Scoring Recap: Arkansas 91, Missouri 84
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STARTING LINEUPS:
Arkansas:
G - #0 Khalif Battle
G - #6 Layden Blocker
G - #12 Tramon Mark
F - #8 Chandler Lawson
F - #11 Jalen Graham
Missouri:
G - #2 Tamar Bates
G - #10 Nick Honor
G - #55 Sean East II
F - #0 Jordan Butler
F - #35 Noah Carter
First Half:
Arkansas has won the tip and we are underway!
The first points of the game are scored by Missouri's Jordan Butler, who nails two free throws after getting fouled by Tramon Mark.
Mark finds a soft spot in the Tigers' zone and makes a midrange jumper for the Hogs' first points of the game. A Missouri turnover turns into a Khalif Battle three point basket.
A hip-check personal foul by Jalen Graham turns into a made three-pointer at the top of the key for Noah Carter. On the other end, Graham gets fouled mid-air on an alley-oop attempt but the foul is before the shot. Mark turns it over out of bounds.
Arkansas retains possession after a heldball, and Graham dribbles the ball into the paint for a jumper. Battle gets blocked on a transition layup after the Hogs force a liveball turnover.
TIMEOUT: Arkansas 7, Missouri 5, 15:56 in 1H
Graham takes a contested push-shot from the paint but drains it after the break. Connor Vanover picks up a defensive rebound and then an offensive rebound and putback for the Tigers. Battle is hot from deep, as he knocks down his second three of the game.
Vanover answers right back with a three of his own. Lawson grabs an airball from Battle and puts back the missed shot for his first points of the game.
Makhi Mitchell dunks one home off an assist from Keyon Menifield Jr. We have a timeout after a personal foul by Jeremiah Davenport.
TIMEOUT: Arkansas 16, Missouri 10, 11:56 in 1H
Mark flushes home a dunk off a fast break turnover out of the break. The Hogs force a miss and Mitchell draws a foul on a shot in the paint. He makes both free throws.
The Tigers end a scoring drought with a midrange jumper by Tamar Bates. Arkansas answers with a quick five points off a dunk by Mitchell and three point basket by Menifield. We have a timeout.
TIMEOUT: Arkansas 25, Missouri 12, 8:42 in 1H
Carter makes a much-needed three pointer out of the break to get it back within 10 points. Mitchell continues to dominate in the paint, as he hits a bucket over Vanover around the rim.
TIMEOUT: Arkansas 27, Missouri 15, 7:51 in 1H
Out of the timeout, Sean East II cuts to the cup for a basket. Mitchell hits a left-handed bank shot in the paint.
Vanover responds with a bucket of his own before Lawson flushes an alley-oop dunk on the other end. We have another quick timeout.
TIMEOUT: Arkansas 31, Missouri 19, 6:24 in 1H
Tamar Bates knocks down two free throws out of the break. The back-and-forth action continues after Mark weaves his way onto the left side of the court for a tough layup.
Missouri finally breaks through with a three pointer by East to make it a single-digit game. Blocker turns the ball over on the other end with an offensive foul.
Arkansas forces a miss with excellent defense and Menifield takes advantage with a fastbreak layup. A heldball results in the Tigers maintaining possession.
TIMEOUT: Arkansas 35, Missouri 24, 3:53 in 1H
Bates hits two free throws out of the break to get within single digits again.
The Hogs answer back with a Mitchell dunk off an assist from Menifield, and Vanover turns it over on the other end. Menifield looks like a true point guard and nails a floater in the paint over Vanover.
Arkansas extends its lead to 15 with a Blocker fast break dunk. After getting fouled, Menifield nails two free throws. An offensive turnover by Missouri results in a Mitchell layup.
Jordan Butler hits a second-chance layup in the paint to stop the bleeding for the Tigers, and Arkansas misses its final shot to end the half. However, after review, Blocker is at the free throw line after getting fouled. He makes both charity stripe shots.
HALF: Arkansas 47, Missouri 28
Second Half:
The second half starts with a made layup by Layden Blocker off an assist from Jalen Graham. Missouri answers with a three pointer by Nick Honor.
Graham backs his man down in the paint and hits a hook shot over his defender. Tamar Bates nails an and-one shot and converts the free throw. Chandler Lawson dunks one home in transition.
Khalif Battle steals the ball from the Tigers and Graham hits a paint shot with a clean euro-step. The Tigers commit another turnover and this one is getting ugly.
Both teams trade buckets and Battle is on the ground with an apparent leg injury.
After a quick stoppage, Bates nails two free throws following a shooting foul by Mitchell. Graham hits a second-chance paint bucket and Bates finds himself wide open for a dunk in transition.
TIMEOUT: Arkansas 59, Missouri 40, 15:28 in 2H
Bates and Graham trade jumpers out of the break, and then Graham forces a steal. Soon after, Graham and Mitchell razzle-dazzle in the paint with some elite playmaking which ends in a dunk.
Missouri finally gets something positive in its favor after a Bates transition bucket while being fouled. He converts the and-one with a free throw.
Graham makes one free throw after getting fouled by Vanover. After forcing a miss, Mark hits an elbow jumper. He then hits a euro-step layup to make it a 20-point game again.
Bates drains a three after the Tigers secure a couple offensive rebounds. Give Mark another bucket after forcing a steal and flushing one home in transition.
Tamar Bates is taking over for Missouri, as the guard makes a fast break layup while being fouled.
TIMEOUT: Arkansas 70, Missouri 53, 10:32 in 2H
Out of the timeout, Bates hits the and-one free throw. Mitchell then draws a foul on a shot in the paint and converts one free throw.
After a stretch of bad basketball by both teams, Missouri makes it a 13-point game after some free throws.
We have a timeout after Missouri blocks a shot and gets blocked by Graham on the other end.
TIMEOUT: Arkansas 71, Missouri 58, 7:39 in 2H
Keyon Menifield Jr. splashes home two free throws out of the break. Missouri's Mabor Majak hits a free throw of his own after being fouled by Graham.
After a near-miss by the Tigers, Arkansas extends the its lead with a Mitchell dunk. Graham picks up another foul and Curt Lewis makes one free throw.
Mitchell nearly posterizes Vanover on a putback but the basket is waived off for basket interference. Sean East II draws a foul and makes both free throws.
Make it an 11-point game after a fastbreak bucket by Missouri, but Arkansas responds with a Tramon Mark jumper. We have a timeout after a Layden Blocker steal and shooting foul.
TIMEOUT: Arkansas 77, Missouri 64, 3:49 in 2H
Mark knocks down two free throws out of the timeout. Missouri's Aidan Shaw answers with a dunk. Shaw then fouls Blocker, who proceeds to hit two free throws.
A timeout is called after Missouri makes it a 13-point game with a second-chance layup.
TIMEOUT: Arkansas 81, Missouri 68, 2:39 in 2H
Turnovers by both teams out of the break eventually results in Menifield nailing a dagger-three. Bates does keep the game somewhat-alive with a bucket and-one on the other end. He makes the free throw.
Mark draws a foul and hits both free throws. Nick Honor splashes a three for the Tigers. Menifield nails a couple free throws after drawing a foul.
TIMEOUT: Arkansas 88, Missouri 76, 0:44 in 2H
Missouri makes it close with some threes, but the Hogs hold on for the win.
FINAL: Arkansas 91, Missouri 84