Who: Arkansas Razorbacks (19-11, 7-10 SEC) at Texas A&M (15-14, 9-8 SEC)
What: Razorbacks play their final regular-season game.
When: Saturday – March 7 – 3:30 pm
Where: College Station, Texas – Reed Arena
How (to follow):
- TV: SEC Network (Sam Gore and Dane Bradshaw)
^ CLICK HERE to Watch ESPN/SEC Network Online
- Radio: Learfield IMG College Razorback Sports Network (Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman)
^ Listen to Razorback Sports Network Online: CLICK HERE
- Sirius/XM: XM Channel 391, Streaming Online on channel 891
- Live Stats: Texas A&M Live Stats
- Arkansas Game Notes: CLICK HERE
- Texas A&M Game Notes: CLICK HERE
Versus Texas A&M
- This will be the 160th meeting between Arkansas and Texas A&M. The Razorbacks own a 103-56 advantage in the series. The Hogs have a slight 38-37 advantage in games played in College Station thanks to a 73-71 victory in Reed Arena to open SEC play last season.
- Arkansas is 8-5 versus the Aggies since A&M joined the SEC for the 2012-13 season.
- The teams split the series last season, each winning on the road. Texas A&M defeated Arkansas in the last meeting, 87-80 last February in Bud Walton Arena. The Hogs had won 10 straight in Fayetteville over the Aggies prior to the loss dating back to Jan. 25, 1987.
- Jan. 5, 2020 – FAYETTEVILLE – Isaiah Joe scored 11 of his 17 points over the final 8:18 of the second half to help Arkansas pull away for a 69-59 victory over Texas A&M before a sold-out at Bud Walton Arena.
- Joe was 4-of-5 from the field (3-of-4 from 3-point range) over the final 8:18. Mason Jones, who had four rebounds over the final 8:18, scored 17 for the game as well, while adding a team-high six rebounds with three assists and three steals.
- After Adrio Bailey picked up his fourth foul with 12:12 left in the game, Arkansas went to a five-guard lineup. Including Joe’s 11 points over the span 8:18, Arkansas out-scored the Aggies 19-11 and out-rebounded A&M 10-9. Arkansas also forced eight turnovers, while committing just two.
- Arkansas was clinging to a two-point lead (50-48) after a near six-minute drought, missing nine straight shots and making just 1-of-12 over six-and-a-half minutes. Jimmy Whitt Jr., ended the dry spell with a jumper at the free throw line. Texas A&M’s Andre Gordon followed with a layup to get the Aggies back to within two, 52-50.
- From that point, Joe drained a 3-pointer as part of a 14-6 run to put the Razorbacks up 10 (66-56) with 3:52 left. The teams traded 3-pointers over the next two minutes, including one by Joe at 1:41 to provide the 69-59 final as neither team scored the rest of the game.
- Joe finished with five 3-pointers, five rebounds, two assists and two steals. Desi Sills added 13 and Whitt 12. Jalen Harris had five assists and zero turnovers in 31 minutes off the bench.
- Texas A&M is one of three teams on this year’s schedule that Arkansas played in its inaugural season in 1923-24. Rice (144 meetings) and TCU (142 meetings) are the others.
- The Aggies are the Razorbacks’ most common opponent with 158 games played in the series.
- Since his return to the lineup, Isaiah Joe is 30-of-30 at the free throw line.
- Overall, Joe is 41-of-43 at the line in SEC games this season.
^ His 95.3% in SEC games currently is a school record.
^ The school record is 94.1%, held jointly by Pat Bradley (32-34 in 1997) and Darrell Hawkins (32-34 in 1992). - By going 12-of-12 at the free throw line versus Tennessee:
^ He is the first Razorback since Daryl Macon (14-of-14 vs. Texas Dec. 17, 2016) and ninth Razorback to go perfect at the line with at least 11 attempts.
^ Joe’s 12-of-12 is the best by a Razorback in an SEC game, becoming the fourth player with at least 10 attempts to be perfect at the line. - For the season, Joe is 88.5% from the stripe to rank 21st NCAA/3rd SEC.
- Arkansas has committed single-digit turnovers in each of the last four games.
^ 8 vs Missouri • 7 vs Tennessee • 6 at Georgia • 5 vs LSU.
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