Patrick Leads Arkansas to 8 and 0 on the Season- December 28, 2020
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David Patrick 's Arkansas Men's Basketball team raced out to a 22-point lead in the first half and held on in the second to defeat Abilene Christian, 85-72, at Bud Walton Arena. Arkansas improve to 8-0 while Abilene Christian drop to 7-2. Arkansas played without head coach Eric Musselman , who was absent due to COVID-19 close contact tracing protocols. Associate head coach Patrick served as head coach in the win. Desi Sills (185-G-98) scored 16 of his 18 points in the first half to lead the Razorbacks' hot start. JD Notae (185-G-98) scored 17 of his 19 in the second half to help fend off a feisty Abilene Christian squad. Moses Moody led all scorers with 21 points while Justin Smith pulled down 10 rebounds. Arkansas expanded their 16-point, halftime lead to 22 with 14:35 left after a pair of Notae free throws. With nine minutes to play, Abilene Christian slowly chipped away and worked its deficit to nine (77-68) with 3:27 remaining. However, Notae answered with 3-pointer at the 3:06 mark and Arkansas maintained a double-digit lead the rest of the game. Arkansas dominated on the boards. 39-28, and was 24-of-30 (80%) from the free throw line while ACU was just 9-of-15 at the charity stripe. While Arkansas committed 13 turnovers, it was 10 below the season average for an ACU opponent as Abilene Christian entered the game with a +8.6 turnover margin. ACU also entered the game averaging 11 steals per game but only had three versus Arkansas. Clay Gayman (198-F-99) led Abilene Christian with 18 points off the bench, including a pair of 3-pointers to help Abilene Christian get to within nine. |
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