Arkansas logro una importante victoria en casa al derrotar a Los Tigres de Auburn por marcador de 88-75.
Gran noche para Billy Richmond II que termino con 25 puntos en su cuenta personal. Darius Acuff Jr. empato su propia marca a lograr concretar 31 puntos, y 7 rebotes. Gran noche también para Trevor Brazile que aporto 11 puntos y 7 rebotes.
Arkansas reread a la acción este miércoles cuando en calidad de visitante se enfrente a Alabama, el encuentro esta programado para las 6 de la tarde y sera televisado en ESPN. https://youtu.be/kAurgYA6mVU?si=LiT9AbBLcpEDekPI
Courtesy: U of A Communications
FAYETTEVILLE – Billy Richmond III scored a career-high 25 points and Darius Acuff Jr. matched his career high with 31 points, adding seven assists with one turnover, to lead #21 Arkansas to an 88-75 victory over Auburn Saturday night at Bud Walton Arena.
The win avenged a 95-73 loss at Auburn last month and puts the Razorbacks at 19-6 overall, 9-3 in the SEC.
Arkansas, up six at halftime, started the second half on a 15-2 run thanks to Acuff making three straight 3-pointers and dishing out two assists. Overall, Acuff scored 20 points in the second half and had five assists in the second half.
Richmond was 12-of-15 from the field as he scored 25 points, 10 points better than his previous best of 15. He had three steals and electrified the crowd with five dunks, tying the most by a Razorback this season.
Trevon Brazile continued his strong play with 11 points, seven rebounds and four blocked shots. Also, freshman Meleek Thomas led the Hogs with a career-high 10 rebounds.
A key stat in the win for the Razorbacks was that the Hogs scored 52 points in the paint. With that, Arkansas shot 67.5% (27-of-40) from 2-point range. Overall, Arkansas, which leads the league in field goal percentage, increased its average two tenths from 50.2% to 50.4% by shooting 57.4% from the field for the game.
Also, Arkansas had 19 assists with just five turnovers. In the second half, Arkansas had 10 assists with zero turnovers while adding eight blocked shots.
Tahaad Pettiford led Auburn with 29 points (11-of-18 FG, 4-of-7 3PT) and seven assists. KeShawn Murphy added a double with 22 points and 12 rebounds (six offensive). However, the Razorbacks limited Murphy to just four second-half points.
The Razorbacks return to the road to face Alabama on Wednesday (Feb. 18). Tipoff is set for 6 pm (CT) and the game will be televised on ESPN.