By KELLY P. KISSEL
Associated Press Writer
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- Jonathon Modica scored a season-high 25 points and Arkansas survived a three-point shot at the buzzer Saturday in a 65-62 Southeastern Conference victory over LSU that avenged a controversial overtime loss at Baton Rouge.
Antonio Hudson clanked a 3-point attempt off the front rim as LSU (13-8, 6-4 SEC) lost to Arkansas for only the second time in nine games. Arkansas (17-7, 5-6) won a third consecutive league game for the first time under third-year coach Stan Heath.
LSU won in overtime at Baton Rouge on Jan. 19 after a Razorback basket with 1.8 seconds left was judged to be a 2-pointer instead of a 3. Saturday, Arkansas did just enough to win _ building a 15-point lead, then losing most of it amid nine second-half turnovers and 6-of-21 shooting.
Hot shooting gave Arkansas a 41-32 lead at halftime, with Modica scoring 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting and Ronnie Brewer making every shot he took. Brewer, Arkansas' leading scorer, had 16 points at the break _ and all in a five-minute period.
Brewer didn't attempt a shot in the game's first eight minutes and sat the next five after falling into early foul trouble. He finished with 19 points after missing his final four shots. Darian Townes scored 14.
Tack Minor and Brandon Bass each scored 14 to lead LSU. Darrel Mitchell had 12 and Glen Savid scored 11.
Arkansas took a 51-36 lead with just under 14 minutes left when Eric Ferguson hit a 3-pointer. After Brewer sat down with his fourth foul with eight minutes left, LSU cut the lead to 55-49. Bass' three-point play for LSU with 2:20 left made it 63-59, and after Townes pushed the margin to 65-59 with a pair of free throws, Hudson made a 3 from the right side to make it 65-62 with 95 seconds remaining.
No one scored again, as Xavier Whipple blocked a Ronnie Brewer shot with 22 seconds left, and Hudson missed his shot at the end.
LSU's usually reliable free throw shooting didn't show up. The Tigers, who entered the game leading the SEC by making 76 percent of its foul shots, made only 13-of-23, for 57 percent. Arkansas made 16-of-17 (94 percent), well above its season average of 65 percent.
Brewer left the game eight minutes in when he picked up his second foul on a charge. He didn't score until 6:55 remained in the half. His dunk and a 3 started a run in which he scored 16 points in a five-minute, 20-10 run that ended the period.
