FAYETTEVILLE — Chris Lykes scored a season-high 26 points to lead Arkansas to a 93-80 win over Northern Iowa on Wednesday at Bud Walton Arena.
The 16th-ranked Razorbacks (3-0) closed with a 21-5 run to pull away in a game that had been tight throughout.
Northern Iowa led 78-77 after AJ Green’s three-pointer with 3:13 remaining. Arkansas regained the lead on the next possession when Jaylin Williams followed a missed layup by Au’diese Toney.
That sparked a 13-0 run over 2 minutes, 1 second. Toney hit a three-pointer on the next possession, then intercepted a bad pass to set up another Williams layup that put the Razorbacks ahead 84-78 with 1:27 to play.