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Half — South Carolina 38, Arkansas 35

A 1-3-1 defense by South Carolina gave Arkansas fits at the end of the half. 

The Gamecocks got stops on three consecutive possessions and ended the period on a 6-0 run to take a lead.

Makhi Mitchell put the Razorbacks ahead 31-30 with a three-point play then extended the lead with another make inside.

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Khalif Battle countered a pair of free throw makes for the Gamecocks with two of his own.

Back-to-back putback dunk by Josh Gray gave South Carolina a 36-35 lead.

After the South Carolina zone defense forced a shot-clock violation, the Gamecocks called a timeout.

With 4.3 seconds left, Meechie Johnson drove the length of the floor and got a make at the rim at the buzzer.

Collin Murray-Boyles leads all scorers with 12 points and BJ Mack has 9. 

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Khalif Battle has 10 points for Arkansas.

The Razorbacks are 14 of 26 (54%) from the floor and the Gamecocks are 15 of 32 (47%).

South Carolina has 11 second-chance points on 6 offensive rebounds. Arkansas has 1 offensive rebound and 0 second-chance points.

The game has been tied 4 times and has seen 13 lead changes.

3:55, 1H — South Carolina 29, Arkansas 28

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The teams are going back and forth now.

There have been 11 lead changes and 3 ties. Collin Murray-Boyles has 11 points to lead South Carolina and BJ Mack has 9 points.

Khalif Battle has 8 points to lead Arkansas and Jalen Graham has added 6 points.

7:50, 1H — Arkansas 24, South Carolina 23

Arkansas is continuing to have trouble stopping the Gamecocks but is answering.

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Myles Stute gave the Gamecocks a 17-15 lead with a three-pointer but Jalen Graham tied it with a layup.

After a Meechie Johnson jumper, Khalif Battle knocked down a three-pointer to give the Razorbacks a 20-19 advantage.

Jumpers from Tramon Mark and Graham helped Arkansas take a lead into the media timeout.

11:32, 1H — Arkansas 15, South Carolina 14

The Gamecocks are starting to get on a roll offensively. They have made 5 of their last 7 shots and are 50% from the floor.

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Arkansas’ early lead is dwindling away. Collin Murray-Boyles has 9 points to lead all scorers. 

The Razorbacks have missed their last three shots.

15:44, 1H — Arkansas 11, South Carolina 5

It’s been a great start for the Razorbacks, who have gotten a lift from Trevon Brazile.

Brazile made a pair of three-pointers to put the Razorbacks ahead 6-3, then a layup and three-point play by Khalif Battle extended it to 11-3.

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Collin Murray-Boyles will have a trip to the foul line to try and complete a three-point play after the media timeout.

Both fouls against the Razorbacks have been on Brazile, who has been impactful but will likely have to sit for much of the half.

Starting lineups

ARKANSAS (16-16)

POS., NAME, HT, YR.; PPG; RPG

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G Tramon Mark, 6-6, Jr.; 16.7; 4.3

G Khalif Battle, 6-5, Sr.; 14.6; 3.2

G El Ellis, 6-3, Sr.; 6.7; 2.1

F Trevon Brazile, 6-10, So.; 8.6; 6.0

F Chandler Lawson, 6-8, Sr.; 3.7; 3.2

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SOUTH CAROLINA (25-6)

POS. NAME, HT, YR.; PPG; RPG

G Meechie Johnson, 6-2, Jr.; 14.4; 4.2

G Ta’Lon Cooper, 6-4, Sr.; 9.7; 4.3

G Zachary Davis, 6-7, So.; 5.7; 3.5

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F B.J. Mack, 6-8, Sr.; 13.5; 4.5

F Collin Murray-Boyles, 6-7, Fr.; 10.3; 5.7

Pregame reading

• Arkansas vs. South Carolina at the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament: How to watch and listen, betting line

• Tumultuous Arkansas basketball season continues with OT win over Vanderbilt

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• March is on for Arkansas basketball after OT scare



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Hoop Hogs analytics update – 11/26

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The No. 19 Arkansas Razorbacks are currently 5-1 on the young season after a 109-35 win over Marland-Eastern Shore on Monday night.

According to KenPom, Arkansas jumped from 40th to 38th following the victory over the Hawks. The Razorbacks efficient defensive night pushed them to sixth in defensive efficiency, up four spots from 10th.

“Defensively, we’re one of the best teams in the country and we want to continue to hand our hats on how we are defensively,” Arkansas associate head coach Chin Coleman said postgame. “And a lot of stuff that we do defensively, it doesn’t matter who we play, because it’s our scheme. It’s our schematics and it works. As long as we’re in the right spots and we’re doing what we teach, it’ll work against anyone.”

The Razorbacks eclipsed the 100-point mark, shot 55.6% from the field and hit three-pointers at a 44.1% clip. As a result, Arkansas’ offensive metrics received a major boost.

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Freshman guard Boogie Fland was awarded team MVP from KenPom after the game. He had an offensive rating of 194.0 and scored 16 points on 3-of-5 shooting which included two makes from deep.



