2nd-half collapse; Defense takes dip for Hogs in Vanderbilt game

The College of Arkansas males’s basketball workforce lastly had a very good SEC sport on offense.

However protection suffered a large meltdown within the second half on Saturday when Vanderbilt beat the No. 15 Razorbacks 97-84 at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tenn., earlier than an introduced crowd of 9,362.

Vanderbilt (9-8, 2-2) scored 63 factors within the second half to beat a 10-point deficit and hand Arkansas (12-5, 1-4) its third consecutive loss.

It was probably the most factors the Razorbacks have allowed in a second half since Auburn scored 64 in beating Arkansas 101-76 in 1996, in keeping with Hogstats.com.

<p>”And so that you get the outcomes of a workforce scoring 97 factors on you, and a workforce that scored 63 in a half.</p><p>”We have now to be far more aggressive.”</p><p>By means of the Razorbacks’ first 4 SEC video games, they averaged 64.5 factors and shot 40.3%, together with 19.4% (19 of 72) on three-pointers.</p><p>In opposition to Vanderbilt, the Razorbacks shot 49.2% (31 of 63) and hit 7 of 18 three-pointers.</p><p>”For a lot of the season, offensive struggles have been the issue,” Musselman mentioned. “At the moment definitely, protection was a serious, main difficulty.”</p><p>After Arkansas took a 50-40 lead with 17:37 left on senior ahead Makhi Mitchell’s first three-point shot of the season, Vanderbilt outscored the Razorbacks 57-34 the remainder of the sport.</p><p>Within the second half, the Commodores shot 69.2% (18 of 26) from the sphere, together with 6 of 9 on three-pointers, and hit 21 of 23 free throws.</p><p>”After they weren’t hitting threes, they had been attending to the free-throw line virtually each possession, so it was actually robust,” mentioned junior guard Ricky Council, who led Arkansas with 24 factors. “It appeared like that the entire second half half.”</p><p><iframe enable=”accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture” allowfullscreen=”” frameborder=”0″ top=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/V-NUWSH7KOA” title=”YouTube video participant” width=”560″>

The Commodores began 6 of seven on three-pointers within the second half and took the lead for good at 59-56 with 12:40 left on a three-pointer by senior guard Jordan Wright.

A 20-3 run, capped by two free throws by senior middle Liam Robbins, pushed Vanderbilt’s result in 73-59 with 7:08 left.

Arkansas did not pull nearer than six factors the remainder of the sport.

“They began hitting threes, which was our sport plan to stop them from doing,” Council mentioned. “And that bought the group into it. That bought them into it.

“I felt we had been by no means capable of bounce again from that time. We had been taking part in catch-up till the top of the sport.”

The Commodores hit 13 of 14 free throws within the last 2:58 to carry off the Razorbacks.

“That was a hard-fought sport,” Vanderbilt Coach Jerry Stackhouse mentioned. “Our guys performed their butts off. They competed.

“That second half, they did precisely what we have been speaking about. They led by instance. No rah-rah, nothing however going on the market and executing and being the veteran workforce that we’re.”

Junior guard Tyrin Lawrence led Vanderbilt with 22 factors. He hit 7 of 14 photographs, together with 2 of two on three-pointers, and 6 of 8 free throws.

“I assumed Lawrence dominated us off the dribble,” Musselman mentioned. “The scouting report was no dribble-drives left, and he frequently went left and blew by us. … He was extra aggressive together with his exhausting dribble-drive left than perhaps what our guys understood.”

Commodores junior ahead Myles Stute had 15 factors, 7 rebounds and three assists.

Robbins scored 14 factors — all within the second half — earlier than fouling out with 1:48 left.

“We knew we needed to play our greatest ball,” Robbins mentioned of the Commodores’ dominant second half. “We executed what Coach Stackhouse drew up on the board, and clearly the outcome confirmed up.”

After being restricted to 1 minute within the first half when he drew two fouls, Robbins hit 4 of 5 photographs and 5 of 5 free throws within the second half in 18 minutes.

“I assumed Robbins was completely unbelievable within the second half,” Musselman mentioned. “I assumed he was a dominant drive. We did need to go at him and attempt to get him in foul bother, which we did within the first half.”

Vanderbilt bought its first victory over a ranked workforce since final season when the Commodores beat No. 25 LSU 75-66 in Memorial Gymnasium.

It had been seven seasons since Vanderbilt beat a top-15 workforce — 77-60 over No. 8 Texas A&M at dwelling in 2016.

Arkansas freshman guard Anthony Black had 18 factors, 6 rebounds and three assists, however a tough second half when he shot 1 of seven and had all 4 of his turnovers.

“We modified our defensive protection and made an adjustment,” Wright mentioned of shutting down Black within the second half. “We determined to place a little bit extra stress on him and make him uncomfortable. He was a little bit too snug within the first half attending to his spots.

“So we needed to get into him, worsen him a little bit bit, and I feel as the sport wore on, he bought a little bit bit drained.”

Junior guard Davonte Davis added 17 factors for the Razorbacks and Mitchell had 11 factors and eight rebounds.

“We shot the ball a lot better than we’ve, particularly from three,” Musselman mentioned. “After which we did not play with defensive depth in any respect.

“I imply, 97 factors is a number of factors in a school sport to surrender.”

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