Hogs get back on track, cruise past Mizzou

Jaylen Barford (right) of Arkansas scores past Jordan Geist of Missouri Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, during the first half in Bud Walton Arena.

— A game against the SEC's worst team was what the doctor ordered for Arkansas.

The Razorbacks easily beat Missouri 92-73 Saturday at Bud Walton Arena to snap a two-game losing streak, both at home and overall. The Tigers lost their eighth straight game.

Arkansas (13-4, 2-3 SEC) never trailed and led by as many as 22 points.

"If you watched our guys today, they had a lot more fun and played with confidence and played for each other," Arkansas coach Mike Anderson said. "We made the extra pass. Consistency is the key."

The Razorbacks used a 14-0 run to take a 21-point lead with five minutes left in the first half. Arkansas led 50-36 at halftime.

Big Picture

Arkansas: In order to keep pace in the SEC, Arkansas must find some success away from Bud Walton Arena. Three of the Razorbacks' next four games are on the road. Arkansas is 1-2 in true road games this season.

Missouri: The hits keep coming for the Tigers, who dropped their eighth consecutive game, the third longest under coach Kim Anderson.

Jaylen Barford scored 11 of his 13 points before halftime on 5 of 7 shooting. The Razorbacks made 56 percent (20 of 36) of their field goal attempts in the first half and 6 of 15 attempts from 3-point range.

Arkansas continued its hot shooting after halftime and finished the game shooting 56 percent (33 of 59). Missouri 39 percent (22 of 57) of its field goal attempts.

The Razorbacks made 10 of 23 shots from 3-point range. Even senior Manny Watkins made his first career 3-pointer.

"That was very exciting to us," said Daryl Macon, who made 4 of 8 3-point attempts. "I was speechless when it went in."

Macon led all scorers with 17 points. He hit a pair of threes in the first half and had a breakaway dunk to help energize the crowd of 11,182 early in the game.

"I thought he was extremely, extremely dangerous and he proved that," Missouri coach Kim Anderson said of Macon. "He got his shot whenever and he made them, especially early."

Dusty Hannahs added 16 off the bench for the Razorbacks, who outscored Mizzou's bench 38-24. Moses Kingsley had 10 points and 8 rebounds.

Jordan Barnett scored 14 points to lead Missouri (5-11, 0-4). Jordan Geist and Terrence Phillips added 13 apiece, and Kevin Puryear scored 11.

Both teams committed 14 turnovers, but the Razorbacks outscored the Tigers 25-14 in points off turnovers. Arkansas also outscored Missouri 21-6 in transition.

The Razorbacks won their fifth straight game over the Tigers and improved to 6-3 in the series since Missouri joined the SEC.

Arkansas is scheduled to play again Tuesday at Texas A&M, where the Razorbacks haven't won since the teams were Southwest Conference opponents in 1991. The Aggies (9-7, 1-4) lost 67-59 at Mississippi State on Saturday.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report