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Eibner homers twice in 6-3 win at LSU
Courtesy: Zach Lawson, Athletic Media Relations
BATON ROUGE, La. – For the third time in his career, Brett Eibner hit two home runs to lead the offensive charge as the No. 13 University of Arkansas baseball team beat third-ranked LSU, 6-3, Friday night at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, La, in the Southeastern Conference opener. Eibner posted a pair of two-run home runs and had four RBI. Mike Bolsinger worked seven strong innings to pick up his third win of the season.
“We’ve talked about staying calm because this is just the first of 30 (conference games),” head coach Dave Van Horn said. “You never know how the team will react after a long trip and playing in a new park we’ve never seen before. I thought we handled it pretty well. We left too many runners on base and couldn’t get that big single in the game but we got the big home runs.”
James McCann collected the first hit of the game for either team with a single that nearly got past a diving Leon Landry, LSU’s center fielder. The Razorback catcher was stranded at first as LSU starter Austin Ross sat down the next two hitters to get out of the inning. McCann tied a career high with three hits Friday.
The Tigers cracked the scoreboard first in their half of the second. With two outs, Tyler Hanover tripled off the wall in left center for the Tigers’ first hit of the game. Matt Gaudet immediately followed with a home run into the right-field seats to give the home team an early 2-0 advantage.
Arkansas scored four runs in the top of the fourth to grab the lead. Leading off the inning, Zack Cox extended his season-opening hitting streak to 16 games with a single to right field. The streak is the second longest under Van Horn. Andy Wilkins, the Hogs’ next hitter, tied the score with a towering two-run shot to left field, his seventh big fly of the season. After a one-out McCann single, Eibner put Arkansas on top, 4-2, with a line-drive home run down the line in left field. It was his third home run of the season.
Wilkins’ blast against LSU gives the junior slugger 34 career home runs and moves him into a tie for seventh with Jake Dugger (2004-07) on the program’s all-time list. Wilkins finished the game 2-for-3 at the plate with a double to go along with his home run and two runs scored.
The Razorbacks had a chance to add to their lead in the fifth. With runners on first and second and no outs after a back-to-back errors by the Tigers’ infield, Cox looked to push a run across the plate with a shot headed for center field, but Austin Nola, the LSU shortstop, dove to his left to snag the liner out of the air and collected himself to double Vinson off second with a toss to the bag.
With two outs, the threat continued after an intentional walk to Wilkins gave the Hogs runners on first and second but Ross struck out Monk Kreder to escape the inning without allowing a run.
Wilkins led off the seventh with a double to right center. Kreder laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Wilkins over to third with one out. McCann grounded out to the shortstop for the second out but with the infield playing in on the grass, Wilkins was unable to score. Eibner took care of the run with his second home run of the game, a monster shot that went over the scoreboard in left field. The two-run home run upped the Arkansas lead to 6-2.
After running into trouble in the LSU second, Bolsinger was strong for the Hogs. The McKinney, Texas, native tied his career high with seven innings and struck out four Tigers. After Gaudet’s home run, Bolsinger gave up just two hits over his final five innings of work. Friday’s game was Bolsinger’s first start in an SEC game since March 14, 2009; he worked 2.1 innings in that game and did not figure into the decision.
LSU tacked on a third run in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Gaudet, but DJ Baxendale, on in relief of Bolsinger, capped his two-inning effort and sealed the game by picking Hanover off at second base.
Game two of the conference-opening series is set for a 3 p.m. start Saturday at Alex Box Stadium. Drew Smyly (2-0, 1.80 ERA) is penciled in to get the start for the Hogs and LSU will counter with Joey Bourgeois (2-1, 4.74 ERA). The contest will be aired on Cox Sports Television (channel 119 in Northwest Arkansas). For more information and continued coverage, log on to ArkansasRazorbacks.com.
Canaries...On Ice!
Go to woopig.net’s message board, and check it out. I’ll wait here. If you are perusing the site anywhere near the time of this writing, hockey threads and posts are all over “Razorback Discussion”. And that makes me happy. Woopig has raised money for the team, money it badly needs, as the athletes are footing the bill for everything. Also, the multiple threads have helped bring attention to the club program, and their quest for a national championship. All the way around, the focus on the Ice Hogs at woopig has been a positive. For woopig. And that hockey team. And Razorback fans in general. But the story isn’t always told on one level – in fact, in the real world, it rarely is.
