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Arkansas coach John Calipari became the fifth Division I men’s basketball coach to reach 900 career wins with the Razorbacks’ 88-84 victory over MissouriMARCH 7 • Associated Press
No. 20 Arkansas beats Missouri 88-84 in OT to give Calipari his 900th career win
No. 20 Arkansas beat Missouri 88-84 in overtime to make John Calipari the fifth Division I men’s basketball coach to win 900 gamesMARCH 7 • Associated Press
Mark Mitchell - Scores career-high 32 points Mitchell logged 32 points (11-20 FG, 1-3 3Pt, 9-11 FT), four rebounds, four assists and one steal in 43 minutes during Saturday's 88-84 OT loss to Arkansas.
Impact Mitchell nearly willed the Tigers to a win over the Darius Acuff-less Razorbacks. He passed the 1000-point mark as a Missouri player. In his final five games of the regular season, Mitchell averaged 23.0 points on 62.9 percent from the field, 3.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists. The Tigers will await their seeding in next week's SEC Tournament and may need to do some work to pop the NCAA Tournament bubble.
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Shawn Phillips Jr. - Puts up double-double Phillips logged 13 points (5-8 FG, 3-4 FT), 10 rebounds and four blocks in 36 minutes during Saturday's 88-84 OT loss to Arkansas.
Impact Phillips had his first double-double since Nov. 17. He scored in double digits in three of his last five games and finished the regular season with averages of 7.7 points on 68.4 percent from the field, 5.1 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks. Missouri will have no worse than the nine-seed in next week's SEC tournament.
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Meleek Thomas - Equals season high with 28 points Thomas ended Saturday's 88-84 OT win over Missouri with 28 points (9-22 FG, 5-6 3Pt, 5-6 FT), seven rebounds, two assists, one block and one steal in 45 minutes.
Impact Thomas figured to have a bigger part in the Razorback offense with Darius Acuff out. He had his first 20-point game in the last five contests. The 6-5 freshman finished with averages of 15.4 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.5 steals. He hit 41.7 percent of his 3-pointers. Arkansas will play on Friday as the two- or three-seed of the SEC tournament, depending on what Alabama does on Saturday.
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D.J. Wagner - Starts, scores 10 in OT win Wagner provided 10 points (4-10 FG, 0-4 3Pt, 2-4 FT), four rebounds, five assists and one steal over 45 minutes during Saturday's 88-84 OT win over Missouri.
Impact Wagner started for Darius Acuff and played throughout regulation and the overtime period. The 6-4 junior provided 12.3 points on 51.9 percent from the field, 3.0 rebounds and 2.7 assists in his three final regular season games. Depending how Alabama fares, Arkansas will either be the two- or three-seed in the SEC tournament next week.
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