Hoop Hogs set 2 exhibition dates

Arkansas coach Mike Anderson watches from the bench against Emporia State's Friday, Nov. 4, 2016, during the second half of play in Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville.

— Arkansas will play two preseason basketball exhibition games beginning next month.

The Razorbacks are scheduled to play Central on Oklahoma on Friday, Oct. 27 and Missouri Western on Friday, Nov. 3. Both games will be played at Bud Walton Arena and start at 7 p.m.

Central Oklahoma and Missouri Western are members of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association in NCAA's Division II.

Arkansas also has set its Red-White scrimmage for Friday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. The Red-White and Missouri Western exhibitions will be played the night before home football games against Auburn and Coastal Carolina, respectively.

The Razorbacks are scheduled to begin the season with a Nov. 10 home game against Samford. That game time has not ben set.