What I’m about to say is presented as a hypothetical, because I don’t want to open any cans of worms. It is purely for demonstration purposes, so please don’t allow your mind to wander too far away.
For the purposes of this discussion, let’s assume the most dire warnings related to man-made global warming are true. You don’t have to really believe it, but let’s stipulate it just for a practice in hypotheticals. I’m the kind of guy, I hate any temperature below 75 degrees or so. Hate it. I prefer the climate of Kuwait to the climate of Colorado. So, I am ecstatic at this time of the year, when temps start going back up. The first day the temperature crosses 80 is a holy day of the year for me. I’ve been told the Earth has warmed by 1.7 degrees or so in the last few years. Me? I’m down with an extra 1.7. Hell, make it 6.7. I would love it if every day was just a little bit warmer. The problem is, if you’re stipulating that the worst-case scenarios are true, there is a bigger concern than my own comfort. While I am very happy for the days that are a little bit warmer, the bigger picture is that those good days are warnings of catastrophes to come. The story isn’t always told on one level.
Go back and look at the message board again. Notice that people aren’t nearly as enthusiastic to talk about basketball as they are hockey. What conversation DOES center around basketball seems to fall mostly into one of two camps – the “Fire Pel Now” camp, and the “I just don’t care anymore” camp. There is a rising sea of discontent, and it threatens to drown a once-proud program – not waterlog it, or drench it, but drown it. As in “dead”. When club hockey becomes the emotional outlet for Razorback fans in the last days before the SEC basketball tourney, no matter how good that may be for those young men on skates, it is a dangerous warning sign for what was once the pride of the Natural State.
A few days ago, the basketball team played a game against Ole Miss. At stake was a .500 record in conference, a first-round bye in the aforementioned tournament for a weary team, and, perhaps, the long-term fate of the head coach. And no one really seemed to care – at least not until AFTER the team had collapsed in the last few moments, a perfect metaphor for the last 2 years of Razorback basketball. The concern is just not there. Actually, I don’t think that’s entirely true. The deluge of letters following the loss to Ole Miss shows that the people DO still care. Perhaps it is only hope that is no longer there. Perhaps it is easier to follow a team without the expectations. A team without the history, and the prestige, and the resources. After a decade that has left the fan truly convinced that the powers-that-be no longer care about matching the expectations to the history, prestige, and resources, who can blame him for no longer holding on to the hope that excellence will some day return? Maybe it’s easier at this point to just cheer for the kids who are playing for the love of the game.
I’m not a “little Ol Arkansas” guy. I don’t believe that this state is so small, poor, rural, and/or geographically remote that it cannot put forth contenders in the major sports. I do believe that these goals are impossible if the state is not together. There are those who would tell you that the examples of the message-boards don’t really tell us all that much – that message boarders aren’t the best representation of the average fan. And I agree with the sentiment somewhat, though not for the boilerplate reasoning behind it. Message boards are a pretty accurate cross-section of the society they draw from, in my experience. I have met several fellow message boarders, and the range of occupations, personalities, politics, etc. has been every bit as diverse as anything you will find at Razorback Stadium on a Saturday in the Fall. I count among my message board “friends” a principal, several attorneys, several vets and current military members, salesmen, tech guys, Arkansas media members, Razorback lettermen from various sports (including the 3 big ones: baseball, basketball and football), hell, even mayors and ghost hunters. Where message board posters diverge is in their dedication to the program. This may rankle some, but the most diehard fans this University has are people like the ones you see posting on woopig. And they don’t care about basketball anymore. They would rather watch hockey, a game many of them freely admit they know little to nothing about. If we’ve lost them, where do we think the casual fan is by this point?
The song of the canary is a beautiful thing. The focus on and support for the hockey team has been a beautiful thing. Unfortunately, Razorback basketball has been poisoned with discontent and apathy, and I’m afraid Mr. Long is mistaking the last desperate cries of the canary for attention with that of a creature expressing its passion for life. I wish nothing but the best for the hockey team, and hope that the support continues well on into the future. This doesn’t mean we can ignore the dangerous message that lies beneath. The mine that is Razorback Basketball is on the verge of closing. It’s time to excise the poison, and allow the air to clear.
