Chaney back after suspension

FAYETTEVILLE — University of Arkansas forward Reggie Chaney saw his first action of the season in Tuesday’s 82-51 victory over Texas Southern after being suspended the first three games for an unspecified violation of team rules.

Chaney’s suspension was lifted as expected late Tuesday morning, with Coach Eric Musselman stating Chaney had fulfilled all the obligations associated with the suspension.

Chaney checked in at the 11:08 mark and got on the stat sheet 11 seconds later with a steal. A couple of minutes later, Chaney took an entry pass, faked his man off his feet and cashed in a short bank shot to give the Razorbacks a 24-10 lead.

The 6-8 Chaney, the tallest eligible Razorback finished with 6 points, 4 rebounds and a career-high tying 4 steals in 19 minutes.

“I think I played OK for my first time back,” said Chaney, who admitted he got a little tired. “I did a little bit of inside scoring and got some rebounds for us and got some defensive stops.”

Musselman said he thought Chaney played very well.

“We were a little worried about his wind, just because we don’t go up and down live much with the way that we do preparations with games,” he said. “We stick to basically half-court stuff. Not playing for three games we needed to make sure that he kind of got some rest.

“I thought he gave us good minutes tonight. He protected the paint. He rolled hard to the rim. I think he’ll get more and more comfortable with our system the more minutes that he gets.”