Arkansas won’t be able to out-athlete every team on its schedule in the 2023-24 season, but when it came, the Razorbacks are awfully impressive.
The No. 14 Hogs never had a moment of figurative sweat in their season-opener Monday night in Bud Walton Arena, easing past Alcorn State in runaway fashion, 93-59.
Things were so easy so quickly that coach Eric Musselman played all 13 of his available scholarship players within the game’s first 11 minutes. One of the expected suspects led the way.
Trevon Brazile, in his first game since December when he torn his ACL, scored 13 points, grabbed six rebounds and sent home three highlight-reel dunks to show why, even despite his only nine games last year, both the SEC coaches and media named him first-team All-SEC.
Khalif Battle and Tramon Mark led Arkansas in scoring with 21 and 16 apiece. Battle made 3 of his 6 attempts from 3-point range and Mark made 4 of his 6.
Ultimately, only two scholarship players who saw action for Arkansas did not score.
The Razorbacks’ second game of the season is Friday when the Razorbacks host Garnder-Webb.