Follow along with Inside Arkansas analysts Curtis Wilkerson and Andrew Ellis for Live Updates from Friday’s exhibition between Arkansas and TCU from Dickies Arena in Fort Worth.
Be sure to head over to the Inside Arkansas YouTube channel approximately 10 minutes following the conclusion of the game for the Pod at The Palace LIVE Postgame Show.
Pregame
- Arkansas transfer forward Jonas Aidoo, junior guard Melo Sanchez and freshman guard Jaden Karuletwa are with the team but not dressed out or participating in pregame warmups.
- Arkansas’ Starters: Boogie Fland, DJ Wagner, Karter Knox, Adou Thiero, Zvonimir Ivišić
- TCU’s Starters: Frankie Collins, Noah Reynolds, Brendan Wenzel, Trazarien White, Ernest Udeh
1st Quarter
- TCU opened the scoring with a transition lob to Udeh, but Arkansas quickly answered with a bank-three from Ivišić and a transition slam from Thiero to go up 5-2 just over two minutes into play.
- Johnell Davis was the first sub in the game for Arkansas at the 5:16 mark with a 9-5 lead.
- An 8-0 run by TCU highlighted by threes from Allette and Collins gave the Horned Frogs a 13-11 lead with 2:36 left in the quarter.
- A pair of smooth jumpers, including a three, from Thiero and a corner three from Davis gave Arkansas a brief lead, but a triple from Wenzel just before the horn sent TCU to the end of the quarter with a 20-19 lead.
2nd Quarter
- The two teams traded baskets for the first few minutes of the second quarter. Thiero continued his brilliant play with a powerful And-1 dunk, but TCU answered with a lob slam and the game hit the first break tied 27-27 with 5:56 to go.
- Nice spark from freshman Billy Richmond with an alley-oop dunk and a Trevon Brazile three gave the Hogs a 32-29 lead at the 4:07 mark.
- Arkansas’ freshmen closed the half strong as Karter Knox scored a quick five and Boogie Fland connected on a jumper in the lane to send the Hogs to the break up 39-31.
- Adou Thiero led the Razorbacks with 14 points in the first half. Arkansas shot 5 of 11 from three and dished out 12 assists to just 4 turnovers.
3rd Quarter
- Arkansas turned it over three times in the first two minutes of the third quarter, but TCU was unable to make a dent in the deficit. A runner from Wagner gave the Hogs a double-digit lead for the first time at the 7:30 mark.
- Despite some struggles defending the pick and roll, Arkansas kept a cushion heading into a timeout at the four-minute mark with a 45-38 lead.
- Great stretch from Arkansas with the offense in sync and the defensive intensity at a high level. Another And-1 from Thiero was sandwiched by a heat check three and up-and-under from Davis to push the lead to 54-41 with just under two minutes to go in the quarter.
- No sooner than Arkansas appeared to be pulling away, TCU closed the quarter on an 8-0 run to send the game to the fourth quarter 54-49.
4th Quarter
- The fatigue was evident for Arkansas and TCU continued to chip away, cutting the lead to 56-54 with another three at the 7:46 mark.
- Arkansas had a couple big moments as Fland buried a jumper and Ivišić threw down a dunk, but the Horned Frogs continued to answer as the game went to the final five minutes with the Hogs clinging to a 60-58 lead.
- Arkansas got a big three from Fland and a put-back by Brazile, but TCU continued to respond to keep it at a one-possession game. After a wild back and forth sequence of blocked shots and turnovers, Calipari called a timeout with 1:30 remaining and the Hogs up 65-63.
- TCU hit a go-ahead three by Wenzel, and Calipari called a timeout with 5.9 seconds remaining and Arkansas down one.
- TCU fouled twice with two to give and Fland’s last second shot fell short, giving TCU the comeback win, 66-65.