Final South Carolina-65@ Arkansas-81

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Series: Arkansas leads 18-13

Last meeting: Feb. 15, 2017 – Arkansas won 83-76 in Columbia

Streak: Arkansas has won three of four

• Arkansas is 11-1 in Bud Walton Arena this season with a +13.9 average margin of victory, including a +107 scoring margin in the first half.

• Arkansas has won 32 consecutive games in which it has led at halftime. During Mike Anderson era, the Razorbacks are 117-7 when leading at the intermission.

• Arkansas’ last five wins have come by a combined 12 points, with one coming in overtime and one in double overtime. The Razorbacks are 10-1 in their last 11 one possession game.

• Daryl Macon is the first Arkansas player since Corliss Williamson in 1994-95 to score 20-plus points in five consecutive games.

• Jaylen Barford is the only player in the SEC to rank in the top five in points per game (2nd), field goal percentage (4th) and three-point FG percentage (1st).

• Barford (19.9) and Macon (18.4) rank first and fifth in the league in scoring during SEC games. No other team in the conference has two players in the top 10.

• Daryl Macon is a perfect 24-of-24 from the free throw line in the final minute and overtime of games this season. In his career, he is 54-of-58 (.931).

• Barford (.448) and Macon (.427) are one of two sets of teammates (TCU) from a high-major conference to hold the top two spots in their league in three-point field goal percentage.

A Win Would…
• Give the Razorbacks 12-plus victories in Bud Walton Arena for the 14th consecutive year.

• Make Arkansas 32-6 in its last 38 games inside Bud Walton Arena.

• Tie Arkansas for the fourth-most home wins in the country during the Mike Anderson era at 107.

SCU
-Rookie forward Justin Minaya missed last Wednesday’s matchup vs. Mississippi State due to a right ankle sprain suffered the previous Monday at practice. He returned to the court at Texas A&M, scoring 16 points in 32 minutes off the bench to pace the Gamecocks. He is averaging 7.7 points per game in SEC contests this season.

-The Gamecocks are 4-4 in road games this season and 6-6 total in games played away from home. In road games, Carolina is averaging 66.0 points per game and the Gamecocks hold a +4.8 rebound margin over their opponents.

-In the last contest between the Gamecocks and Razorbacks at Bud Walton Arena,Carolina posted its first win in Fayetteville in eight years behind a 22-point,11-rebound performance by then-junior guard Sindarius Thornwell to lead Carolina to the 76-61 victory.