JD Notae has his best game as an Arkansas player, scoring 27 points, but none was bigger than his desperation bank shot in the lane with 1:19 left to lead Arkansas Associate Head Basketball Coach David Patrick and his #8 ranked team to a 70-64 victory over Missouri in the SEC Quarter-Final at Bridgestone Arena.
Arkansas, the SEC second seed, wins it's 12th straight versus an SEC opponent and improves to 22-5. Arkansas also improve to 15-2 all-time when playing in the SEC quarterfinal. Mizzou, the seventh seed, falls to 16-9.
Notae single-handedly kept Arkansas in the game by scoring 16 of their 32 points in the first half. In particular, he scored 12 points during a 16-0 run as Arkansas went from down 10 (Missouri’s largest lead of the game) to up six. Also, Ethan Henderson gave Arkansas a huge lift in the first half to spark a comeback.
The second half belonged to Justin Smith, who scored 13 of his 16 points in the period and he pulled down all eight of his rebounds in the frame.
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