Arkansas 83, at Oklahoma 79

NORMAN, Okla. (Interstat) — In a rugged, defensive-minded clash that defied its high-scoring expectations, the Arkansas Razorbacks erased a double-digit halftime deficit with a dominant second-half performance to edge the Oklahoma Sooners 83-79 in a nonconference men’s basketball game Tuesday night at Lloyd Noble Center. The game, a late-January test for both Southeastern Conference-bound programs, was ultimately decided by Arkansas’s stifling defense after intermission and the poised playmaking of guard Darius Acuff Jr. The Razorbacks, who trailed 48-44 at halftime, limited Oklahoma to 31 points on 29% shooting in the second half, turning a game that once favored the Sooners’… Read more...