Fayetteville, Ark. – Winthrop men's basketball came up just shy of its upset bid in an 84-83 loss at 21
st-ranked Arkansas, Tuesday night inside Bud Walton Arena.
WINTHROP (2-3, 0-0 Big South)
ARKANSAS (4-1, 0-0 SEC)
- Meleek Thomas (26 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals)
- Trevon Brazile (14 points, 8 rebounds, assist, 4 blocks, steal)
- Nick Pringler (13 points, 7 rebounds, 2 blocks)
FIRST HALF
- Kody Clouet opened the scoring in the game as the Eagles won the tip and 14 seconds later he buried a right wing three
- Arkansas answered with a three of its own as Karter Knox knocked it down
- The game was tied 11-11 at the 14:54 mark as Pharrell Boyogueno came off the bench and dropped in a three for the lead
- The Eagles took a four point lead after Kareem Rozier dropped in a three from the right wing with just over 13 minutes left in the half
- Tommy Kamarad gave the Eagles a five point lead at the 12:06 mark with a straight away three
- Arkansas scored four straight points to make it a one point game but the team's stalled offensively for a 2-3 minutes span before Pharrell Boyogueno's dunk off an inbound play to lead 26-23 with 7:43 to play in the half
- The Razorbacks used an 11-0 run to take a 36-28 lead with 4:30 left in the half, but a Kody Clouet three stopped the run
- Hogs answered right away with a three of their own from Darius Acuff Jr. to push the lead back to eight
- The Eagles made it a one possession game with 2:03 left as Daylen Berry found Clouet up top as he dropped in another three to trail 39-36
- Seifeldin Hendawy dropped in a left-handed hook with 32 seconds to play in the half
- Arkansas had the final possession but a strong defensive effort kept it a two point game at the half as Boyogueno blocked the shot as the Eagles corralled the defensive rebound as time expired
SECOND HALF
- Razorbacks opened the scoring in the second half as Maleek Thomas drained a three for a 46-41 lead
- Trailing by six, Rozier drove and scored to cut it to four and a Berry three made it a one point game with 17:05 remaining
- The lead was seven for Arkansas with 14:21 left but the Eagles used a 7-0 run to tie the game at 57-57 with 12:46 remaining
- The run started with Hendawy following his own miss with a basket inside followed by Logan Duncomb scoring at the rim and a right wing three from Rozier
- Arkansas regained the lead briefly as Thomas knocked down a jumper, but Rozier buried another three to put Winthrop in front 60-59 with just under 12 minutes remaining
- Eagles trailed by four with 7:12 to play when Berry scored off the drive and then corner three from Clouet had the Eagles in front again, 71-70
- Following the three, Hendawy stole the ball and finished on the other end with a dunk for a 76-74 lead with 3:35 left
- After Knox tied the game with a bucket inside, the Eagles pushed the ball and Rozier stepped up again with another triple for a 79-76 lead with 3:13 remaining
- Duncomb put the Eagles up five after a second chance basket
- After the Hogs cut it back to a one possession game, Duncomb came back and powered his way in the post and finished at the rim to go back up five with two minutes remaining
- Nick Pringle scored inside to make it a one possession game and then Acuff Jr. scored off the drive to cut the Eagles lead to one with 37 seconds left
- The Eagles had a pass tipped that led to a turnover and a score on the other end by Pringle with 11.9 to play
- Eagles had the final possession, but Berry's shot as time expired was off the mark
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Arkansas shot 50 percent from the floor while Winthrop finished at 48 percent
- The Eagles knocked down 15 threes as they finished 15-for-31
- Arkansas had a big advantage at the charity stripe going 20-for-22 while the Eagles were 4-of-6
- Winthrop committed 10 turnovers that led to nine points while the Razorbacks committed nine turnovers that led to 10 points
- The battle on the glass favored Arkansas 33-30 but the Eagles had the edge in second chance points (18-14)
- Eagles had a season-high 18 assists
- Kareem Rozier's career-high 23 points led four Eagles in double-figures as Clouet had 16, Duncomb scored 13 and Berry added 11
NOTABLES
- Rozier has now scored 20 or more in back-to-back games
- Rozier's seven threes were the most on the road by an Eagle since Bryce Baker had seven at Longwood on Feb. 27, 2025
- It was the first time an Eagle had seven or more threes in a non-conference road game since Dec. 17, 2022 when Cory Hightower knocked down seven at LSU
- Eagles streak of 10 or more free throw attempts in a game comes to an end at 36 straight
UP NEXT
Eagles remain on the road as they head to Jackson, Miss. on Sunday, Nov. 23 to take on Jackson State at 8 p.m. (EST)
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