KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dusty Hannahs and Anthlon Bell combined to score 33 points and shoot 7 of 10 from 3-point range Saturday night as Arkansas won 75-65 over Tennessee, which played without two of its top three scorers.
Hannahs scored 17 points and shot 3 of 4 from beyond the arc. Bell had 16 points and was 4 of 6 on 3-pointers. The duo helped Arkansas (15-14, 8-8 SEC) win its third straight game and earn just its second road victory of the season.
Tennessee (13-16, 6-10) played its third straight game without Kevin Punter Jr., who has a stress fracture in his right foot. Punter averages 22.2 points per game and entered the game ranked 12th among all Division I players in scoring. The Volunteers also were missing Robert Hubbs III, who averages 10.8 points per game.
Armani Moore had 17 points and 11 rebounds for Tennessee, which has lost four of its last five games. Admiral Schofield added 15 points and nine rebounds, and Shembari Phillips had 13 points.
With Punter and Hubbs not playing, the Volunteers used a starting lineup that featured all three of Tennessee's eligible scholarship freshmen: Kyle Alexander, Phillips and Schofield. This marked the first time Tennessee started three true freshmen in the same game since Feb. 3, 2007.
Arkansas won by relying on the 3-point attack that has sparked the Razorbacks all season. Arkansas was 9 of 19 on 3-pointers, while Tennessee was just 4 of 21 from beyond the arc.
The Razorbacks have made 40.7 percent of their 3-point attempts (203 of 499) this year and are on pace to break the school single-season record of .395 set in 1992-93. Arkansas entered the night ranked 10th among all Division I programs in 3-point percentage.
Arkansas shot 5 of 11 from beyond the arc in the first half to lead 34-33 at halftime. Bell had 13 points by halftime.
The Razorbacks' shooting helped them withstand the lack of production from leading scorer and rebounder Moses Kingsley, who had just two points in the first half.
Kingsley was more active after the intermission. After the game went back and forth for the first few minutes of the second half, Kingsley scored seven straight points to help put the Razorbacks in front for good.
TIP-INS
Arkansas: Kingsley had nine points and eight rebounds to end a string of four consecutive double-doubles. He had averaged 18.8 points and 11.8 rebounds during that four-game stretch.
Tennessee: Phillips is averaging 14 points and 3.3 assists over his last three games. He had been averaging 4.1 points and 0.6 assists per game before this stretch.
NEXT UP
Arkansas visits Alabama on Wednesday.
Tennessee visits Vanderbilt on Tuesday.