Form letters to fan outrage is not the answer. The answer is in the outrage. It’s a funny thing, passion. You either do what you can to harness it, or you become its prey. It’s time for Jeff Long to decide whether he will be made great by the moment, or if he will allow it seal his own tomb.
http://www.breastfedmoonshine.com/home/2010/03/10/canaries-on-ice/
Hogs vs Cal
This will be the Hogs 1st ever trip to Berkeley, CA. Hell, it’ll be the 1st time any SEC team has traveled to play a series in Berkeley. The series record is tied 2-2. Cal defeated the Razorbacks 7-1 in the 1980 NCAA Midwest Regional in Tulsa, Okla. 
We took 2 of 3 from them @ Baum Stadium last year. 
The Razorback rotation against Cal is expected to feature Mike Bolsinger, Drew Smyly and Brett Eibner. Both teams sport a 6-1 record coming into this weekend. Cal started out their season opening series outscoring Southern Utah 46-0. Cal followed up that performance by getting blanked by UC Davis 8-0. The Bears went 3-0 in the ever so prestigeous CS Bakersfield Tournament against such notable powerhouses Central Michigan, St. Mary’s, and CS Bakersfield.
Cal will be led by the impressive starting pitching rotation of sophomore right-hander Erik Johnson (2-0, 0.00 ERA, 14 Ks in 13 innings), freshman left-hander Justin Jones (2-0, 1.29 ERA, 19 Ks in 14 innings) and sophomore right-hander Dixon Anderson (2-0, 0.00 ERA, 15 Ks in 14 innings). The trio has combined for a 6-0 record with 48 strikeouts in 41.0 innings and a 0.44 ERA this season.
Offensively, the Bears have been led by the hitting prowess of sophomore catcher Chadd Krist, who is leading the Pac-10 with a .577 average (15-for-26) with four doubles, a triple, three home runs and 10 RBI. Cal also features sophomore left fielder Danny Oh, batting .452 with three doubles and a team-high 11 RBI, returning junior All-Pac-10 first baseman/outfielder Mark Canha and junior second baseman Brian Guinn. Last season, Canha led the team with a .366 average, 12 home runs and 43 RBI, while Guinn, hitting .364 this year, is a .321 career hitter. Also bolstering the Bears is the play is sophomore shortstop Marcus Semien (.500) and freshmen starters Tony Renda (3B .407), Devin Rodriguez (DH .381), Jimmy Bosco (RF .375) and Darrel Matthews (CF .333). Overall, Cal is leading the Pac-10 in both team ERA (1.60) and team batting average (.404).
Cal’s projected starting line-up:
No. Pos. Player 2010 stats
6 2B Brian Guinn, Jr. .364, 4 RBI, 0 HR
19 LF Danny Oh, So. .452, 11 RBI, 0 HR
14 3B Tony Renda, Fr. .407, 2 RBI, 0 HR
5 1B Mark Canha, Jr. .318, 8 RBI, 0 HR
27 C Chadd Krist, So. .577, 10 RBI, 3 HR
33 DH Devin Rodriguez, Fr. .381, 7 RBI, 1 HR
25 RF Jimmy Bosco, Fr. .375, 3 RBI, 0 HR
15 SS Marcus Semien, So. .500, 2 RBI, 0 HR
2 CF Darrel Matthews, Fr. .333, 6 RBI, 0 HR
Game 1 Thread here.
Game 2 Thread here.
Game 1 Recap from Cal’s official site:
BERKELEY, CALIF. – The California baseball team kept No. 17 ranked Arkansas (7-1) at bay for most of the afternoon before giving up five runs in the eighth inning to fall to the Razorbacks, 7-3, Friday at Evans Diamond. The Golden Bears (6-2) had owned a 3-2 lead after seven innings behind freshman right fielder Jimmy Bosco’s first collegiate homer in the second inning, and unearned runs in the fifth and sixth innings.
Cal freshman left-hander Justin Jones had limited Arkansas, a 2009 College World Series participant, to only two runs through seven innings before yielding four consecutive hits to begin the eighth inning. The Razorbacks’ Zack Cox gave his squad a 4-3 lead with a two-run single up the middle off Jones (2-1, 7.0 innings, eight hits, six runs, three walks, three strikeouts). James McCann then put the contest away when he followed Cox’s hit with a three-run homer off Bear senior right-handerDaniel Wolford.
The winning pitcher for Arkansas was senior right-hander Mike Bolsinger (2-0, 7.0 innings, six hits, three runs, one earned run, no walks, six strikeouts). Freshman closer DJ Baxendale earned his third save of the season by pitching the final 1.2 innings (no hits, no runs).