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Johnell Davis, Karter Knox find their grooves in Arkansas basketball’s rout over UMES

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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas basketball has been waiting throughout the first few weeks of the regular season for breakout performances from Johnell Davis and Karter Knox

Both players came to life for the Razorbacks (5-1) on Monday night, unleashing an offensive onslaught in a 109-35 romp over Maryland Eastern Shore. The 74-point win tied for the third-largest margin of victory in school history.

The usual suspects — Boogie Fland, Adou Thiero and Zvonimir Ivišić — all shined, but it was the emergence of Davis and Knox that powered the best offensive performance of the season. Knox led all scorers with a career-high 21 points, while Davis chipped in 16 to post his highest scoring output since joining the Hogs this offseason.

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“If everybody is good, no one has to be great,” Arkansas assistant coach Chin Coleman said after the win.

“So we have a team that we feel like if everybody is good, we don’t have to have someone go in the phone booth, put on the cape and be Superman. We’ve got a good collective of guys that if everybody is good, no one player has to be great, so we need (Davis and Knox) to be good.”

Knox was a five-star recruit in the 2024 class, viewed as an elite scorer who could get to the basket in a variety of ways. Unfortunately, his jumper has been cold to start his collegiate career, and he entered Monday night 1 of 15 on 3-pointers.

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But against UMES, Knox went 3 of 8 from long range. He made a pair of corner 3s and found time to paint the basket for easy points. After one 3-pointer, he exchanged words with the Arkansas bench, a sign of relief after failing to score more than six points through the first five games.

“It felt good to get going. I’ve been putting the work in the gym,” Knox said. “Teammates kept believing in me. They knew it was going to fall, tonight was the night.”

Davis’ early-season struggles have been puzzling. He averaged 18.2 points on 48% shooting last year at Florida Atlantic, but he hadn’t scored more than eight points since the Hogs’ season-opener. Coleman admitted during a recent press conference that Davis is adjusting to being surrounded by other top options, instead of being a clear-cut leader of the offense.

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With Arkansas, Davis has been more of a stretch-the-floor shooter through the first three weeks. It makes sense, given that Davis shot 41.4% from 3 last season with the Owls, and he finally got hot Monday night by going 4 of 7 against the Hawks.

“We saw him the other day make 40 in-a-row. It was just a matter of time,” Coleman said. “The only thing in between him and making shots is air and opportunity. So he had an opportunity tonight, and he made them.”

The next question is how repeatable were these performances. Maryland Eastern Shore represents arguably the worst opponent on Arkansas’ schedule. Things are about to get much tougher, beginning with a Thanksgiving showdown against Illinois.

In their last matchup against a Power Four school, Davis and Knox combined for eight points on 2 of 12 shooting against Baylor. They could hold the keys to a first signature victory in the John Calipari era this Thursday.



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The newly formed Arkansas Prescribed Burn Association held its first meeting in mid-October.

The association works as an umbrella organization, recruiting and maintaining new groups of landowners to conduct prescribed burns throughout the state.

“Properly planned prescribed burns reduce the fuel load, which can lessen or even eliminate wildfires,” said Thomas Baldridge, one of the association’s three directors. “But that’s only part of the benefit of prescribed fire. It’s the best tool available to land managers to increase wildlife habitat for turkeys, quail, deer and all sorts of other species.”

North American bird populations have declined by more than 2.9 billion birds in the last 50 years and the loss of grassland habitat is one of the largest contributors to that loss, according to a recent study conducted by Kenneth Rosenberg and highlighted by the National Audubon Society. Fire helps open up dense underbrush to promote seed-producing grasses and plants that are beneficial to grassland species on a year-round basis.

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Instead of manipulating land through dirt work or planting food plots, many landowners can turn the tide on the loss of wildlife habitat with the proper use of prescribed fire.

Baldridge said the formation of the prescribed burn association was a natural evolution to what the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and other partnering organizations had been studying the last few years.

“Game and Fish started building prescribed burn associations a few years ago. Most of our members have been fortunate to have worked with many of the staff from Game and Fish, Quail Forever and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on burns and other private land habitat projects. The prescribed burn association just sort of seemed to be a missing piece to the puzzle that was already being put together,” Baldridge said.

Hunter Johnson of Des Arc and Catrina Mendoza of Searcy share director duties with Baldridge, who also lives in Searcy.

Baldridge said the association used states like Oklahoma and Florida as templates to follow in their formation.

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“Oklahoma really sets the standard for a statewide prescribed burn association. They’ve grown to a massive organization with a budget over $1 million and eight full-time staff members to support all of their chapters.”

Game and Fish, Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife and Quail Forever all pitched in financially to help the new association build a firm foundation. Game and Fish granted the organization $25,000. Fish and Wildlife gave it $50,000 and Quail Forever provided $17,000 derived from its specialty license plate sales.

Baldridge says trailers, safety gear and other prescribed burn necessities also were donated to the association, increasing its startup assistance to more than $200,000 in funding and equipment. Since the organization is entirely volunteer-based, all of this funding is put directly into putting prescribed fire on the landscape.

Visit www.arfire.org for more information and to learn how to set up a new prescribed burn association in any area of Arkansas.



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