Arkansas Razorbacks at Vanderbilt Commodores
· NCAA Men's Basketball77 - 75
Arkansas edges Vanderbilt 77-75
Qualls finished with 17 points for the Razorbacks (15-8, 4-6 Southeastern Conference). Coty Clarke added 14, Rashad Madden scored 12 and Mardracus Wade had 11.
Rod Odom scored 22 points and Kyle Fuller had 20 for the short-handed Commodores (13-9, 5-5), who have only seven scholarship players. Fuller's two free throws with 11.6 seconds left gave the Commodores a 75-74 lead, and Odom missed a jumper on the buzzer.
Fuller hit one of two free throws and Siakam made an inside bucket as Vanderbilt went ahead 71-68 with 3 minutes left after a 12-0 run. Madden's 3-pointer, however, ended the Razorbacks' drought and evened the game again.
Damian Jones scored 12 points for Vanderbilt, and Dai-Jon Parker had 11 including 3-for-4 from 3-point range.
The Razorbacks' hot shooting (15 of 22 for 68 percent the first 16 minutes) and full-court press (nine first-half steals) wore on the Commodores' small roster. Vanderbilt played only eight including a walk-on due to injury, dismissal and departures.
Parker picked up his fourth foul with 16 minutes to go just after his 3-pointer pulled the Commodores within 51-48. Wade's three-point play on the foul pushed Arkansas back out to 54-48, and Bobby Portis stepped out for a 3-pointer for the largest lead at 57-48.
Fuller did a flip after being fouled on the break following Siakam's block, the basket dropped in and Fuller -completed the three-point point play to cut it to 68-62. Vanderbilt then tied it after Siakam had two big defensive plays, stealing an interior pass before Odom's 3-pointer and taking a charge before Jones powered it in for a tie at 68.
Clarke had 11 first-half points on the way to a 20-17 Razorbacks lead, including nine straight during an 11-5 run.
Arkansas scored seven straight points for a 27-19 lead on Qualls' first 3-pointer and two steals off the press that led to Jacorey Williams' back-to-back baskets. But the Commodores retook the lead 31-30 with a 12-3 spurt including four free throws by Fuller and consecutive treys by Parker and Fuller.
Arkansas regained the lead 33-31 on Wade's 3-pointer, and stretched it to back out to seven points with Portis and Kingsley along with Madden's 3-pointer.
Vanderbilt, coming off a dramatic 64-60 victory over rival Tennessee, went up early 8-5 on Odom and Parker 3-pointers followed by Parker free throws. The loss ended the Commodores' longest win streak since the 2012 postseason.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 77 - 75 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Vanderbilt Deadball Team Rebound. | 77 - 75 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Rod Odom missed Three Point Jumper. | 77 - 75 |
| 2nd 0:03 | Vanderbilt Timeout | 77 - 75 |
| 2nd 0:03 | Michael Qualls made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rashad Madden. | 77 - 75 |
Statistics
ARK |
VAN |
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|---|---|---|
| 27-50 | FG | 24-47 |
| 54 | Field Goal % | 51 |
| 10-16 | 3PT | 8-21 |
| 63 | Three Point % | 38 |
| 13-19 | FT | 19-28 |
| 68 | Free Throw % | 68 |
| 25 | Rebounds | 28 |
| 9 | Offensive Rebounds | 11 |
| 16 | Defensive Rebounds | 17 |
| 13 | Assists | 12 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 12 | Total Turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Points Off Turnovers | 0 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 23 | Fouls | 15 |
Game Information
Location: Nashville, TN
Attendance: 10,647 | Capacity:
2025-26 Southeastern Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 16-2 | - | 27-8 |
| Arkansas | 13-5 | 3 | 28-9 |
| Alabama | 13-5 | 3 | 25-10 |
| Vanderbilt | 11-7 | 5 | 27-9 |
| Tennessee | 11-7 | 5 | 25-12 |
| Texas A&M | 11-7 | 5 | 22-12 |
| Georgia | 10-8 | 6 | 22-11 |
| Kentucky | 10-8 | 6 | 22-14 |
| Missouri | 10-8 | 6 | 20-13 |
| Texas | 9-9 | 7 | 21-15 |
| Auburn | 7-11 | 9 | 22-16 |
| Oklahoma | 7-11 | 9 | 21-16 |
| Mississippi State | 5-13 | 11 | 13-19 |
| Ole Miss | 4-14 | 12 | 15-20 |
| South Carolina | 4-14 | 12 | 13-19 |
| LSU | 3-15 | 13 | 15-17 |


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