FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Hunter Mickelson scored 14 of his career-high 16 points after halftime, helping Arkansas to a 79-74 win over Robert Morris on Thursday night.
Mickelson, a sophomore center, played only five minutes in the first half after picking up a pair of early personal fouls. He made up for his absence after the break, scoring 10 points in the period's first 6:33 to give the Razorbacks the lead for good.
Paced by Mickelson's perfect 6-of-6 second half shooting, Arkansas made 67 percent of its field goal attempts after halftime and led by as many as nine points.
B.J. Young added a game-high 23 points for the Razorbacks (6-4). Mardracus Wade had 14 points and Marshawn Powell 12.
Robert Morris (8-5) stayed close with its free-throw shooting, connecting on 15 of 18 attempts after halftime. The Colonials pulled within three points on a pair of Lucky Jones free throws with 2:50 left, but could get no closer.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Robert Morris (8-5) | 34 | 40 | 74 |
| Arkansas (6-4) « | 35 | 44 | 79 |
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| Robert Morris Colonials | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. McFadden, F | 29 | 2-5 | 6-9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| L. Jones, F | 25 | 2-6 | 3-4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| K. Anderson, G | 33 | 4-13 | 5-7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| C. Williams, G | 28 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| V. Jones, G | 17 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Johnson | 20 | 3-9 | 4-4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| A. Myers-Pate | 20 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| D. Appolon | 13 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| V. Morgan | 11 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| S. Hawkins | 4 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-55 | 25-36 | 33 | 12 | 22 | 74 | |
| 36.4% | 69.4% | ||||||
| Arkansas Razorbacks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Powell, F | 32 | 6-11 | 0-2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| H. Mickelson, F | 22 | 7-9 | 2-2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| B. Young, G | 34 | 9-17 | 4-8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 23 |
| M. Wade, G | 28 | 4-7 | 4-5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| R. Madden, G | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| F. Gulley | 18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| K. Haydar | 18 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| C. Clarke | 13 | 0-2 | 1-4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| R. Scott | 12 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| J. Williams | 9 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| M. Qualls | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Bell | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Wagner | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 31-59 | 13-26 | 41 | 17 | 26 | 79 | |
| 52.5% | 50% | ||||||
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