MBB Preview: #9 Arkansas vs #10/8 Creighton at Maui

Who: #9/9 Arkansas Razorbacks (4-0, 0-0 SEC) vs #10/8 Creighton Blue Jays (5-0, 0-0 Massive East)
What: Maui Jim Maui Invitational semifinal.
When: Tuesday – Nov. 22 – 3 pm (HT) / 7 pm (CT)
The place: Lahaina, Hawai’i (Lahaina Civic Heart) 

How (to comply with):
– Video: ESPN (Dan Shulman and Jay Bilas)
– On-line Video Stream: ESPN
– Radio: Learfield Razorback Sports activities Community (Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman)
– The right way to Hear On-line/Cellular: Razorback Gameday App
– Sirius/XM: TBA || SXM App: Channel TBA
– Dwell Stats: Maui Invitational Dwell Stats   

– Arkansas Sport Notes: CLICK HERE
– Creighton Sport Notes: CLICK HERE
– SEC Notes/Stats: CLICK HERE
– Maui Invitational Official Web site: https://mauiinvitational.com/

LAHAINA, Hawaii – The ninth-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks superior to the Maui Jim Maui Invitational and can face the #10/8 Creighton Blue Jays. Tipoff is ready for 3 pm (HT)/7 pm (CT) and the sport might be televised on ESPN.

• This would be the third assembly between Arkansas and Creighton. The collection is even at 1-1. Creighton gained the primary assembly, 29-28, within the 1932-33 season. The second assembly went to the Razorbacks, 73-61, within the 1962-63 season in a recreation performed in Oklahoma Metropolis.
• With #9 Arkansas going through #10 Creighton within the Maui Invitational semifinal, it marks the twenty fourth time in Razorback historical past an AP top-10 Arkansas crew has confronted an AP top-10 opponent. Arkansas is 9-14 in such video games, together with a 6-11 mark on impartial courts. The final time it occurred, #10 Arkansas fell to #3 Baylor, 81-72, within the 2021 NCAA Elite 8.
• General, in high 25 matchups, a ranked Arkansas crew is 46-49 when going through a ranked opponent, together with a 25-29 document on impartial courts. The final time a ranked Arkansas crew confronted a ranked opponent was in final yr’s NCAA Candy 16 when #17 Arkansas took down #1 Gonzaga, 74-68.
  • Anthony Black had a breakout recreation within the win over Louisville. The freshman scored a game-high (and career-high) 26 factors with six assists. He was 9-of-11 total (3-5 3PT) and 5-of-5 from the road. Black had solely scored 18 whole factors in his first three video games.
• Twins Makhi and Makhel Mitchell every grabbed a game-best six rebounds within the win over Louisville.
• Arkansas has thrilled crowds early this season with quite a few dunks. The crew tallied 14 within the first three video games, together with seven alone by Trevon Brazile.
• Nonetheless, versus Louisville, Arkansas threw down 11 dunks … amazingly, none by Brazile. The dunks got here from: Makhel Mitchell – 4       Jalen Graham – 3           Anthony Black – 2          Ricky Council IV – 2

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