PORTLAND, Ore. — There’s a brand new primary within the single-season scoring column within the Arkansas record books.
During the Razorbacks’ second-round NCAA Tournament recreation in opposition to High Point, Darius Acuff Jr. tied the mark with a layup 5 minutes into the sport and broke the record with a three-pointer on the 4:03 mark of the primary half.
The bucket gave him 789 factors on the season, which pushed him forward of Arkansas legend Todd Day, who scored 786 in 1990-91. It’s additionally value noting that Acuff required three video games lower than Day did to realize the feat.
Along with the single-season record, Acuff can also be simply the twenty seventh participant in Division I historical past with 700+ factors, 200+ assists and 100+ rebounds in a single season.
The SEC Player and Freshman of the Year and consensus First Team All-American led the SEC in scoring (22.2 factors per recreation), assists (6.4) and assist-to-turnover ratio (3.2) and is on tempo to develop into the primary SEC participant since Pete Maravich to steer the SEC in each scoring and assists, and the one participant within the NCAA to common a minimum of 20 factors and 6 assists.
Between March Madness, spring soccer, baseball and softball, plus the upcoming basketball switch portal in April, that is as jam-packed time for Arkansas Razorbacks sports activities and a main time to subscribe to HawgBeat.com.
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