DALLAS (AP) Trevon Brazile scored 18 of his 24 points after halftime and finished with 10 rebounds as No. 17 Arkansas Razorbacks overcame No. 16 Texas Tech Red Raiders 93-86 on Saturday in a rematch of a Sweet 16 game in last season’s NCAA Tournament.
Arkansas (8-2), which trailed by as many as 10 points before halftime, went ahead for good on Brazile’s driving layup that made it 78-77 with 5:20 left. A minute after that, coming out of a timeout, he made a move near the baseline that got JT Toppin in the air and drove by the preseason AP All-American for an emphatic one-handed slam dunk.
Brazile is one of the three starters for the Razorbacks who played in the Sweet 16 game last March, when they had a 16-point lead midway through the second half before Tech rallied for an overtime victory.
Toppin had 30 points and 11 rebounds for the Red Raiders (7-3), while Christian Anderson had 26 points and 11 assists. They were the only Tech starters back from that comeback to the Elite Eight. It was Toppin’s 24th double-double in 42 games with Tech the past two seasons.
Darius Acuff Jr. and Karter Knox both had 20 points for the Razorbacks.
Brazile’s slam ended a nearly five-minute stretch for the Razorbacks in which he scored 12 points – and Acuff scored their other seven in that go-ahead stretch.
The Razorbacks led only once before halftime at 43-42 when Knox made a 3-pointer with 1:40 left that capped their 17-6 run in which he also had a dunk and a layup.
Texas Tech went back in front with the last seven points of the half, starting with back-to-back layups by Toppin.
Texas Tech is home against Northern Colorado on Tuesday, the same night Arkansas hosts Queens.
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| TOP SCORERS | |||||
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7
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T. Brazile F | 24PTS | 10REB | 0AST | |
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15
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J. Toppin F | 30PTS | 11REB | 0AST | |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| T. Brazile | 24 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| D. Acuff Jr. | 20 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| K. Knox | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| D. Wagner | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| N. Pringle | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| M. Ewin | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Thomas | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| B. Richmond III | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| I. Sealy | – | – | – | – |
| J. Karuletwa | – | – | – | – |
| A. Kelley | – | – | – | – |
| P. Semedo | – | – | – | – |
| K. Rtail | – | – | – | – |
| A. Brown | – | – | – | – |
| E. Dzafic | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 93 | 35 | 18 | 15 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| J. Toppin | 30 | 11 | 0 | 4 |
| C. Anderson | 26 | 4 | 11 | 2 |
| L. Watts | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| T. Bryan | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| D. Atwell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| J. Petty | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Francis | – | – | – | – |
| N. Groves | – | – | – | – |
| L. Horner | – | – | – | – |
| L. Bamgboye | – | – | – | – |
| J. Henderson | – | – | – | – |
| L. Hoover | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 86 | 29 | 21 | 17 |