After a rough outing in the semifinals on Thanksgiving, 20th-ranked Arkansas (4-2) will face 14th-ranked North Carolina (4-1) in the third-place game of the Battle 4 Atlantis.
The Hogs’ Bahamas journey got off to a dramatic start on Wednesday night as they needed two overtimes to beat Stanford, 77-74. In the semifinals, Arkansas renewed a 20-year rivalry with Memphis on Thanksgiving Day. Unfortunately, turnovers and mental mistakes proved too costly and they fell to the Tigers, 84-79.
The Tar Heels were able to blow past Northern Iowa in their first game on Wednesday. In their semifinal bout with Villanova, they built a nine-point lead early but it was a back-and-forth contest in the second half that eventually needed overtime. North Carolina would come up short in the extra frame, 83-81.
This is the 10th ever meeting between these two programs, but hasn’t been very kind to the Razorbacks. North Carolina leads the all-time series 7-3, with the last matchup taking place in 2017 when the Tar Heels defeated Arkansas 87-68.
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