North Florida Ospreys at Arkansas Razorbacks

Hannahs has 17 to help Arkansas hold off North Florida 91-76

First, the Razorbacks had to find a way to stop hot-shooting North Florida guard Dallas Moore.

While Arkansas (8-1) struggled to slow Moore throughout, Dusty Hannahs scored 17 points and Moses Kingsley added 13 points and 10 rebounds as the Razorbacks pulled away in the second half for a 91-76 win on Saturday.

Moore finished 34 points, just off his career high of 37 against Edward Waters earlier this season, but Arkansas used a late 11-0 run to hold off the formidable challenge from the Ospreys (3-8).

"The tests keep coming for this basketball team," Arkansas coach Mike Anderson said. "... Sometimes you tell kids you can't look at their records because you're going to get their best shot, and we got their best shot."

Playing against Southeastern Conference competition was nothing new for North Florida, which was playing its fourth game against a Southeastern Conference school this season. That experience showed for Moore, who finished 12-of-20 shooting and hit four 3-pointers.

Moore continued his stellar play in the first half on Saturday, scoring 22 points on 8-of-12 shooting as North Florida managed a 44-44 tie with the Razorbacks.

"Just confidence," Moore said of the reason for his hot shooting. "I shoot with coach as much as I can, because I want to be the best player I can be."

Moore was unable to finish the game after a slight cramp in his right calf, but Arkansas had already taken control by that point. After trailing 63-62 late in the second half, the Razorbacks used an 11-0 run to take control against the back-to-back Atlantic Sun Conference regular season champions.

"These kinds of game, where you're making large sums of money for your athletic department ... After a while, it wears on you," North Florida coach Matthew Driscoll said. "... Arkansas, to their credit, never stopped."

Jaylen Barford, who finished with 14 points, started the run with a 3-pointer as the shot clock was running out, while Daryl Macon (13 points) added back-to-back 3-pointers during the run.

"I just saw the clock and went tunnel vision, honestly," Barford said. "I just knew I had to make that shot, because I shoot that shot every day in practice."

BIG PICTURE

Arkansas: Hannahs came off the bench for a third straight game for the Razorbacks, whose bench outscored North Florida 36-6. With Hannahs coming off the bench, Arkansas has now outscored its opponents 125-32 in bench points over the last three games.

MAGNIFICENT MOORE

UP NEXT

North Florida stays on the road, traveling to face Texas Rio Grande Valley on Monday.

After five straight games at home, Arkansas takes to the road to face Texas in the Lone Star Shootout in Houston on Dec. 17.

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