Coming off consecutive losses, Alabama faces a critical game at 5 p.m. CT game with Arkansas. With three games left, the Crimson Tide is in position for an NCAA tournament bid but the margin for error isn't quite where it was a week ago.
Alabama (17-11, 8-7 SEC) is part of a six-way tie for third in the league entering play Saturday. Arkansas is in that group with a 19-9 overall record.
Collin Sexton warmed up and there doesn't appear to be any change to his status. The point guard is listed as a starter. Refresh the page for the latest all afternoon and evening.
SECOND HALF
-- Arkansas up 71-68 with 34.4 seconds left with the ball and 30 seconds on shot clock.
-- Wild pace at the end. Petty 3 cut it to 71-66, Alabama ball with 1:34 left. Collin Sexton had the turnover on that possession. Still five-point game, 52.4 left and Tide ball.
-- Arkansas 67, Alabama 59 (3:21): Alabama in real trouble after 9-0 Arkansas run. Tide went 7 minutes between FGs.
-- Arkansas 56, Alabama 53 (7:44): The visitors are on a 7-0 run all from Bailey. Key has 13 to lead the Tide. Ingram drew a second flagrant foul of the game before the timeout. Quite a day for him.
-- Alabama 51, Arkansas 49 (10:42): It's been a little sloppy, leads going back and forth. John Petty hit his second 3 of the game a minute ago. Had a few bad lobs before that. Just wild pace to this. Refs letting them play.
-- Alabama 41, Arkansas 37 (16:11): Alabama tied it at 36 with a Dazon Ingram 3. A Braxton Key 3 with 16:52 left gave Alabama its first lead of the game. Tide on a 10-2 run to open the half. Arkansas 0-for-7 from the field this half. Key has 7 of the 10 Alabama points this half.
FIRST HALF
-- Arkansas 35, Alabama 31 (halftime): After the Hogs had a 10-2 post-technical foul, Alabama hit consecutive 3s from Reese and Johnson Jr. to cut the deficit to four at halftime. Sexton's 7 leads Alabama scorers as the team shot 40.0 percent from the field.
-- Arkansas 31, Alabama 23 (3:00): The Hogs scored five straight after Dazon Ingram was hit for a technical. Collin Sexton has 7 for the Tide. Team is shooting 38.1 percent. Alabama still hasn't led but it's been tied twice.
--Arkansas 19, Alabama 16 (8:00): Arkansas had gone 4:30 without points. The 9-0 Alabama run tied the game before a 3 put the Hogs back up. Dazon Ingram had six straight in the run. The crowd liked the shot-clock violation on an Arkansas team that likes to score quickly.
-- Arkansas 16, Alabama 12 (11:55): The Tide has a little momentum after scoring the last five points and getting a turnover. A nice backdoor cut pushed it to 13-5 Hogs. A 3 then made it 16-7. Alex Reese hit a much-needed 3 when the Hogs went up 9.
-- Arkansas 11, Alabama 4 (15:01): The Razorbacks are getting it in the paint and scoring quickly. Everything coming inside early for the visitors outside of one 3-pointer. Crowd is frustrated by a few bad hands plays from the Tide that gave away two possessions. Tide is 0-for-3 from long range and 1-for-4 overall.
-- Arkansas jumped to a 7-0 lead. Not much energy in the building to start things off. Just flat in Coleman Coliseum.
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