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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- Blake Eddins, making only his second start, scored 11 points in the first 10½ minutes Wednesday night and Arkansas opened a 25-point lead en route to a 78-63 victory over Vanderbilt (No. 22 ESPN/USA Today, No. 24 AP).
The Commodores, fresh from completing a season sweep of
seventh-ranked Tennessee, looked uninspired and overmatched against
an Arkansas team hoping to earn an NIT bid.
Vanderbilt (17-7, 7-6 Southeastern Conference) missed 15 of its
first 18 shots.
Arkansas (14-12, 6-7) ran off 12 straight points for a 34-9 lead
with 5:30 left in the first half. The run started on Alonzo Lane's
dunk and Teddy Gipson turned another bad Vanderbilt pass into a
dunk.
At that point, Arkansas had scored 14 points off eight
Vanderbilt turnovers.
Joe Johnson drove into traffic along the baseline, but passed
outside to Eddins for the freshman's third 3 and a 20-point lead.
Later, Vanderbilt missed from in close and Dan Langhi, the leading
scorer in the SEC, got the rebound two feet from the basket.
Unchallenged, he missed.
Eddins led Arkansas with 16, including 12 in the first half.
Johnson finished with 15.
Langhi finished with 26, including 14-of-15 free throws.
Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings did not start Langhi because
the star player confronted an official at the end of the Tennessee
game.
With him on the bench, Vanderbilt had three turnovers in the
first four minutes and only took four shots in that time.
Meanwhile, Arkansas was 4-of-8 on its way to a 10-3 lead.
The Razorbacks led by 16 at halftime. After Lane blocked
consecutive shots, including one by Langhi, Chris Walker hit a 3
for a 49-28 lead barely four minutes into the second half. Lane's
layup with 11:17 left made it 60-32.
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