#21 Arkansas Gets Payback Win Over Auburn

FAYETTEVILLE – Billy Richmond III scored a career-high 25 factors and Darius Acuff Jr. matched his profession excessive with 31 factors, including seven assists with one turnover, to steer #21 Arkansas to an 88-75 victory over Auburn Saturday evening at Bud Walton Arena.

The win avenged a 95-73 loss at Auburn final month and places the Razorbacks at 19-6 general, 9-3 within the SEC.

Arkansas, up six at halftime, began the second half on a 15-2 run due to Acuff making three straight 3-pointers and doling out two assists. Overall, Acuff scored 20 factors within the second half and had 5 assists within the second half.

Richmond was 12-of-15 from the sector as he scored 25 factors, 10 factors higher than his earlier better of 15. He had three steals and electrified the group with 5 dunks, tying probably the most by a Razorback this season.

Trevon Brazile continued his sturdy play with 11 factors, seven rebounds and 4 blocked photographs. Also, freshman Meleek Thomas led the Hogs with a career-high 10 rebounds.

A key stat within the win for the Razorbacks was that the Hogs scored 52 factors within the paint. With that, Arkansas shot 67.5% (27-of-40) from 2-point vary. Overall, Arkansas, which leads the league in discipline aim proportion, elevated its common two tenths from 50.2% to 50.4% by taking pictures 57.4% from the sector for the sport.

Also, Arkansas had 19 assists with simply 5 turnovers. In the second half, Arkansas had 10 assists with zero turnovers whereas including eight blocked photographs.

Tahaad Pettiford led Auburn with 29 factors (11-of-18 FG, 4-of-7 3PT) and 7 assists. KeShawn Murphy added a double with 22 factors and 12 rebounds (six offensive). However, the Razorbacks restricted Murphy to simply 4 second-half factors.

The Razorbacks return to the street to face Alabama on Wednesday (Feb. 18). Tipoff is ready for six pm (CT) and the sport shall be televised on ESPN.

FIRST HALF: ARK: 38 – AUB: 30

• Arkansas used a 10-0 run (making 5-of-5 discipline targets) to take a 16-9 lead and held the benefit the remainder of the half.
• After a 2-of-6 begin taking pictures, Arkansas made 10 of its subsequent 12 discipline targets to steer 30-20.
• Auburn responded with an 8-0 run to get inside two (30-28). Malique Ewin ended the run to maintain the Hogs in entrance.
• Billy Richmond III led the Hogs with 12 factors, together with a highlight-reel dink and a formidable reverse layup off an alley-opp.
• Darius Acuff added 11 factors whereas Meleek Thomas had a team-best 5 rebounds.
• The Hogs shot 60% from the sector whereas holding the Tigers to 43%.
• KeShawn Murphy led Auburn with 18 factors on 8-of-12 taking pictures. Tahaad Pettiford added 11 factors.

SECOND HALF: ARK: 50 – AUB: 43

• Arkansas scored no less than 50 factors in a half for the twelfth time this season.
• Arkansas had an 11-0 spurt in that 15-2 run to begin the second half because the Hogs raced out to a 53-34 lead.
• Malique Ewin had a tip-in dunk at 14:04 within the second half to provide Arkansas its largest lead of the sport, 21 factors (57-36).
• Auburn adopted with a 19-6 run to trim its deficit to eight (63-55) with 9:20 left. Auburn was additionally down simply eight (65-57) with 8:25 left.
• Richmond put the Hogs up 10 with 7:34 left after a steal and coast-to-coast dunk. From that time, Arkansas led by double digits the remainder of the best way.
• Acuff scored 20 second-half factors (6-of-9 FG, 4-of-5 3PT, 4-of-5 FT) with 5 assists and nil turnovers.
• Richmond scored 13 second-half factors.
• Arkansas shot 55.6% within the second half whereas holding Auburn to 38.9%.
• Tahaad Pettiford had 17 second-half factors.

NOTES:

• For the third-straight recreation, Arkansas’ beginning lineup was Darius Acuff Jr., Meleek Thomas, Billy Richmond III, Trevon Brazile and Nick Pringle.
• Auburn gained the opening tip.
• Auburn’s Sebastian Williams-Adams scored the sport’s first factors, a layup at 19:39. Billy Richmond III scored the primary factors for Arkansas, a layup at 17:35.
• Arkansas’s first sub was Malique Ewin.
• Arkansas has blocked 29 photographs during the last three video games (9 at Miss State, 10 at LSU and 10 vs Auburn). Brazile has 13 of these 29 (4, 5 and 4).
• Arkansas has gained 6 of its final 7 and has shot over 50% from the sector in all six wins.
• This was the sixty fourth assembly between Arkansas and Auburn – and the second this season. All however one (a gathering within the 1967-68 season in Oklahoma City) have come since Arkansas joined the SEC.
• The Razorbacks owned a 29-24 benefit within the collection, together with a 24-6 margin versus the Tigers in video games performed in Fayetteville.
• Arkansas snapped a three-game shedding streak to Auburn. However, Auburn has gained 4 of the final 6. however three of these six had been performed in Auburn, two in Arkansas and one in Nashville.
• With his 31 factors and 7 rebounds, Darius Acuff stays on tempo to steer the league in scoring and assists in SEC video games solely. He is the one one on document, with SEC solely stats relationship again to 1991-92 season.
• Acuff is 10 factors shy of the Arkansas freshman document for factors in a season with 530. Scotty Thurman (1993) holds the document with 540 factors in 31 video games.
• Acuff is 12 discipline targets made shy of the Arkansas freshman document for factors in a season with 192. Scotty Thurman (1993) holds the document with 204 factors in 31 video games.
• Acuff moved to tenth on the UA high 10 for factors in a season in SEC video games at 286.
• Acuff moved to ninth on the UA high 10 for discipline targets made in a season in SEC video games at 286.
• Acuff is three assists shy of the UA high 10 for assists in a season in SEC video games with 77,
• Razorback head coach John Calipari now has 896 wins and is 4 shy of reaching 900 wins as head coach in an NCAA Division I program. Currently, solely 5 coaches have no less than 900 wins as head coach whereas at NCAA Division I packages: Mike Krzyzewski (1,202); Jim Boeheim (1,116); Rick Pitino (904); Roy Williams (903) and Bob Knight (902).

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