COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Jalen Graham got here off the bench to attain 16 factors and Arkansas held off South Carolina 65-63 on Saturday.
Graham sank 8 of 10 photographs from the ground for the Razorbacks (16-7, 5-5 Southeastern Convention), who earned their first true street win of the season. Davonte Davis hit 4 3-pointers and scored 15. Anthony Black totaled 13 factors six rebounds, 4 assists and two blocks. Ricky Council IV scored 10.
Josh Grey scored a career-high 20 factors — 11 greater than his earlier finest — for the Gamecocks (8-15, 1-9), who’ve misplaced seven straight. Grey matched his profession finest with 14 rebounds — set final day trip in a loss to Mississippi State. Meechie Johnson additionally scored 20, sinking 5 of 8 photographs from 3-point vary. Hayden Brown added 10 factors. 5 gamers did all of the scoring for the Gamecocks.
Graham had 12 factors on 6-of-7 capturing and Davis buried a 3-pointer with 18 seconds left to ship the Razorbacks into halftime with a 36-27 lead. Arkansas shot 57.7% from the ground earlier than intermission (15 of 26).
The Razorbacks took their greatest lead at 47-35 on a jumper by Council with 14:05 left to play. Johnson sandwiched two 3-pointers round a Jacobi Wright layup — off a steal by Johnson — to drag the Gamecocks inside 58-57 on the 5:09 mark. Grey adopted with two free throws and South Carolina went forward for the primary time since main 10-9.
Arkansas regained the lead with 2:53 remaining on two free throws from Black after he grabbed an offensive rebound and was fouled by Grey. Grey scored twice on dunks, however Council and Black answered with layups and the Razorbacks led 64-63 with 1:21 to go.
Johnson missed a 3-pointer for South Carolina, however Davis missed the entrance finish of a 1-and-1 on the different finish and Grey grabbed the rebound with 19 seconds left. Hayden Brown could not join on a layup popping out of a Gamecocks’ timeout and Black sank the primary of two free throws for a 65-63 lead. Grey missed a 3-pointer on the buzzer.
Arkansas leads the sequence 23-15 and improved to 8-8 on the Gamecocks’ residence flooring.
UP NEXT
Arkansas: The Razorbacks journey to play Kentucky on Tuesday.
South Carolina: The Gamecocks journey to play Missouri on Tuesday.
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