Bolsinger’s errors almost cost him the game. After Bosco’s home run in the second inning, the Razorbacks came back with a run in the fourth inning on Andy Wilkin’s solo home run to left field. Arkansas then took a 2-1 lead with a run in the top of the fifth inning on an RBI single by Collin Kuhn. However, Cal ended up taking back the lead by scoring an unearned run in the bottom of the fifth inning when Bolsinger threw wildly on a pick-off attempt, and an unearned run in the sixth inning when he threw wildly on a ball hit by Danny Oh. Oh later scored from third base on Mark Canha’s RBI ground out to give the Bears a 3-2 advantage.
Game 2 Recap from ArkansasRazorbacks.com
BERKELEY, Calif. - Tim Carver hit two home runs-the first long shots of his career-and drove in four to help the No. 15 University of Arkansas baseball team to a 9-5 win over California Saturday afternoon at Evans Diamond. The victory runs the Razorbacks’ winning streak to seven games, the club’s longest since the 2006 season. Zack Cox was 3-for-4 with two RBI and Drew Smyly worked five innings with seven strikeouts to pick up his first win of the season.
While Carver collected his first home runs, Andy Wilkins hit the 32nd of his Razorback career, a solo shot in the fifth inning. With his home run, Wilkins ties Troy Eklund (1986-89) for 10th place on Arkansas’ all-time home run list.
Read the rest here.
Ricardo Ratliffe Visiting
Ratliffe is generally considered to be the #1 JUCO prospect in the country and he’s coming to Arkansas for his first official visit. At 6′9″-240 pounds, he would definitely fill the physical void left by the departing Michael Washington. His current list of offers are Arkansas, Alabama, Cincinnati, Clemson, Florida, Missouri, and South Carolina. Those are programs that we can compete with for his services.
Some of the bigger programs are interested but haven’t extended an offer. One really big thing we have going for us is he has said that as an incoming junior, he doesn’t have time to sit on the bench and he’s going to go somewhere that he can play immediately. As a high profile recruit, he will get the chance to do that.
Ratliffe is currently averaging 27 points and 12 rebounds a game. He’s not just another player that dominates underneath the boards. “He’s extremely effective around the basket. Really strong and really skilled,” said Central Florida Community College Tim Ryan, noting that Ratliffe can also step outside and hit the three at a 40 percent clip.
Ratliffe is a good friend of and a former teammate of Marshawn Powell. Seeing what Powell has done this year as a true freshman should drive home the point that he has a great shot at a significant amount of playing time. Think about two of them on the floor at the same time.
So if you’re going to the Ole Miss game on Saturday, make a sign with his name on it and show him some love. The Hogs could really use him.
Mallett for Heisman
Gloriously done by BiggHurtt
This Weekend - Hogs vs Troy
Courtesy: Zach Lawson, Athletic Media Relations
FAYETTEVILLE – After taking two of three games during opening weekend, the No. 16 University of Arkansas baseball team returns to the field Friday for the beginning of a three-game series against Troy at Baum Stadium. First pitch of the series opener is scheduled for 3:05 p.m. with games two and three on Saturday and Sunday set for a 1:05 p.m. start.
Through three games, Arkansas (2-1) is hitting .327 as a team with seven players carrying a batting average of .300 or higher. The Razorbacks are led at the plate by Monk Kreder who posted a .625 batting average during the team’s first three games of the season. The Razorbacks’ designated hitter reached base eight times, with a team-high five hits and three walks, and had three RBI during the Ball State series.
LSU 65, Arkansas 54
BATON ROUGE, La. – Tasmin Mitchell scored 16 points and LSU avoided going winless in the Southeastern Conference for the first time since the second World War with a 65-54 victory over Arkansas on Wednesday night.
LSU (10-17, 1-12 SEC) raced to an early double-digit lead and went up by as much as 22 when Zach Kinsley’s fast-break dunk made it 50-28 with 9:06 to go. Courtney Fortson scored 18 points for Arkansas (14-14, 7-6), which played without 6-foot-9 senior forward Mike Washington. Washington did not make the trip because of an apparent ankle injury.Without him, Arkansas settled for outside shots and made only 34 percent from the field (18 of 53), including 9 of 28 from 3-point range (32 percent).
