Reid runs show, forgets scoring

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Aaron Hutchins got his points, but Kareem Reid got his victory.

"He won the scoring battle, but I'm moving on," Reid said Saturday after leading Arkansas to a 65-56 victory over Marquette in the second-round of the NCAA Tournament. "He's going to sit home and watch."

Hutchins, a speedy 5-foot-10 point guard for the Golden Eagles, led his team in scoring with 20 points. Reid, Hutchins' counterpart in style, size and position, was limited to 6 points and hit only 1 of 10 field goals.

"My shooting wasn't there," Reid said. "I think I missed some easy shots, but I think I did other things to help my team win."

Reid, a freshman from New York City, played 38 minutes and finished with 3 steals, 9 assists and 1 turnover.

"He (Reid) was all over the court," Arkansas forward Derek Hood said. "He played defense, and he was dishing out assists. He was getting the ball to the right hands and taking care of it."

Reid's only basket came when Arkansas spread the court for the final shot of the first half. Reid drove into the lane, spun past a defender and threw in a layup to cut Marquette's lead to 33-31. The rest of his points came when he hit 4 of 8 free throws.

"I think we did a great job on Kareem," Marquette Coach Mike Deane said. "He goes 1 for 10 from the floor. He made some good passes, and he got to the line more than I thought he should have. But he has a knack, like New York City point guards do, to use his body to draw fouls."

Reid has 211 assists, surpassing Lee Mayberry's single-season school record of 209 set in 1991.

"I wasn't really thinking about it," Reid said. "I just wanted to win the game. If we won the game, I knew I'd get it eventually. If I only got five today, I would get two next week, so I wasn't thinking about it."

For most of this season, Arkansas has needed Reid to do more than hand out assists. The Razorbacks had a four-game losing streak in games in which Reid was held to fewer than 10 points, with the last victory in such a situation coming Jan. 10 against Ole Miss.

"They're not depending on me and Pat (Bradley)," Reid said. "Everybody's trying to win. We're here for the same reason. People just have to step up."

Arkansas' other four starters scored at least 10 points each Saturday.

"The difference today was everybody played team ball," said freshman guard Marlon Towns, who had 11 points. "We didn't try to depend on one person. We wanted to play team defense and work together."