Overview
- The Spartans improved to 2-0 after converting 19 offensive rebounds into 18 points at the Breslin Center.
- Freshman Cam Ward posted 18 points with 10 rebounds, while Coen Carr added 15 in a physical interior game.
- Jeremy Fears Jr. finished with nine assists and hit two late free throws after a drawn foul that set the final margin.
- Carson Cooper scored nine after halftime, including the go-ahead free throw, and secured a key defensive rebound in the closing minute.
- Arkansas fell to 1-1 as freshmen Darius Acuff and Meleek Thomas scored 16 apiece, with Acuff missing a potential tying three in the final seconds.