Series glance

Arkansas leads its series with Missouri 33-27, including a 14-9 mark since the Tigers joined the SEC for the 2012-13 season.

The Razorbacks had won five in a row before Missouri eked out a 79-76 win last Jan. 18 over No. 25 Arkansas at Mizzou Arena.

In the earlier meeting last season, No. 13 Arkansas downed No. 20 Missouri 74-68 at Walton Arena in its conference home opener on Jan. 4. That marked the first meeting with both teams ranked since an 89-88 win for the No. 4 Tigers over the No. 7 Razorbacks on Dec. 13, 1989, at Barnhill Arena in Fayetteville.

Missouri holds a 17-12 advantage in games played in Columbia, Mo., including a 7-4 mark since joining the SEC.

Ricky Council scored 25 points, including 11-of-13 free-throw shooting, Joseph Pinion added 13 points off the bench with 3-of-6 shooting from three-point range, and Davonte Davis had 10 points, 5 assists and 3 steals in the Razorbacks’ win last season.

In the return game, Missouri made 30 of 40 freethrow attempts and Kobe Brown scored 17 points and drew 9 fouls for the Tigers, who were outrebounded 4223 but out-scored the Arkansas bench 48-16.

The game had 11 ties and 17 lead changes.

The Razorbacks led 67-5, on a pair of free throws by Council with 5:07 remaining. DeAndre Gholston’s threepoint shot off a Johnson turnover tied the game at 67-67 at 2:28 and the Tigers were 8 of 8 at the line in the final 29 seconds.

Davis led four Hogs in double figures with 18 points. Anthony Black scored 15 points, Council contributed 13 and Jordan Walsh had 12 for Arkansas. Walsh hit 4 of 4 shots, 2 of 2 from three-point range and went 2 for 2 from the free throw line. Walsh was one of four Razorbacks to foul out, along with Makhi Mitchell, Kamani Johnson and Davis.