Class of 2011 Offers
This is a list of all players with an Arkansas offer, as listed on Rivals.com. It will be updated over time so check back every now and then.
Offense:
Brandon Allen: 6′2″/214/4.7 Pro-style Quarterback from Fayetteville, AR (Committed to Arkansas)
Chris Barnett: 6′6″/245/4.52 Tight End from Euless, TX. (Committed to Oklahoma)
Austin Beck: 6′8″/285 Offensive Tackle from Nowata, OK
Mike Bellamy: 5′10″/174/4.4 Running Back from Punta Gorda, FL
Trey Braun: 6′5″/270 Offensive Tackle from Tallahassee, FL
Jake Brendel: 6′4″/260/4.9 Offensive Tackle from Plano, TX
Malcolm Brown: 6′0″/210 Running Back from Cibolo,TX
Josh Cochran: 6′6″/270 Offensive Tackle from Hallsville, TX (Committed to Texas)
Brey Cook: 6′7″/314/5.2 Offensive Tackle from Springdale, AR
Marcus Danenhauer: 6′5″/315/5.4 Offensive Guard from Bentonville, AR
Demetrius Dean: 6′3″/245/4.7 Wide Receiver from Fayetteville, AR (Committed to Arkansas)
Dylan Dismuke: 6′6″/292 Offensive Tackle from Duncan, OK
Spencer Drango: 6′6″/264/5.1 Offensive Tackle from Cedar Park, TX
Kiehl Frazier: 6′3″/212/4.59 Dual Threat QB from Springdale, AR
Jafus Gaines: 6′0″/170/4.5 Wide Receiver from Houston, TX
Marcus Hutchins: 6′3″/254 Offensive Tackle from DeSoto, TX (Committed to Texas)
Matt Keifer: 6′3″/283 Offensive Tackle from Chattahoochee, GA
Marquis Jackson: 6′0″/205/4.4 Wide Receiver from Fort Worth, TX
Kyler Kerbyson: 6′5″/290 Offensive Tackle from Knoxville, TN
Daniel Lasco: 6′1″/190/4.4 Running Back from The Woodlands, TX
Jay Lee: 6′2″/191/4.95 Wide Receiver from Allen, TX
Eric McClain: 6′5″/267 Tight End from Fayetteville, NC
Dayvon McKinney: 6′1″/166 Wide Receiver from Forrest City, AR
Trey Metoyer: 6′2″/198/4.42 Wide Receiver from Whitehouse, TX
K.C. Nlemchi: 6′0″/215/4.6 Running Back from Katy, TX
Miles Onyegbule: 6′4″/200/4.54 Wide Receiver from Arlington, TX (Committed to Texas)
Gregory Robinson: 6′5″/296 Offensive Tackle from Thibodeaux, LA
Jermichael Selders: 5′11″/177 Running Back from Houston, TX
Herschel Sims: 5′10″/190/4.4 Running Back from Abilene, TX
Mitch Smothers: 6′4″/280 Offensive Lineman from Springdale, AR
Derrick Thorpe: 6′4″/250 Offensive Tackle from Neptune Beach, FL
Kody Walker: 6′0″/228/4.7 Running Back from Jefferson City, TX
Christian Westerman: 6′5″/288/5.0 Offensive Tackle from Chandler, AZ
Kasen Williams: 6′2″/197/4.6 Wide Receiver from Sammamish, WA
Defense:
Jimmy Bean: 6′5″/215/4.6 Strongside Defensive End from Denton, TX (Committed to Oklahoma State)
Artez Brown: 6′1″/175/4.5 Cornerback from Newport, AR
Devonta Brown: 6′4″/265 Defensive Tackle from Fayetteville, NC
Steve Edmond: 6′3″/225 Linebacker from Daingerfield, TX. (Committed to Texas)
Deshazor Everett: 6′0″/170/4.5 Safety from DeRidder, LA
Erique Florence: 6′2″/181/4.47 Safety from Valley, AL
Lonnie Gosha: 6′3″/245 Defensive Tackle from Lake Butler, FL
Jalen Grimble: 6′3″/250/4.89 Weakside Defensive End from Las Vegas, NV
Zeph Grimes: 6′0″/205/4.5 Safety from Bamberg, CS
Rob Hankins: 6′1″/215/4.5 Inside Linebacker from Dallas, TX
Nathan Hughes: 6′5″/245 Strongside Defensive End from Klein, TX
Desmond Jackson: 6′1″/278/5.0 Defensive Tackle from Houston, TX (Committed to Texas)
A.J. Johnson: 6′3″/226/4.65 Inside Linebacker from Gainesville, GA.
