FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Mardracus Wade scored a career-high 20 points to lead Arkansas to a 97-64 victory over Mississippi Valley State on Wednesday night.
The Razorbacks (5-1) led the whole way, making 59.3 percent of their field goal attempts, including 11 of 23 from beyond the arc.
Wade made four 3-pointers. The sophomore scored 15 points by intermission, giving Arkansas a 47-30 halftime lead.
Julysses Nobles added 16 points for the Razorbacks while Devonta Abron scored 13 and BJ Young and Rickey Scott each added 11.
Terrence Joyner and Cor-J Cox each scored 15 points to lead the Delta Devils (1-6).
While the majority of its points came from its guards, the undersized Arkansas team dominated the interior. The Razorbacks scored 34 points in the paint and had 20 second-chance points in their third straight win.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Mississippi Valley State (1-6) | 30 | 34 | 64 |
| Arkansas (5-1) « | 47 | 50 | 97 |
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| Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| F. Jones, F | 24 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| A. Studivant, F | 22 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| P. Crosby, C | 34 | 3-15 | 5-5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| T. Joyner, G | 33 | 3-14 | 8-8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| K. Burwell, G | 27 | 1-8 | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Cox | 27 | 6-8 | 2-4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| L. Pajkovic | 19 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| B. Arrington | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| B. Ralling | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-63 | 17-24 | 35 | 11 | 21 | 64 | |
| 31.7% | 70.8% | ||||||
| Arkansas Razorbacks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Abron, F | 20 | 5-6 | 3-5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| M. Sanchez, F | 15 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| J. Nobles, G | 28 | 4-6 | 5-6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| M. Wade, G | 28 | 7-10 | 2-3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| R. Scott, G | 26 | 4-9 | 2-6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Young | 21 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| M. Waithe | 20 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| H. Mickelson | 18 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| K. Haydar | 12 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| R. Madden | 10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| M. Thompson | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 35-59 | 16-28 | 39 | 17 | 19 | 97 | |
| 59.3% | 57.1% | ||||||
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