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Alabama ends Arkansas’ nine-game winning streak 68-67

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Noah Gurley scored Alabama’s final four points including the winning bucket with 27 seconds left and the Crimson Tide beat Arkansas 68-67 on Saturday to end the Razorbacks’ nine-game winning streak.

JD Davison scored eight of his 11 points in the second half to lead Alabama (16-9, 6-6). Jaden Shackelford, who had a career-high 30 points in a win over Ole Miss, scored 10.

Jaylin Williams, who with JD Notae led Arkansas’ second-half charge, finished with a career-high 22 points and 10 rebounds. Stanley Umude fouled out with 3 1/2 minutes left with 19 points and nine rebounds.

Notae, the SEC’s leading scorer who had 28 points in the Razorbacks’ 80-76 overtime win over No. 1 Auburn on Tuesday, was scoreless in the first half, when he sat for 16 minutes with two fouls. Over the final eight minutes of the game he scored 10 of his 12 points including a 3-pointer with 2:36 left for Arkansas’ first lead — 65-64 — since early in the first half.

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