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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Arkansas 99, Delaware State 71
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, November 21, 2014
Where: Bud Walton Arena, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Officials: # John Heatley, # Nathan Quick, # Vladimir Voyard-Tadal
Attendance: 14740

Arkansas 99, Delaware State 71:
Michael Qualls scored a season-high 20 points, and the host Razorbacks’ pressure defense scored 33 points off 24 Hornets turnovers in a runaway win.

Bobby Portis, Anthlon Bell and Jacorey Williams added 14 points apiece for Arkansas (3-0), which improved to 6-0 all-time against Delaware State (2-2). Rashad Madden added a career-high eight assists for the Razorbacks, who have won each of their three games by at least 18 points.

Tyshawn Bell scored 19, including a career-high five 3-pointers, and DeAndre Haywood added 15 for the visitors, who dropped their second straight game. Delaware State also received 10 points from Kendall Gray, but the Hornets’ leading scorer picked up his fourth foul midway through the second half and only put up five shots.

Arkansas expanded its 44-30 halftime lead to 57-40 on Qualls’ dunk with 13:45 left in the game, but Delaware State reeled off eight straight points over the next 1:30 to close within 57-48. That was as close as the Hornets got as the Razorbacks scored the next seven points and never looked back.

The visitors started fast, grabbing leads of 4-0 and 7-4, but Portis scored seven points to key a 12-3 run and put Arkansas ahead 16-10. Bell hit a 3-pointer to put Delaware State ahead 26-25 with a little less than seven minutes to play in the half, but the Razorbacks unleashed a 19-4 blitz the rest of the way to take a 14-point advantage into the break.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Arkansas has won 46 straight home games against unranked nonconference opponents. … The Razorbacks have forced more turnovers than they’ve committed in 86 of Mike Anderson’s 101 games as coach. … Delaware State still has four road contests remaining in this season-long stretch of six straight road games, which also features dates at Iona, Wake Forest, Hawaii and rival Delaware.

Top Game Performances
 
Delaware State   Arkansas
Tyshawn Bell 19 Scoring Michael Qualls 20
Amere May 5 Assists Rashad Madden 8
Kendall Gray 7 Rebounds Anton Beard 7
DeAndre Haywood 3 Free Throws Made Michael Qualls 4
Aric Dickerson 2 Steals Manuale Watkins 3
Kendall Gray 5 Blocks Bobby Portis 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Delaware State 71 42.4 9-22 12-15 8 28 7 5 24
Arkansas 99 48.6 10-19 19-27 26 39 5 9 14