Hogs’ freshmen pull their weight

University of Arkansas guard Brandon Mitchell takes the ball to the hoop in Thursday nights game against the LeMoyne-Owen Magicians at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville.

University of Arkansas guard Brandon Mitchell takes the ball to the hoop in Thursday nights game against the LeMoyne-Owen Magicians at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville.

Arkansas’ freshman class had some pretty good moments in Thursday night’s 102-69 exhibition victory over LeMoyne-Owen before an estimated 3,233 fans in Walton Arena.

Forward Marshawn Powell started and had 18 points and 9 rebounds; point guard Julysses Noble had 8 assists and 2 turnovers; forward Glenn Bryant had 10 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals and 4 blocked shots;and guard Brandon Mitchell had 8 points, 1 steal and 1 rebounds in 8 minutes.

“We’re all coming in knowing we have to play, so we’ve just embraced that,” Bryant said. “We’re ready to take it all in.”

Razorbacks Coach John Pelphrey said the freshmen “at times were very good” in the team’s second exhibition ...


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Sports, Pages 25 on 11/06/2009

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