Halftime Takeaways As Virginia Leads Arkansas 46-27

FAYETTEVILLE — No. 9 Virginia leads No. 12 Arkansas 46-27 at halftime of Sunday's game inside Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., with the Cavaliers taking control of the game in the final four minutes of the half.

Here are three takeaways from the first half of action.

Virginia holds Jordan Smith Jr. in check

Freshman guard Jordan Smith Jr. seemed to find his offensive spark in Arkansas' season-opening win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff, but Virginia did an excellent job defending the consensus top-five recruit in the first half.

Smith looked generally uncomfortable and turned the ball over twice while scoring only six points on 3-8 shooting from the field and missing his lone free throw attempt.…