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Smith hits key buckets, but not pleased with rivalry-game effort

( David Beach )

Arkansas basketball commit Nick Smith watches the Razorbacks' Red-White game on Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, during the first half of play at Barnhill Arena, Fayetteville.

ESPN 5-star and Arkansas signee Nick Smith hit the shots that sent North Little Rock into overtime and on to victory over Little Rock Central on Tuesday, but afterward he was not too pleased.

He felt the No. 1 Wildcats underperformed against the Tigers.

“I’m not too happy about how the game went,” Smith said. “We had a lot of mental lapses, but I’m pretty sure this week moving on forward we’re going to have a couple of hard practices.