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Arkansas 7 wins in a row!

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With all the ingredient­s you need for a Good Thanksgivi­ng Dinner. Eric Musselman and his Razorbacks managed to remain undefeated after defeating N. Kentucky at home by a score of 66-60.

Arkansas was coming from defeating Georgia on the road by score 62-61. With Bud Walton Arena almost full, the Hogs jumped onto the pitch in search of victory, but the "weak" rival complicate­d things to the Razorbacks who failed to hit the basket in the team’s first possession­s.

N. Kentucky dominated Arkansas in the first half, maintainin­g a lead at one point by 9-point in match. It would not be almost to the end of the first half and with just two minutes that Arkansas would take the lead 29-28; after the two points scored by Desi Sills. Arkansas went to the locker room with a 33-28 lead after Jimmy Whitt Jr. scored final basket of the first 20 minutes of play.

In the second half, Arkansas was more blunt. The big performanc­e from Desi Sills and Jimmy Whitt Jr. who finished with 17 and 24 points respective­ly allowed the Hogs to take the victory 66-60. Another player that contribute for Arkansas was Reggie Chaney, who won 11 rebounds.

"One for sure, shoot for shot I always going to keep shooting and keep my head up, one of the things Jimmy always tells me is to keep trying and get into rhythm, and that's exactly what I did tonight." Desi Sills said. The guard finishing with 17 points and four rebound.

"For me personal, I loved it, not every game in college is going to be a blow out and the close you get to the end of the year, you are going to have to be able to grind out wins, we were able to grind out the last win, and we were able to grind out this win, it shows that when adversity hits, we were able to handle and make the necessary plays to get the win.” Conclude Jimmy Whitt Jr. who scored 24 points and won nine rebounds.

Up next for Arkansas is Austin Peay on Tuesday, December 3 Tip off is scheduled for 7:00 PM inside Bud Walton Arena

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