Cal Gets Win 900; #20/19 Arkansas Downs Mizzou, 88-84 in OTOnline Version  Final Stats    

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Arkansas needed an extra five minutes, but the #20/19 Razorbacks toughed out an 88-84 overtime win at Missouri to give head coach John Calipari his 900th career win.

Arkansas played without its National Player of the Year candidate Darius Acuff Jr., who is nursing an ankle injury that was initially suffered versus Auburn (Feb. 14).

With the victory, Calipari improved to 900-285 in his 34th year and became just the fifth person to reach at least 900 on-court wins as head coach at an NCAA Division I program, joining Mike Krzyzewski (1,202), Jim Boeheim (1,116), Rick Pitino (910) and Roy Williams (903).

Cal is the third-fastest to 900 wins, doing so in 1,185 games. Coach K did it in 1,183 games to rank second. Cal is the second-youngest to reach 900. Coach K won 900 games at the age of 64. Cal turned 67 on Feb 10 and edges Bob Knight, who won his 900th at 67 and 2+ months.

To get the win, Trevon Brazile hit a dagger 3-pointer with 38 seconds left in overtime to give Arkansas 2-point lead. Neither team scored on their following possessions but Malique Ewin grabbed an offensive rebound with eight seconds left and was fouled. He sank both free throws for a 4-point Razorback lead. After a Mizzou basket, Ewin was fouled again with five seconds left and the senior sank both to seal the win.

While Brazile and Ewin made the big shots down the stretch, freshman Meleek Thomas led the Hogs with a career-high 28 points, making 5-of-6 from 3-point range. He added seven rebounds. Brazile finished with 19 points, nine rebounds and three steals. Ewin had 17 points, nine rebounds, three assists and two blocked shots.

Missouri was led by Mark Mitchell’s 32 points, going 11-of-20 from the field and 9-of-11 at the line.

Arkansas returns to action on Friday (Mar. 13) in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament, played in Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Arkansas will be either the 2 or 3 seed and play in the Friday night session at 6 or 8:30 pm (CT).

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