such games.
Arkansas-Baylor Connections
• Arkansas freshman Anthony Black is connected to Baylor through his parents. His father, Terry, was a standout basketball player for the Bears and he is a member of the Baylor Sports Hall of Fame (Class of 2015). His mother, the former Jennifer Cavelle, played soccer at Baylor.
• Arkansas athlets director Hunter Yurachek and Baylor athletics director Mack Rhoades worked together at both Akron and Houston. Yurachek succeeded Rhoades as Houston athletics director prior to coming to Arkansas.
Heating Up From Deep
• In the first four SEC games, Arkansas was just 14-of-72 (19.4%) from three-point range. In the last four SEC games, Arkansas has made 27-of-68 ( (39.7%) from deep … 13 more makes in four fewer attempts.
• After the first four SEC games, Arkansas ranked 341st in the NCAA in three-point percentage (.284).
After the last 4 SEC games, Arkansas now ranks 312th in the NCAA in three-point percentage (.308) … A 24 percentage-point improvement.
Scoring Down in Wins, But Defense and Shooting Percentage Way Up
• During Arkansas’ four-game losing streak, the offense was good enough to win, but the defense was not.
• Arkansas is riding a two-game winning streak despite scoring two of its fewer point totals of the season.
4-Game Losing Streak: 72.0 ppg, 43% FG, 29% 3PT; Allowed: 83.0 ppg, 46% FG, 39% 3PT
2-Game Winning Streak: 64.5 ppg, 45% FG, 39% 3PT; Allowed: 48.5 ppg, 34% FG, 27% 3PT
• Arkansas scored 69 and 60 in its last two wins and is just 16-13 under Musselman when scoring under 70. Arkansas allowed 57 and 40 in its last two wins and is 31-0 under Muss when holding opponents under 60 points.
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