MBB Preview: Arkansas vs UTSA

Who:  Arkansas Razorbacks (6-2, 0-0 SEC) vs UTSA Roadrunners (3-4, 0-0 AAC)
What: Arkansas is 6-0 all-time versus UTSA.
When: Saturday – Dec. 6 – 1:00 pm (CT)
Where: Fayetteville, Ark. • Bud Walton Arena / Nolan Richardson Court (19,200)
How (to follow):
– TV/Stream: SEC Network Plus / Watch ESPN (Brett Dolan and Manny Watkins)
– Radio: Learfield Razorback Sports Network (Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman)
– Sirius/XM: Sirius: 106 / XM: 190 || SXM App Channel 960
– Arkansas Gameday App
– Live Stats

– Arkansas Game Notes  
– UTSA MBB Website
– SEC Notes/Stats

FAYETTEVILLE – After consecutive games on the road, Arkansas briefly returns home to host UTSA on Saturday (Dec. 7). Tipoff is set for 1 pm (CT) and the game will be broadcast on SEC Network Plus.

After UTSA, Arkansas hits the road once again to play in the annual Jimmy V Classic on Dec. 10 in New York City’s Madison Square Garden. The Razorbacks will face Michigan and will play after Tennessee plays Miami (Fla.). Both games will be televised on ESPN.

NOTES:

• Arkansas and UTSA have only met on six previous occasions and the Razorbacks won each meeting.
• Three of the meetings have been in Fayetteville.
• The last time the two programs met was Dec. 15, 2018 in North Little Rock, a 79-67 Razorback win. Isaiah Joe led the way for Arkansas with 21 points on 5-of-6 shooting from 3-point range and 6-of-6 at the line. Two Razorbacks posted double-doubles in the win. Daniel Gafford had 14 points and 14 rebounds while Jalen Harris had 11 points and 10 assists. Reggie Chaney added 11 points, four steals and three blocked shots. Jhivvan Jackson led UTSA with 20 points and Keaton Wallace scored 18.
• This will be the first time Coach Calipari has faced UTSA.
• With 18 points and six assists at Miami, Boogie Fland ranks second in the SEC in helpers (5.0 avg.) while moving up to 12th in the league in scoring (16/1 avg.).
• Johnell Davis was just 4-of-18 (22.2%) from 3-point range in the first five games. However, over the last three games, he is 8-of-15 (53.3%) from 3-point range.

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