AUBURN, Ala. – After a slow start on the road Saturday, the Arkansas men's basketball team fell to the Auburn Tigers 88-77, after its second-half comeback fell short.
Down by as many as 21, Arkansas used a 19-5 run midway through the second half to cut the Auburn lead to seven. That was as close as Arkansas would get.
Auburn hit its first shot from deep to start the game and continued to roll from there. The Tigers sank their four shot attempts of the contest to take a 10-2 lead and later expanded it to as many as 16. Arkansas clawed back to 11, prior to Auburn closing the half on a 6-0 run to take their largest lead at that point of the game to the break, up 47-30.
Arkansas shot well from inside the arc, but was not very successful from beyond. The Razorbacks shot just 1-of-9 (.111) from deep in the opening period compared to 12-of-22 (.545) from inside the arc. On the other hand, Auburn shot 7-of-13 (.538) from three and 12-of-23 (.522) from inside the arc.
The Hogs only made three in the first half came from senior guard Anton Beard, who led Arkansas at the break with nine points on 4-of-8 shooting.