Officials can swing a game one or the other. But they’re rarely the reason why a team wins or loses.
Arkansas basketball faithful felt on Tuesday the opposite. No. 10 Creighton beat No. 9 Arkansas in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational, 90-87, to book a spot in the title game.
The whole of the game felt like a March Madness game. Creighton led by 12 points in the first half, but the second half was almost always within two or three possessions.
The difference may have been Creighton’s 29 to 17 advantage in free-throw attempts. The Bluejays knocked down 21 to Arkansas’ 13.
Arkansas was within three points with less than a minute left, but Ricky Council’s 3-pointer clanged off the side of the rim and Creighton canned a free throw in response to hold on.
Council had 24 points while Anthony Black added 26 for Arkansas. Ryan Nembhard had a career-high 25 points for Creighton.
November basketball does not get any better.
— Jacob Seus (@5NEWSJacobSeus) November 23, 2022
Officiating aside, no shame in losing that game to a good, experienced squad.
— WarMachine2013 (@WarMachine2013) November 23, 2022
Number of games that both @RazorbackMBB and its opponent scored more than 85 points each in an @AP_Top25 matchup, by decade:
Before 1980: 0
1980s: 2
1990s: 18
2000s: 0
2010s: 0
2020s: 1— HogStats.com (@HogStats) November 23, 2022
i guess we’re not going undefeated this year
— Doc Harper (@doc_harper) November 23, 2022
There are no such things as moral victories but by God that’s a moral victory
— Aidsap the Bowling Pig (@aidsapev) November 23, 2022
just out here going toe to toe with a top 10 team without potentially our best player
— Doc Harper (@doc_harper) November 23, 2022
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