FAYETTEVILLE — Until freshman guard Darius Acuff scored 14 points in the final 3:15 before halftime, a 109-77 win against Southern for the No. 14 Arkansas men’s basketball team had the makings of a lower-scoring season opener Monday.
Acuff slingshot Arkansas to a 57-32 halftime lead and forward Trevon Brazile scored a career-high 25 points to help pour it on in the second half.
Southern scoring 45 points in the second half, outdoing its 32 in the first, marked an instant need for correction, according to the players.
“I mean, we gave up [77] points,” Brazile said.