FAYETTEVILLE – After a week off due to final exams, Arkansas returns to the hardwood and will host Oral Roberts on Sunday (Dec. 20). Tipoff is set for 1 pm and the game will be telecast on SEC Network.
This will be the 13th all-time meeting between Arkansas and Oral Roberts. The Razorbacks own a 10-2 advantage in the series, including a 7-0 mark in Fayetteville.
Oral Roberts, picked second in the Summit League preseason poll, is the fourth of five Razorback non-conference opponents that were picked first or second in their league this preseason. The fifth school on the list will be Tuesday when Arkansas hosts Abilene Christian – preseason #@, defending league champion and among those receiving votes for the top 25 each of the last two weeks.
Mike Cawood December 12, 2020
FAYETTEVILLE – Jalen Tate and JD Notae each scored their 1,000th career points to lead Arkansas to a 100-75 victory over Central Arkansas Saturday night at Bud Walton Arena.
This was the first meeting between Arkansas and Central Arkansas since the 1946-47 season. The Razorbacks are now 7-0 all-time versus the Bears, including a 4-0 record in games played in Fayetteville. The series dates back to Arkansas’ first season of basketball (1923-24). Prior to tonight’s game, the last time Arkansas hosted an in-state school for a regular-season game was Nov. 28, 1950, versus Arkansas Tech. (Razorbacks won 50-45)
Tate, a graduate transfer from Northern Kentucky, also tallied his third career double-double, getting 17 points and a career-high 11 assists. Notae, who played his first two seasons at Jacksonville University prior to sitting out at Arkansas due to NCAA transfer rules, finished with a game-high 22 po
FAYETTEVILLE – For the first time since the 1946-47 season, Arkansas will play Central Arkansas in men’s basketball. Game time is set for 7:00 pm and the game will now be televised on SEC Network Alternate.
The Razorbacks are 6-0 all-time versus the Bears, including a 3-0 record in games played in Fayetteville. Although technically, this is the first meeting with “University of Central Arkansas”. The school was known as Arkansas State Normal School in 1923-24 and Arkansas State Teachers College from 1925-67.
The series dates back to Arkansas’ first season of basketball. The teams met on back-to-back days during the 1923-24 season (Jan. 11 and 12) in Fayetteville with the Razorbacks winning 62-27 and 34-14, respectively.