FAYETTEVILLE — Without his starting point guard and All-SEC forward in the closing moments of Saturday's game at then-No. 19 LSU, Mike Anderson put the ball in the hands of sophomore guard Mason Jones.
Anderson's instructions: Go make a play.
And he did, hitting a floater in the lane with 22 seconds remaining after calmly taking undersized Tigers guard Tremont Waters, one of the SEC's best on-ball defenders (2.5 steals per game in SEC play), off the dribble.
In the Razorbacks' timeout one possession prior to Jones' game-winner, Jones told his teammates he wanted to take the big shot.