Arkansas 90-59
TUSCALOSSA, Ala. — John Petty Jr. made five 3-pointers and set an Alabama program record, and finished with 17 points as the Crimson Tide routed Arkansas 9059 on Saturday.
Alabama (11-3, 6-0 Southeastern Conference) has won seven straight, its longest win streak since opening the 2011-12 season. Six-straight SEC victories is also its best since winning eight consecutive games to start the 1987 SEC season.
Petty entered four 3-pointers shy from surpassing Brian Williams’ 263 made treys from 1996-99. Petty broke the record with 12:18 to play, stretching the Crimson Tide’s lead to 69-37. Petty also surpassed 1,300 career points (1,313).
Jaden Shackelford added 16 points and Herbert Jones had 13 for Alabama. Six players scored off the bench for the Tide, led by Juwan Gary’s nine points.
Freshman Moses Moody scored a career-best 28 points and had nine rebounds to lead Arkansas (10-4, 2-4), which has lost four of its last five. Jalen Tate added 10 points.
Moody scored 14 of the Razorbacks’ 19 points in first half. It was the lowest scoring output for Arkansas since an 18-point first half against Vanderbilt on Feb. 7, 2017. The Razorbacks shot 6 of 26 (23%) from the floor and had 12 of their 18 turnovers in the half.
The Tide are back on the road Tuesday to face LSU before hosting Mississippi State and Kentucky. Arkansas plays Auburn at home on Wednesday.
Auburn 66, Kentucky 59
AUBURN, Ala. — Allen Flannigan scored 21 points and he and JT Thor each sank a pair of clutch free throws in the last 18 seconds to preserve Auburn’s come-frombehind win over Kentucky.
The Wildcats turned the ball over 18 times, 12 of those coming after halftime when Auburn finally found its groove after woeful early shooting, and rallied into the lead for the final 10 minutes.
Flannigan scored 16 after halftime, Devan Cambridge scored five of his 13 points during a 9-0 run by the Tigers (8-6, 2-4 Southeastern Conference) midway through the final period when they wrested momentum away from Kentucky (4-8, 3-2).
Freshman Sharife Cooper, finally cleared to play by the NCAA a week ago, scored eight of his 11 points after halftime and made eight assists.
Georgia 78, Ole Miss 74
OXFORD — Tye Fagan scored 19 points, Shavir Wheeler added 18 points and nine assists and Georgia held off Ole Miss to win its first conference game of the season and snap a four-game losing streak.
Tennessee 81, Vanderbilt 61
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Keon Johnson scored 10 of his 16 points in the second half, leading No. 10 Tennessee to a victory over Vanderbilt.
Johnson was one of three double-digit scorers for the Volunteers (10-1, 3-1 SEC). John Fulkerson had 15 points, and Victor Bailey scored 11.
Vanderbilt (4-6, 0-4) was led by Dylan Disu’s 19 points. Scotty Pippen, Jr. scored 18.
Missouri 68, Texas A&M 52
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Dru Smith scored 15 points and the 17th-ranked Tigers beat the Aggies. It was Missouri’s first game since Jan. 5 before they got paused because of a positive coronavirus test within the program.