The 3-0 Razorbacks are welcoming the 1-2 Lipscomb Bisons to Bud Walton Arena at 4 p.m. Saturday night. Following a 72-60 win over UT-Arlington, and currently sitting as the only 3-0 team in the SEC, the Hogs are looking to continue what has been a seemingly solid start to the season.
Lipscomb won their first game of the season against Lamar, 76-73, but since then the Bison have dropped their last two games by a combined 14 points to quality opponents of Cincinnati and Tulane. This is the second meeting between the two teams–the Hogs won the first matchup 83-54 on Dec. 20, 2004.
The Bison have a player of many talents sitting at the center position in Ahsan Asadullah. The big man is averaging 5.7 assists per game, which is something you would see out of a guard, but Asadullah plays with great vision and he leads the team in rebounds as well.
Here is everything you need to know about this matchup with the Bison:
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Important Times
Doors Open: 3 p.m.
Tip-off: 4 p.m.
TV/Radio
SEC Network (Josh Haley and Manuale Watkins)
Razorback Learfield/IMG College, Online 963, XM 192 (Chuck Barrett, Matt Zimmerman)
Live Stats: www.Arkansas.StatBroadcast.com
Keys to the Game from Head Coach Musselman
"They execute really well. The pinch post is certainly an area that we’re going to have to defend their elbow action. You know I think that’s going to be the main - we’ve got to take away the 3. They cut really hard. They back cut. You know it’s going to be important that we take care of those areas.
"They’re really balanced. Their big inside is a not a good but a phenomenal passer. So we’re gonna have to do a really good job defending his passing. And he plays the center spot for them. If we don’t disrupt his vision from a passing standpoint, it really makes their offense run and click, so it’s going to be important that we have really active hands in defending him.”
(On Greg Jones the Lipscomb guard who is 10 of 20 from 3 this season)
"Any time somebody shoots the 3-ball with that accuracy, we've got to get a hand in the eyeball. That's still something that we have not done as well as we did last year. You can't switch a pick-and-roll and have your hands in your pockets or down at the side of your body. Your hands have to be active in vision, and we haven't done a good enough job of that.”
Bison to Know
G Romeao Ferguson: The senior from Burlington, North Carolina, the team’s leader in points so far this season is averaging 15 points per game and is 3/7 from the 3-point line.
C Ahsan Asadullah: This junior big man from Atlanta, Georgia, leads the team in rebounds (6.7 rebounds per game), assists (5.7 assists per game), and blocks (0.3 blocks per game) this season. Asadullah is also third on the team averaging 12.0 points per game.
G Greg Jones: As a junior out of Frisco, Texas, Jones is 50% from the arc this season making 10 of 20. Jones also leads the team in minutes per game averaging 34.7.
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Vegas Line
Arkansas -16.5, O/U 145.5
The Razorbacks have a 90.3% chance to win, according to ESPN BPI.
