PREGAME
Notes:
~ Arkansas guards Boogie Fland, DJ Wagner and Johnell Davis were all spotted getting work in early before the game.
~ Big man Jonas Aidoo is dressed out and going through pregame warmups.
STARTING LINEUPS
Arkansas...
- G Boogie Fland
- G DJ Wagner
- G Johnell Davis
- F Adou Thiero
- C Zvonimir Ivisic
Lipscomb...
- G Will Pruitt
- G Gyasi Powell
- G Joe Anderson
- F Charlie Williams
- F Jacob Ognacevic
FIRST HALF
18:43 - Arkansas wins the tip and we are underway. The first official points scored in the John Calipari era are by Boogie Fland, who pulls up for the jumpshot (2-0, Arkansas)
17:03 - Adou Thiero continues his stellar play from the TCU exhibition with a steal and fastbreak layup. (6-2, Arkansas)
15:06 - Arkansas center Jonas Aidoo subs in for his first minutes in an Arkansas uniform. Trevon Brazile then works his magic with a euro step dunk. (8-6, Arkansas)
14:16 - After the break, a scramble drill on a loose ball results in a putback layup by Lipscomb. (10-8, Lipscomb).
11:41 - Sleepwalking is the best way to describe Arkansas right now, which finds itself down four points to the Bisons. (14-10, Lipscomb).
10:19 - An Adou Thiero personal foul on a rebound attempt sends us to a media timeout with the Hogs trailing. (14-12, Lipscomb).
8:32 - Karter Knox secures a rebound and pushes it to Johnell Davis in transition, and the veteran pumpfakes near the rim for the basket. On the next trip down, DJ Wagner draws the foul and sinks the shot and-one style. (17-17).
7:27 - Boogie Fland HOUNDS his matchup to force a steal, he saves it from going out of bounds and tosses it to Trevon Brazile, who flushes it home. DJ Wagner then forces a turnover and puts it in the basket. (23-17, Arkansas).
4:39 - These Razorbacks can play defense. A Billy Richmond steal leads to a fastbreak Boogie Fland reverse layup, and the Hogs lead by six. (29-23, Arkansas).
2:27 - Johnell Davis finally sees a three-pointer go through the basket with time dwindling on the shot-block. (32-26, Arkansas).
1:08 - Karter Knox gets the ball in the corner, hits his defender with the jab step-back and then sinks Arkansas' second three-pointer of the game. (37-28, Arkansas).
0:00 - On the final two possessions of the first half, Karter Knox dunks one home and then forces a turnover on the other end. (39-28, Arkansas).
HALFTIME STATS
SECOND HALF
19:07 - Lipscomb gets the second-half scoring started with a three point basket. Big Z then answers with a layup. (41-31, Arkansas).
16:40 - Both teams are trading buckets, but Lipscomb has turned it over three times to start the second half. (47-36, Arkansas).
15:50 - At the under-16 media timeout, Arkansas leads by 13 after a Boogie Fland jumper and a forced shot-clock violation by the Hogs' defense. (49-36, Arkansas).
13:10 - Johnell Davis and Big Z complete the 1-2 defensive punch with good on-ball pressure and the block. On the other hand, Davis uses one hand for a push-shot jumper. (55-40, Arkansas).
11:10 - Jonas Aidoo gets his first bucket as a Hog on a post-up, then Boogie Fland sinks the three to push us to a media timeout. (60-45, Arkansas).
10:13 - After converting a four-point play, the Bisons complete a three-point play to keep fans on the edge of their seats. (60-52, Arkansas)
8:47 - Lipscomb converts the layup attempt to push its run to 9-0, and Calipari calls a needed timeout. (60-54, Arkansas).
6:50 - Up just four points, Big Z swishes the three-point basket to give Arkansas some breathing room. (63-56, Arkansas).
3:36 - Some really solid defense being played by the Hogs in the closing stretch of this game. Arkansas still leads at the media timeout. (66-57).
2:21 - Here come the Hogs! Adou Thiero thunders one home for a dunk and Johnell Davis hits the reverse layup to push Arkansas' lead back out to 15. (72-57, Arkansas).
0:00 - It wasn't always easy, but the Hogs finish the second half strong to cruise to victory. (76-60, Arkansas FINAL).
FINAL STATS
How to Watch/Listen
Who: No. 16 Arkansas Razorbacks (0-0) vs. Lipscomb Bisons (0-0)
What: Arkansas basketball season-opener
When: Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 7:00 p.m. CT
Where: Bud Walton Arena — Fayetteville, Arkansas
TV/Stream: SEC Network+/Watch ESPN
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Game Preview...
Arkansas basketball is officially set for its 2024-25 season-opener, as the Lipscomb Bisons will face the Razorbacks on Wednesday evening at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville. The game is set for a 7 p.m. CT tipoff and it will stream on SEC Network-Plus.
The matchup will mark the first ever regular season look at the Hoop Hogs under first-year head coach John Calipari. Arkansas already faced off against No. 1 Kansas (85-69 Arkansas win) and at TCU (66-65 TCU win) in preseason charity exhibition games in recent weeks.
Arkansas and Lipscomb haven't met in Fayetteville since Dec. 5, 2020, when the Bisons were defeated by the Razorbacks under former head coach Eric Musselman, 86-50. The Hogs are 3-0 all-time against Lipscomb, with the most recent matchup coming last season (69-66 Arkansas win) and the first contest on Dec. 20, 2004 (83-54 Arkansas win).
Scouting Arkansas vs. Lipscomb: Stats, Projected Starters, More
The Bisons were picked preseason to win the Atlantic Sun conference by the league's coaches. Sixth-year head coach Lennie Acuff has drawn plenty of praise for the Arkansas coaching staff.
"Coach Acuff has done an unbelievable job at Lipscomb," Arkansas assistant coach Chuck Martin said Wednesday. "We have a tremendous amount of respect for him and his program, and I think that’s the consensus around the country. When you play Lipscomb, you know you’re going to play an efficient team, a team that’s not going to beat itself.
"Unbelievable on offense. Their ball movement, their player movement, their execution, their counters. They do an unbelievable job of reading the defense and then countering it. And Coach (Calipari) is correct, a lot like the old Princeton offense. They’re as good as anybody in the country in terms of running their offense."
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