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Razorbacks dominate West Virginia for 77-68 win
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Jaylin Williams had a career-high 15 rebounds and added 12 points for his fifth double-double of the year as the Razorbacks defeated West Virginia, 77-68, as part of the SEC-Big 12 Challenge Saturday afternoon at Bud Walton Arena.
The Mountaineers as a team had just 26 rebounds.
The Razorbacks won their sixth straight game and have held the last six opponents to less than 40% shooting.
The Hogs are now 4-4 in the SEC-Big 12 Challenge, including 4-0 in Bud Walton Arena.
Arkansas entered the game with two key themes and accomplished both. They out-rebounded WVU and got to the free-throw line.
The Razorbacks out-rebounded the Mountaineers, 44-26, and made 28-of-34 at the line, compared to 15-of-21 by WVU.

Arkansas opened the second half hot and took a 19-point lead with 16:08 left. West Virginia cut the deficit to five (54-49) thanks to a 16-2 runs, including a 12-0 spurt. Au’Diese Toney went on a 5-0 run of his own – three free throws and a dunk – and Williams followed with an old-fashion, three-point play to put the Hogs up 13.
The Mountaineers battled back to get to within seven twice inside the final 4:25 but the Hogs had an answer each time down the stretch to get the win.
Toney finished with 19 points (6-of-8 FG and 7-of-8 FT) with seven rebounds and three assists.

Stanley Umude, who picked up the scoring in the first half when JD Notae left with two early fouls, just missed a double-double with 12 points and eight rebounds.
Notae added 15 points — 10 in the second half — and Davonte Davis contributed six rebounds.
Arkansas briefly hits the road to play at Georgia on Wednesday.
Game time is set for 6 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on ESPNU. The Razorbacks will return to Bud Walton Arena for the next two games, hosting Mississippi State next Saturday and Auburn (Feb. 8).

FIRST HALF: Arkansas: 38, West Virginia: 29
• Arkansas hit the opening shot of the game – a JD Notae 3-pointer – and jumped out to a 16-5 lead after a Stanley Umude triple to force a WVU timeout.
• Notae picked up his second foul at 16:34 and sat out the rest of the first half. He made both shots with five points and an assist.
• Stanley Umude led the Hogs with 9 points with five rebounds. Au’Diese Toney had 8 points and four boards.
• Jaylin Williams had nine rebounds at the break as Arkansas out-rebounded WVU 23-13.
• The Razorbacks were 16-of-18 at the free throw line.

SECOND HALF: Arkansas: 39, West Virginia: 39
• Arkansas started the second half strong as well (10-2) and made 5-of-5 FG attempts to push the run to 14-4 for a 19-point lead and force a WVU timeout.
• West Virginia answered with a 16-2 run, including a 12-0 spurt) to cut its deficit to five (54-49) at 12:21. Arkansas responded with an 8-0 run, including five straight points from Toney, to push the lead to 13.
• JD Notae, Trey Wade and Au’Diese Toney each played all 20 minutes of the second half. Notae has played all 20 minutes of a half 10 times this season and Toney has done so eight times.

Game Notes
• Arkansas’ starting lineup was JD Notae – Au’Diese Toney – Stanley Umude – Trey Wade –Jaylin Williams for the fifth straight game.
• Arkansas won the opening tip.
• JD Notae scored the game’s first points, a 3-pointer at 19:48. Arkansas is 14-1 this season when scoring first and 39-9 in the Musselman era.
• Davonte Davis was the first Razorback sub.

• Arkansas is now 2-0 all-time versus West Virginia.
• Arkansas is now 4-4 in the SEC-Big 12 Challenge. All four wis for the Hogs have come at home.
• Arkansas has held its last six opponents to less than 40% shooting from the field (35.4% – 120-of-339) while also holding the last six opponents to less the 31% shooting from 3-point range (25.8%, 33-of-128).
• The last time Arkansas held six-straight opponents to less than 40% shooting was games 7 through 12 of the 2013-14 season.
• Also, Arkansas has held four of its last six opponents to less than 60 points. The lone exceptions were Texas A&M scoring 73 in an overtime game and West Virginia scoring 68 today.
• Jaylin Williams has produced a double-double five of his last seven games. The only games Williams did not have double-doubles was having 19 pts and 9 rebs versus South Carolina and having 18 points and eight rebounds at Ole Miss.
• After making a season-low 8-of-12 at the line last time out, Arkansas bounced back to go 28-of-34 at the line versus WVU. The 28 makes and 34 attempts are the second-most for the Hogs this season trailing the Elon fame (29-of-35).
• Au’Diese Toney tied a season-high by making seven free throws.

