National Basketball Association
Arkansas 101, Auburn 87
When: 9:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Where: Auburn Arena, Auburn, Alabama
Officials:
# Jim Burr, # Mike Nance, # Michael Stephens
Attendance:
6526
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No. 23 Arkansas 101, Auburn 87:
Bobby Portis scored 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds as the
Razorbacks scored a season high in points in routing the host Tigers.
Michael Qualls finished with 19
points - including 16 in the first half, when he went 5-of-5 from
the field and 3-of-3 from 3-point range — for Arkansas (19-5, 8-3
SEC). Anthlon Bell chipped in with 16 points off the bench, and
Rashad Madden added 12 points and eight assists for the Razorbacks,
who tied their season high with 11 3-pointers.
KT Harrell and K.C. Ross-Miller
led Auburn (11-13, 3-8) with 21 points apiece, with Ross-Miller's
coming in a reserve role. Malcolm Canada added 11 points and five
rebounds for the Tigers, who shot 31-of-40 from the free-throw line.
Qualls came out firing at the
start, scoring eight of the Razorbacks' first 10 points as they
grabbed the lead on Qualls' first 3-pointer less than two minutes
into the game and never gave it up. Auburn had its offense rolling,
scoring a season high for a first half, but Arkansas was red-hot,
pushing the lead to as much as 14 in the closing minutes before
settling for an 11-point halftime advantage.
The Tigers tried to get something
going early in the second, pulling within nine six different times in
the first five minutes after the break, but every time, Arkansas
responded with a hoop, then went on a 10-2 run to up the advantage to
17 with just over 13 minutes to go. It was back to 14 on
Ross-Miller's 3-pointer with less than eight to play, but the Tigers went
more than four minutes without a field goal and Arkansas went on a
9-2 run to take a 21-point advantage.
GAME
NOTEBOOK: The Razorbacks shot 61.3 percent from the field in the
first half, including 7-of-12 from 3-point range after not hitting more than six in a game in their last six outings. … Antoine Mason, Auburn's second-leading scorer who came in averaging
15.2 points, finished 1-of-10 from the field and had seven
points. … The two teams were called for 53 fouls, with
Arkansas having all five starters plus three bench players commit at
least two in the first half.
Top Game Performances
| Arkansas |
|
Auburn |
|
Bobby Portis 22 |
Scoring |
KT Harrell 21 |
|
Rashad Madden 8 |
Assists |
Cinmeon Bowers 4 |
|
Bobby Portis 8 |
Rebounds |
Cinmeon Bowers 8 |
|
Anthlon Bell 4 |
Free Throws Made |
KT Harrell 9 |
|
Rashad Madden 2 |
Steals |
Malcolm Canada 2 |
|
Alandise Harris 2 |
Blocks |
Cinmeon Bowers 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Arkansas
|
101 |
53.8 |
11-23 |
20-25 |
23 |
31 |
7 |
10 |
10 |
| Auburn
|
87 |
42.6 |
10-20 |
31-40 |
11 |
29 |
2 |
4 |
17 |
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