Arkansas 8, W. Illinois 7

The Razorbacks won their 3rd extra inning game of the season on Friday. The game ended with a triple by Brett Eibner. Eibner has been in a batting slump this season. That, he broke out of Friday. Eibner had 3 at bats, 2 hits, 2 runs, and a RBI. The Razorbacks will continue the series against Western Illinois on Saturday at Baum Stadium.

Arkansas State can't win on Senior Day

The Arkansas State Red Wolves lost to Sun Belt rival, North Texas, 91-82 Thursday night. On senior day, I should give you all of the senior's stats. So here the are: P.J. Keaton, 0 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists. Shawn Morgan, 15 points, 4 rebounds. Larry Handy 10 points, 7 rebounds.
Ifeanyi Koggu, 3 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists. Yima Chia-Kur, 9 points, 4 rebounds. The total stats of seniors on Senior Day: 37-81 points, 21-33 rebounds, 8-17 assists, 5-14 players. The Red Wolves will finish their season at Lousiana-Monroe on Saturday.

UALR 80, N. Orleans 54

UALR took it's second biggest victory this season with a win over New Orleans. Every player who saw action scored a point for the Trojans, all 11 of them. Leading the Trojans was sophomore Matt Mouzy. Mouzy had 12 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. Also scoring in double digits for the Trojans was Brandon Patterson with 10. Kyndall Dykes lead the Privateers with 20 points and 3 rebounds. The Trojans will end the regular season against Louisiana-Layfette in Little Rock on Saturday.

Arkansas Baseball wins a thriller over Kansas

Kansas (2-3) came into Baum Stadium Wednesday looking for a sweep over the Razorbacks, Jacob House came into the game to stop it. House had two at-bats as a pinch hitter in the game. The first, when the Razorbacks were down 7-5 in the eighth inning. There were two men on base. House hit a hopper down the first base line. The ball hopped over the first baseman and into right field for a RBI. The run was the first of three that inning. House's second at bat came in the tenth inning. The score was tied at eight. Jayhawk Pitcher Travis Blankenship threw the pitch, and House hit it into the visitor's bullpen to win the game, 9-8.

My Rankings (Feb. 26)

1. Conneticut
2. Memphis
3. N. Carolina
4. Louisville
5. Pittsburgh
6. Duke
7. Kansas
8. Mich St.
9. Missouri`
10. Oklahoma
11. Arizona St.
12. Wake Forest
13. LSU
14. Marquette
15. Purdue
16.Villanova
17. Gonzaga
18. Washington
19. W. Virgina
20. UCLA
21. Illinois
22. S. Carolina
23. Butler
24. Providence
25. St. Mary's

Today's SEC Game Projections

Kentucky at S. Carolina
Kentucky will play a good hard game against S. Carolina, but Devan Downey will score more than 25 points and S. Carolina will win, 77-73

Vanderbilt at Georgia
Georgia just has a bad team this year, Vandy will win 83-58.

Ole Miss at Auburn
This will be a hard fought game and it will be close. But, Auburn has Korvotney Barber who can score, rebound and block. Auburn 69, Ole Miss 63

Arkansas at Alabama
I know Arkansas hasn't won many games lately, but the game they have won was against Alabama. Alabama is only 2-4 under their interim coach. Arkansas has lost 6 of their last 12 games by less than 10 points. Arkansas wins, 67-64.

Tennessee at Miss St.
Tennessee has not played well this year. When they decide to they will win. Mississippi will win, 59-52.

McNesee State defeats UALR Baseball 15-7

McNesee State (4-0) held UALR scoreless in the final 6 innings to win 15-7. McNesee had 13 hits and drew 12 walks in the victory. The Trojans had only 7 hits against the Cowboy's 3 pitchers. Anthony Pryor had his first start of the season and allowed 7 hits in the 2.2 innings that he played. The Trojans will close the 2 game series Wednsday at Cowboy Stadium.

Providence upsets Pittsburgh

I know that this game doesn't include an Arkansas team, but this is a huge game. Providence, who needed this win to get into the NCAA Tournament. And on the other side is Pittsburgh, who is #1 in the USA Today and AP poll, #2 in my poll. Providence ended a 2 game losing streak with this win. Providence came out in the 1st half on fire and led 44-26 at halftime. In the 2nd half Pitt played a bit better and cut the lead as close as 7. Providence's scoring leader was Weyinmi Efejuku with 16 points, 3 rebounds and shot 33% from both the field and from behind the ark. DeJuan Blair led for the Panthers with 17 points, 8 rebounds and shot 66%. Blair fouled out with an illegal screen with 45 seconds left in the game.

UALR Coach dismisses Moore from UALR Basketball Team

Moore was suspended from the UALR Basketball Team Monday morning. Moore was the team's scoring leader this season. "I met with Steve this morning and have decided in the best interest of our basketball team to move forward without him. We appreciate Steve's contributions over the last three years and wish him the best going forward." says UALR Head Coach, Steve Shields, "With us being in a race for the overall conference championship, we have a big week ahead of us with games against New Orleans and Louisiana-Lafayette. I know how excited our guys are about the challenge in front of us." Shields also said he'd be leaning more on freshmen Curtis Jackson and Lionel Foster to fill in Moore's minutes. The two played more than usual in the West Division clincher in Denton, TX.

My Rankings (Feb. 23)

1. Conneticut
2. Pittsburgh
3. N. Carolina
4. Memphis
5. Oklahoma
6. Louisville
7. Duke
8. Missouri
9. Marquette
10. Wake Forest
11.Arizona St.
12. Clemson
13. Kansas
14. Villanova
15. Purdue
16. Gonzaga
17. Washington
18. UCLA
19. Florida St.
20. W. Virgina
21. LSU
22. Butler
23. Illinois
24. Kentucky
25. Syracuse

UALR 58, North Texas 54

UALR clinched the Sun Belt-West division with a 58-54 victory at North Texas Saturday night. John Fowler led the Trojans with 13 points and 9 rebounds. Also in double-digits were Shane Edwards with 12 and Wayne Burton with 10. UALR lead at half-time with a 26-24 lead over N. Texas. UALR shot 1-8 from behind the ark, while N. Texas shot 4-18. UALR's next game will be against New Orleans on Thursday.

Arkansas can't hold on in OT

Arkansas had hope that they could win this game, but all of that hope failed in OT after they were outscored 16-12 by the S. Carolina Gamecocks. The Razorbacks dropped to 13-12 overall and 1-11 in conference. Arkansas Forward, Jason Henry
led the game with 27 points and 12 rebounds. Micheal Washington grabbed his way to a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Arkansas' next game is non-televised at Alabama.