Arkansas
Will John Calipari Have Full Rotation as Arkansas Faces Auburn?
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Arkansas Razorbacks could be at full strength on Saturday when they host the visiting Auburn Tigers for a nationally televised SEC showdown at 7:30 p.m. CT on ESPN.
Both DJ Wagner and Karter Knox have missed the previous two games going back to last Saturday’s 88-68 road victory over Mississippi State. Then, Arkansas went on to dominate LSU 91-62 on the road with a shortened rotation and marvelous perfomances from its freshmen duo Darius Acuff and Meleek Thomas.
Wagner (ankle) and Knox (knee) were listed as doubtful prior to being out against both opponents last week. Then, veteran big man Malique Ewin took an elbow to his forehead in the second half against LSU and didn’t return.
His injury required stitches in what was a bloodied mess. The foul was initially ruled a common basketball move, but was upgraded to a flagrant one technical.
That led to Thomas shooting the techinical foul free throws as Ewin spent the rest of the game in the locker room. Calipari mentioned in the press conference that he’d have time to recover and is listed as probable in the SEC availability report as of Saturday morning.
Coach John Calipari said Ewin received the stitches, but did not say if he would be available for the Razorbacks’ home game against Auburn on Saturday.
Ewin averages 10 points and five rebounds per game in his first season with the Razorbacks. While Arkansas has ran with a smaller rotation his production went gone down a tad, finishing with six points and eight rebounds against LSU.
“He has till Saturday,” Calipari said. “At least he’s got time. Hopefully he’ll be alright.”
The Razorbacks would like to be at full health going down the stretch in SEC play with Knox averaging eight points and five rebounds on the season. Wagner has seen a severe drop off in production as a junior, averaging just over seven points and two assists.
Knox has played primarily starter minutes this season following a breakout freshman campaign in the second half of the season as one of the Razorbacks’ bright young stars who could’ve potentially been a one-and-done. As for Wagner, he came off the bench for two games prior to his injury and should be expected to remain in a secondary ball handler role.
“Hopefully we’re going to be healthy and have a full team, but the reality is, probably got three guys on this team that need to play 37 minutes,” Calipari said. “Which means some other guys will play less minutes.”
Auburn will be without its leading scorer in Bud Walton Saturday as transfer guard Keyshawn Hall, who is listed as out following a home loss to Vanderbilt Tuesday night. Hall missed most of the final 10 minutes of the second half and never returned as the Tigers fell to the Commodores 84-76.
The 6-foot-7, 250 guard is averaging a career-high 20.7 points, seven rebounds, and three assists per game. He’s shooting 45% from the field, 40% from three and 85% at the free throw line.
Hall scored 32 points in his team’s 95-73 home win over Arkansas last month and said that the game meant something extra to him.
“I took this game kind of personal,” Hall said last month. “Obvioulsy, I came [to Auburn], but Arkansas was one of my top four schools. They didn’t recruit me as hard as some of the other guys they wanted. They thought other guys were more worhty of me so everytime I play them it’s going to be personal.”
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It’s been a bone-dry year in Arkansas. It’s now the 7th driest year on record in Little Rock since record-keeping began in 1875, as of April 20.
24 days so far this year in Little Rock have received measurable rainfall. 12 days received a trace amount of rain, meaning there were no rainfall measurements to report (it was too little to record), as it was just a sprinkle or a few spits.
Only 4 days have received an inch or more of rain so far this year. Those occurred on April 4, March 7, February 14, and January 24. January’s “rain” was really winter precipitation.
April is usually the rainiest month of the year in Arkansas. In Little Rock, April on average receives 5.59 inches of rainfall. So far this April, as of April 20, Little Rock has only recorded 1.17″ of rain for the month.
The rainfall deficit over the last 6 months is well over a foot for much of Arkansas, including Little Rock, North Little Rock, Pine Bluff, and Harrison.
Spring is the rainy season, and summer is the dry season. If rain isn’t recorded soon, the drought will persist into the summer. In fact, the latest seasonal drought outlook shows that while some areas of Arkansas could see improvements, the drought continues into July.
To fully end the drought, parts of central and northeast Arkansas need more than 25 inches of rain over the next 3 months. Parts of northwest Arkansas need between 15 and 20 inches of rain over the next 3 months. The rest of the state needs between 20 and 25 inches of rain over the next 3 months. All of this rain would need to be received slowly, not all at one time.
The odds of receiving this much rain slowly over the next 3 months are very low.
The Arkansas Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at Sunday, April 19, 2026 results for each game:
Winning Cash 3 numbers from April 19 drawing
Evening: 5-3-2
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Winning Cash 4 numbers from April 19 drawing
Evening: 7-5-4-8
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Winning Natural State Jackpot numbers from April 19 drawing
02-07-17-20-23
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Winning Millionaire for Life numbers from April 19 drawing
32-42-52-53-55, Bonus: 05
Check Millionaire for Life payouts and previous drawings here.
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When are the Arkansas Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 9:59 p.m. CT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 10 p.m. CT on Tuesday and Friday.
- Cash 3 Midday: 12:59 p.m. CT daily except Sunday.
- Cash 3 Evening: 6:59 p.m. CT daily.
- Cash 4 Midday: 12:59 p.m. CT daily except Sunday.
- Cash 4 Evening: 6:59 p.m. CT daily.
- Lucky For Life: 9:30 p.m. CT daily.
- Natural State Jackpot: 8 p.m. CT daily except Sunday.
- LOTTO: 9 p.m. CT on Wednesday and Saturday.
- Millionaire for Life: 10:15 p.m. CT daily.
This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by an Arkansas editor. You can send feedback using this form.
BENTON, Ark. (KATV) — Saline County residents got a fresh boost earlier today when the Central Arkansas Development Council hosted its third Fresh Market event in the county, handing out about 300 bags of fresh produce free of charge.
The council, described as the largest community action agency in Arkansas, said the event is part of its ongoing effort to address food insecurity in the state and expand access to healthy food options.
“What we’re here to do is we’re here to be what our community needs us to be,” Randy Morris, CEO of Central Arkansas Development Council, said. “We are here to serve our mission, which is to alleviate the causes and conditions of poverty, to help vulnerable populations achieve their potential and to build strong communities in Arkansas through community action.”
The council also said it was rewarded funds by the government to host an emergency food drive that will happen soon.
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