Lyndell Johnson: 6′3″/190/4.45 Safety from Plano, TX
Mickey Johnson: 6′1″/310/5 Defensive Tackle from Covington, LA
Kellen Jones: 6′1″/206/4.6 Outside Linebacker from Houston, TX
Jeffery Lark: 6′2″/207/4.4 Safety from Ashburnham, MA
Pat Martin: 5′11″/196/4.6 Safety from Greenville, SC
Tremayne McNair: 6′2″/225/4.6 Outside Linebacker from Jacksonville, NC
Jordan Montgomery: 6′1″/195/4.5 Safety from Groveland, FL
Grady Ollison: 6′5″/273/4.9 Strongside Defensive End from Malvern, AR
Nico Ornelas: 6′3″/190/4.65 Outside Linebacker from North Richland Hills, TX
Jermauria Rasco: 6′3″/227 Strongside Defensive End from Shreveport, LA
Cedric Reed: 6′5″/240/4.9 Strongside Defensive End from Cleveland, TX
Sheldon Richardson: 6′4″/290 Defensive Tackle from College of the Sequoias, Visalia, CA (Committed to Missouri)
Quayshun Smith: 5′8″/145/4.4 Cornerback from Tallahassee, FL
Terrell Stanley: 6′0″/242 Strongside Defensive End from Southport, North Carolina
Tony Steward: 6′2″/225 Outside Linebacker from St. Augustine, FL
Bernard Thomas: 5′11″/172/4.4 Cornerback from Blue Springs, MO
Robert Thomas: 6′1″/310 Defensive Tackle from Coffeyville CC, KS (Committed to Arkansas)
Kendall Thompson: 6′3″/232/4.65 Inside Linebacker from Carthage, TX
Josh Turner: 6′0″/185/4.45 Cornerback from Oklahoma City, OK
Nick Waisome: 5′10″/171/4.4 Cornerback from Groveland, FL
Anthony Wallace: 6′2″/220/4.55 Inside Linebacker from Dallas, TX
Athletes:
Artez Brown: 5′11″/175/4.4 Athlete from Newport, AR
Quandre Diggs: 5′10″/188/4.4 Athlete from Angleton, TX
Kelvin Fisher, Jr.: 5′10/182/4.55 Athlete from Gilbert, AZ
Hakeem Flowers: 6′2″/173 Athlete from Greenville, SC (No longer with an offer)
Desmond Roland: 6′2″/199/4.64 Athlete from Dallas, TX
Tino Thomas: 6′0″/190 Athlete from Memphis, TN
Ball State Ties Series, 1-1
FAYETTEVILLE – The No. 15 University of Arkansas baseball team dropped a 5-2 decision to Ball State Saturday afternoon at Baum Stadium. Playing catch up the entire game, the Razorbacks (1-1) had their opportunities to even the score or take the lead, but 12 runners left on base kept the home team on the short end of game two’s outcome.
“We had our chances,” head coach Dave Van Horn said. “We had guys that didn’t put the bat on the ball, completely opposite of last night where we’re driving in runs with sacrifice flies. There were a couple of times where we had a runner on third with less than two outs and couldn’t get them in.”
Read more at ArkansasRazorbacks.com
Auburn 92, Arkansas 83
Associated Press
AUBURN, Ala. – Tay Waller scored 29 points and made seven 3-pointers to lead Auburn to a 92-83 win over Arkansas on Saturday night.
The Tigers (13-14, 4-8 Southeastern Conference) shot 61 percent, made 11 of 19 3-pointers and put five players in double figures.The Razorbacks (14-13, 7-5) dropped into a first-place tie with Mississippi State in the SEC West after making only one basket in the final 3 minutes.Waller made 7 of 10 3s and hit four in the game’s opening 7 minutes. His jump shot from the free throw line with 2:45 left broke a 79-79 tie and started a 7-0 run.Auburn made 13 of its last 18 shots and was 28-of-46 in the game. Frankie Sullivan hit four straight free throws in the final 34 seconds to seal the win. DeWayne Reed added 17 points and Lucas Hargrove had 13 points, eight rebounds and five assists for the Tigers.
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