Arkansas squeezes past North Texas

Arkansas required a opponent the caliber of North Texas just before opening regular season engage in.

On Saturday at Bud Walton Arena, the Razorbacks were ready to dispatch the Signify Environmentally friendly, sixty eight-sixty.

JD Notae led all scorers with 21 points, although Chris Lykes experienced fourteen and Stanley Umude contributed 12.

Arkansas was devoid of Jaylin Williams in the contest, which most likely led to UNT outrebounding the Hogs forty two-28.

Defensively was where by Arkansas confirmed it experienced made the most improvement, restricting the Signify Environmentally friendly to just 4 of 26 taking pictures from the perimeter.

Davonte ‘Devo’ Davis received in early foul difficulty and only scored 7 points, playing with four fouls the the greater part of the next half.

Now Eric Musselman gets extra than a week to get ready for the season opener towards Mercer on November nine.