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Providence College Athletics
Saturday, January 23
Fayetteville, AR
1:30 PM
Providence College
79
at
118
Arkansas
Friars Overwhelmed by Razorbacks
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
January 23, 1999
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas coach Nolan Richardson changed tactics and Providence paid dearly.
The Razorbacks applied pressure from the start, Richardson substituted in waves and No. 22 Arkansas overwhelmed the Friars 118-79 Saturday.
Richardson used 13 players in the first half and 10 scored as Arkansas (14-5, 3-3 SEC) built a 26-point lead, scoring 20 points off 16 Providence turnovers. Oddly, Pat Bradley - Arkansas' leading scorer in eight games - was scoreless in the first half.
Brandon Dean, diagnosed a few days ago as out four to six weeks with a broken bone in his right wrist, scored 13 off the bench in the first half. Thursday, doctors decided the broken bone was an old break.
Derek Hood scored a career-high 25, including 17 in the second half, and had 12 rebounds - his 12th double-double of the season. Jamel Thomas of Providence (12-7, 5-4 Big East) led all scorers with 30.
Arkansas hit 22-of-43 field goals in the first half; Providence 10-of-31.
Arkansas' Chris Jefferies scored the first seven points, including a 3-pointer and a slam. With the starters on the bench, Sergerio Gipson and Dean hit consecutive 3s for an 18-6 lead.
Brandon Davis, making his first start of the season, rebounded his own miss for a 20-9 lead, then kept the ball on a break and scored. Kareem Reid took Bradley's 50-foot pass in stride and made the layup before Davis fed Hood for a stuff and it was 26-9.
Dean's second straight 3 started a 12-0 run that made it 54-27 with two minutes left in the half. Providence sliced a 32-point deficit to 17, but Reid scored and fed Hood for a dunk, making it 78-57 with 11 minutes to play.
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