LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) -- Alandise Harris scored 15 points and
Arkansas had 52 second-half points to beat Minnesota 87-73 on Tuesday at the
Maui Invitational.
Arkansas started the second half on a 10-0 run, with Anthlon
Bell and Fred Gulley hitting consecutive 3-pointers to give the Razorbacks a
45-40 lead.
Arkansas (4-1) then pulled away even further, pushing for
transition shots, dunks and keeping its full court pressure defense on the rest
of the game.
Coty Clarke made two key plays during Arkansas' decisive
run; two plays after a dunk, he turned a Bell steal into an alley-oop dunk for
Michael Qualls.
Austin Hollins led Minnesota (5-2) with 17 points. The
Golden Gophers led 40-35 at halftime. Malik Smith had 13 first-half points but
finished with 15.
Minnesota had a nine-minute stretch in the second half where
a dunk was its only field goal to go along with eight free throws. Arkansas
scored 26 points over the same span.
Bobby Portis had 12 points, Rashad Madden had 11, while
Gulley and Qualls had 10 points each. Qualls added eight rebounds and three
assists.
Andre Hollins and DeAndre Mathieu scored 11 points each for
Minnesota.
Arkansas shot nearly 61 percent in the second half and
nearly 55 percent for the game. The Razorbacks hit 47 percent of their 3-point
attempts.
Arkansas will play in the tournament's fifth-place game on
Wednesday after losing its first-round game to No. 8 Syracuse.
Minnesota will play the loser of No. 11 Gonzaga and Division
II Chaminade, the host of the yearly tournament.