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Eric Musselman put call out to try and find tickets to Ludacris concert Saturday night after 77-68 win Saturday afternoon.
Williams, Toney after Razorbacks hold off West Virginia for comfortable win
Arkansas’ Jaylin Williams (12 points, 15 rebounds) and Au’Diese Toney (19 points, 7 rebounds) recapping 77-68 win.
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Eric Musselman has never coached against West Virginia’s Bob Huggins … until Saturday.
He’s certainly aware of him, though.
“(Huggins) is one of the best that’s coached in college basketball,” Musselman said Thursday afternoon. “His teams are fundamentally sound, they’re tough.”
The Mountaineers come in on a four-game losing streak to some pretty good teams. They’ve played Kansas, Baylor, Texas Tech and Oklahoma.
“Those are four good teams they’e played,” Musselman said. “We hope it’s a great game and a great environment.”
The game will be televised on ESPN2.
You can listen to the game with Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman online at HitThatLine.com and on the radio at ESPN Arkansas 99.5 in Fayetteville, 95.3 in the River Valley, 96.3 in Hot Springs and central Arkansas, 104.3 in Harrison-Mountain Home and on satellite radio at Sirius-XM 380, online 968.
Game Notes
• This will be the second meeting between Arkansas and West Virginia. The Razorbacks won the first meeting, 71-64, on Nov. 26, 2006, to claim the Old Spice Championship in Orlando.
• This marks the ninth annual SEC-Big 12 Challenge. Arkansas is playing in its eighth consecutive Challenge and is 3-4 in such games — 3-0 at home and 0-4 on the road.
• JD Notae not only leads the SEC in both scoring and steals, but he also ranks among the top 15 in assists and defensive rebounds. He is the only player to rank among the SEC top 15 in those four categories.
• During Arkansas’ five-game win streak, JD Notae is averaging 19.4 ppg while Jaylin Williams is averaging a double-double (15.0 ppg and 10.2 rpg).
SEC-Big 12 Challenge Schedule:
LSU at TCU (ESPN2) – 11 a.m.
West Virginia at Arkansas (ESPN2) – 1 p.m.
Oklahoma at Auburn (ESPN) – 1 p.m.
Missouri at Iowa State (ESPNU) – 1 p.m.
Baylor at Alabama (ESPN) – 3 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Florida (ESPN2) – 3 p.m.
Kansas State at Ole Miss (ESPNU) – 3 p.m.
Kentucky at Kansas (ESPN) – 5 p.m.
Mississippi State at Texas Tech (ESPN2) – 5 p.m.
Tennessee at Texas (ESPN) – 7 p.m.
Arkansas vs. West Virgini
Current Records: Arkansas Razorbacks (14-5, 4-3 SEC) vs Ole Miss Rebels (10-9, 2-5 SEC)
Date-Time: Saturday, Jan. 28 at 1 p.m.
Where: Nolan Richardson Court at Bud Walton Arena (19,200)
TV/Streaming: ESPN2 (Kevin Fitzgerald and Dane Bradshaw).
Radio: Listen online at HitThatLine.com and on the radio at ESPN Arkansas 99.5 in Fayetteville, 95.3 in the River Valley, 96.3 in Hot Springs and central Arkansas, 104.3 in Harrison-Mountain Home and on satellite radio at Sirius-XM 385, online 975.
Sportsbook Info (via BetOnline.ag)
Spread: Arkansas -8 (-110), West Virginia +8 (-110)
Total: 141 – Over: (-110), Under: (-110)
Moneyline: None available
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Hogs pull off shockingly big upset over No. 12 LSU
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas secured the signature win of its season so far Thursday night in Bud Walton Arena, dominating No. 12 LSU, 90-76.
The Hogs (14-6, 4-3), who have now won three straight, went for 90-plus for the second time in their last three games, and led the Tigers (17-4, 5-3) by as many as 24 points.
It’s the first ranked win for coach Mike Neighbors’ squad since February of last year, when the Hogs took down No. 24 Mississippi State in Bud Walton Arena last season.

The win also marks Neighbors’ second straight year with a victory over a ranked Kim Mulkey team, as the Razorbacks toppled No. 4 Baylor last season, 83-78 (12-3-20).
Redshirt senior guard Amber Ramirez was big in this one, going for 25 points, one shy of her season-high.
Ramirez was efficient again against LSU, hitting 10 of her 18 shots, including five or her eight threes. The lead guard duo of Makayla Daniels and Samara Spencer scored 20 points each in the victory.
Turning point
The Hogs and Tigers played a tight first quarter, as the largest lead of the frame was Arkansas’ 5-0 run to start the game.
The Razorbacks began to find the touch from deep to kick off the second quarter, helping them to a 15-2 run that started to separate Arkansas from LSU.
Spencer and Jersey Wolfenbarger combined for nine points from deep at the beginning of the second quarter. Paired with Ramirez’s success in the midrange, the Hogs found themselves with an 11-point lead at the half.

An electric crown in Bud Walton Arena helped the Razorbacks find a groove in the third quarter.
Ramirez knocked down four of her five three-point attempts in the quarter, and the Hogs ended the third on a 12-1 run to stretch the lead to 20 before the start of the fourth quarter.
With a sizable lead, Arkansas was able to keep LSU at bay in the final 10 minutes, closing the game out easily and putting an emphatic stamp on the upset.

Hogs highlights
• Spencer’s 20 points marked her third straight game setting a new career-high.
• It was Daniels’ first 20-point game since she dropped 34 on Creighton in December.
• Wolfenbarger played a well-rounded game – she scored eight points, pulled down six boards and dished four assists.

Next game
Arkansas will have a shot at another ranked upset on Monday, as they will travel to Knoxville to take on No. 4 Tennessee. That game will tip off at 6 p.m. and will air on the SEC Network.
Information from Arkansas Communications is included in this story.












