Arkansas 77 LSU 79 Final

- This will be the 68th meeting between Arkansas and LSU the 59th since Arkansas joined the SEC. The Razorbacks own a 36-31 advantage in the series and are 12-17 in games played in Baton Rouge.

- Razorback head coach Eric Musselman was associate head coach of the Tigers for the 2014-15 season. LSU went 22-11, finished 3rd in the SEC (11-7) and earned a berth to the NCAA Tournament.
^ Hays Myers, Arkansas special assistant to the head coach, was a student manager with the Tigers and is a 2016 LSU graduate.

- The teams split the series last season, each winning on the road.
^ LSU 94 - ARKANSAS 88 OT: Daniel Gafford scored a career-high 32 points, including a dunk to erase a 13-point deficit and force overtime, but LSU hit a pair of 3-pointers to start the extra period and held on for a 94-88 victory Saturday evening at Bud Walton Arena. Mason Jones contributed 22 with six rebounds. Reggie Chaney added 12 points and four steals. Naz Reid led Tigers with 27 points. Tremont Waters scored 17 points and had 11 assists. Marlon Taylor scored 21 points.
^ ARKANSAS 90 - LSU 89: Mason Jones hit a jumper in the lane to give Arkansas a 90-89 lead with 22 seconds left. The 19th-ranked LSU Tigers had three attempts to win the game but could not convert as the Razorbacks pulled out a one-point win before the 10th-largest crowd (13,311) in the Maravich Assembly Center history. Arkansas let an 18-point, second-half lead slip away and LSU grabbed three, one-point leads inside the final 3:39. However, Arkansas answered each time to regain the advantage. First Isaiah Joe made two free throws with 2:27 left. Second, Daniel Gafford got an offensive rebound and put-back with 3:01 left. Last was Jones’ game-winner.

- Arkansas is off to an 12-1 start for the first time since 2008-09. It is the 15th time Arkansas has started at least 12-1 in this he 97th season of basketball.

- Arkansas’ best one-loss starts in school history include:
1976-77 (26-1)
197-78, (25-1)
1982-83 (24-1)
1990-91 (23-1)
1925-26 (23-1)
1927-28 (19-1 - final record)
1940-41 (15-1)
1928-29 (15-1)
2004-05 (13-1)
1924-25 (13-1)
2008-09 (12-1)
1993-94 (12-1)
1992-93 (12-1)
1926-27 (12-1)

- Arkansas’ 92.3 win percentage is 8th-T in the NCAA.
^ Arkansas is 1 of 5 teams that has not lost a game in regulation (San Diego State 15-0, Auburn 13-0, Arkansas 12-1 with an overtime loss, Dayton 13-2 with two OT losses and Duke 13-1 with an overtime loss.)
^ Arkansas is 1 of 9 teams in the NCAA with one or fewer losses.

- Arkansas held Indiana to 23.8% shooting from 3-point range and Texas A&M to 28.6, marking the 11th time an opponent has shot below 30%. Overall, opponents are a combined 52-of-233 from long range.
^ Arkansas’ 22.3% 3-point defense ranks 1st NCAA / 1st SEC.

- Arkansas only had five steals at Indiana but bounced back with nine versus Texas A&M. Arkansas has double-digit steals six times 14 vs Rice, 13 vs Texas Southern, 11 each versus North Texas and Montana, 15 at Georgia Tech and 12 vs Tulsa.
^ Arkansas’ 9.6 steals per game ranks 17th NCAA / 1st SEC.
^ Arkansas’ 125 total steals rank 45th NCAA / 1st SEC.

- Arkansas forced Texas A&M into 17 turnovers and the Razorbacks have forced at least 15 turnovers nine times this season, including 27 in the season opener versus Rice.
^ The 18.33 turnovers forced ranks 16th NCAA / 1st SEC.

- Not only did Arkansas force 17 turnovers versus Texas A&M< the Hogs only committed nine. Arkansas has committed single-digit turnovers three times (8 vs South Dakota, 8 vs Tulsa and 9 versus Texas A&M).
^ Arkansas’ +5.1 turnover margin ranks 17th NCAA / 1st SEC.

- Arkansas held its first five opponents to 56 points or less, including three teams in the 40’s. However, Western Kentucky scored a season-high 86 points in an overtime win. Since then, the Razorback defense has improved each of the last four games as Tulsa scored 79, Valpo 68, Indiana 64 and Texas A&M 59.
^ Arkansas’ 59.8 ppg scoring defense ranks 18th NCAA / 3rd SEC.

- Arkansas was blowing teams out in the first five games, winning by an average of 28.2 points. The next three wins were by only by an average of 5.0 points. Then, Arkansas suffered a seven-point, overtime loss at Western Kentucky. The Razorbacks bounced back with an 18 point win versus Tulsa and added a 10-point win versus Texas A&M..
^ Arkansas’ +14.5 scoring margin ranks 21st NCAA / 2nd SEC.

- Arkansas had a season-high 10 blocked shots versus Texas Southern. The Hogs have had at least five rejections eight times this season. The Hogs only had three at Indiana and two versus Texas A&M, but still are among the NCAA best
^ Arkansas’ 4.9 blocked shots oer game ranks 34th NCAA / 4th SEC.

- Arkansas has shot above 70 percent at the free throw line 10 times this season and ranks 60th the NCAA/3rd in the SEC in FT% (.744).

- 60th of 350 teams is OK but it is spectacular when you consider that last year, the Hogs were 306th (of 351 teams) in free throw percentage (.668).

- The team’s percentage is bolstered by Mason Jones, who ranks 16th the NCAA in FT% (.909 70-of-77)

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Can both teams lose?

Really excited to watch this one. Could go either way

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