Colorado St. Rams vs Arkansas Razorbacks Match Player Stats On Dec 05, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Dec 5, 2017

Senior guard Jaylen Barford and sophomore guard C.J. Jones each scored 19 points to help Arkansas roll to a 92-66 victory over Colorado State on Tuesday in a nonconference game at Fayetteville, Ark.

Freshman forward Daniel Gafford added 14 points for the Razorbacks (6-2). Jones connected on 7 of 9 field-goal attempts for Arkansas, which committed only five turnovers while forcing the Rams into 19.

Junior guard Prentiss Nixon scored a career-best 31 points for Colorado State (4-5). Nixon made 5-of-8 3-pointers while the rest of the Rams were a combined 4 of 17.

Arkansas spotted the Rams the first 10 points before dominating the rest of the contest with its pressure defense. The Razorbacks had a 27-6 edge in points off turnovers.

The Razorbacks led by 18 at halftime and quickly stretched the lead to 59-32. Barford culminated the 12-3 opening stretch with a 3-pointer with 15:42 left in the contest.

Arkansas' lead topped out at 29 points.

Jones scored 11 points on 5-of-5 shooting as the Razorbacks took a 47-29 lead into the break.

Nixon's three-point play gave Colorado State a 13-2 lead before Arkansas even made its first field goal. But the Rams went scoreless for nearly 6 1/2 minutes as the Razorbacks ripped off 19 consecutive points.

Gafford scored seven points during the surge and Jones capped it with a jumper to give Arkansas a 21-13 lead with 10:18 left in the half.

The margin was eight with less than two minutes left in the half before Jones and Barford each connected on 3-pointers during a half-ending 10-0 burst to increase the Razorbacks' lead to 18.