FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas tied its school record for largest halftime lead with a 109-35 win over Maryland Eastern Shore on Monday night.

John Calipari’s Razorbacks (5-1) led 60-15 at halftime, erasing Arkansas’ 45-point halftime lead in its 2009 victory over Alcorn State.

Arkansas built a 12-point lead before the first media timeout and went on a 30-1 run midway through the first half. Razorbacks guard Johnell Davis had scored 10 points by the 7:36 mark of the first half, which was more than Maryland Eastern Shore (2-7) scored as a team at that point.

Freshman Karter Knox scored a game-high 21 points, leading seven Arkansas players in double figures. Davis and Boogie Fland added 16 each, Billy Richmond and Zvonimir Ivisic had 14 each, DJ Wagner scored 13 points and Adou Thiero contributed 11.

Arkansas’ 74-point victory represented the third-largest margin of victory in school history.

Takeaways

Maryland Eastern Shore: The Hawks didn’t have much to look back on as they shot 23% from the field and 15.4% from three.

Arkansas: The Razorbacks have beaten the teams they were supposed to face so far in coach Calipari’s first year, but there’s little to be gleaned from a win over Maryland Eastern Shore.

Key moment

Arkansas had no problems from the start and took a 15-3 lead. Ivisic hit back-to-back 3-pointers to give the Razorbacks a double-digit lead before the first media timeout.

Key statistics

The Razorbacks made more 3-point shots (15) than Maryland Eastern Shore made field goals (14). Arkansas also scored 31 points off 19 Hawks turnovers, while the visitors didn’t record a single point from Arkansas’ four giveaways.

Next

The Hawks play in Little Rock on Wednesday and Arkansas plays Illinois in Kansas City on Thanksgiving.

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