After his Florida Gators beat Arkansas 71-63 Saturday at Walton Arena, Coach Todd Golden said:
“I think the strength of Arkansas team, from my perspective, is their ability to penetrate and get downhill and get to the rim.
Texas A&M will play for an SEC Tournament championship. The No. 10 seed Aggies handed No. 2 seed Arkansas its first tournament loss, winning 5-4 to send the Razorbacks home from Hoover. Texas A&M will play the winner of Florida-Vanderbilt in Sunday’s tournament championship game.
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Texas A&M broke the scoring ice in the bottom of the 3rd inning. Tervor Werner’s RBI double put the Aggies up 1-0.
Double for bubbles ?
? @TrevorWerner12 pic.twitter.com/hD5JnZJbqk
— Texas A&M Baseball (@AggieBaseball) May 27, 2023
The Aggies extended their lead with a big 6th inning, going up 4-0.
102mph double for bubbles ?
1⃣2⃣ @bost_austin pic.twitter.com/HalxVFsajO
— Texas A&M Baseball (@AggieBaseball) May 27, 2023
Jace LaViolette made it a 5-1 game with an RBI knock in the 8th inning. At the time, it was just an insurance run. It turned out to be the game’s deciding run.
59th RBI for @JaceLaViolette2 ?? pic.twitter.com/4frdYMp17P
— Texas A&M Baseball (@AggieBaseball) May 27, 2023
The Aggies used 4 pitchers on Saturday. Matt Dillard struck out 6 over 4 scoreless innings. Shane Sdao picked up the win with 2.2 innings of work, allowing 1 run.
Arkansas rallied for 3 runs in the top of the 9th inning. The Hogs scored on 3 hits and 1 error. Troy Wansing recorded the final 2 outs and the save.
Texas A&M has been one of the best stories of this year’s tournament. As the No. 10 seed, the Aggies did not get an early bye. They upset defending champion Tennessee to advance to the second round but fell to Arkansas 6-5 on Wednesday. Facing elimination in the loser’s bracket, Texas A&M knocked off South Carolina 6-0 and LSU 5-4 in back-to-back days.
We’ll see Sunday if the Aggies have 1 more win in them at Hoover.
After his Florida Gators beat Arkansas 71-63 Saturday at Walton Arena, Coach Todd Golden said:
“I think the strength of Arkansas team, from my perspective, is their ability to penetrate and get downhill and get to the rim.
The Arkansas State Police is investigating a Sunday homicide that took place about 9 miles from the state’s southeast corner, the agency announced Monday.
Around 8:15 p.m. Sunday, a Eudora Police Department officer on patrol heard what sounded like gunshots, according to a report.
The officer responded and was flagged down by witnesses who reported that Jamarion Plummer, 25, had been shot at his home in the 1000 block of North Main Street.
Plummer was taken to Chicot Memorial Medical Center, about 15 miles to the north, in a private vehicle. He was later transferred to UAMS Medical Center in Little Rock, where he died from his injuries at approximately 11:30 p.m. Sunday.
The Eudora Police Department requested the assistance of state police. The investigation is ongoing.
Former Arkansas offensive tackle Ty’Kieast Crawford has changed his mind on his destination for this fall and is transferring to West Virginia, his agents told ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg on Monday.
The 6-foot-5, 324-pounder had originally committed to play for UCLA in 2025, but now the mammoth tackle has pivoted and has decided to play for Rich Rodriguez in Morgantown this fall. Crawford started 9 games along the Razorbacks’ offensive line.
Crawford’s collegiate journey has already taken him to multiple schools. He began his career at Charlotte, choosing to play there over the likes of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, LSU, Missouri, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Arizona, Baylor, Colorado, Florida State, Houston, Indiana, Oklahoma State, Purdue, SMU, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, USC and, ironically, West Virginia. So Crawford will now have played for 2 of the schools he originally spurned, in Arkansas and West Virginia.
But Crawford didn’t last long at Charlotte, playing just 1 season for the 49ers. He entered the transfer portal and ended up at Arkansas after spurning the Razorbacks in his original recruiting process. Crawford appeared in 33 games for the Razorbacks over the course of 4 seasons, making 9 starts.
He will have 1 more year of eligibility left when he arrives in Morgantown to play for Rodriguez this fall.
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
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