“Red” defeats “White” before Electric Crowd at Barnhill

FAYETTEVILLE – The Arkansas men’s basketball used the annual Red-White game to honor its past, bringing back former head coaches Eddie Sutton and Nolan Richardson as honorary coaches and playing in a nearly packed Barnhill Arena Saturday afternoon.

Current head coach Eric Musselman also threw a wrinkle in the game as he wanted all the current Razorbacks to honor the former coaches and players represented on both sides. While the teams were divided into “Team Eddie” (Red) and “Team Nolan” (White), the squads flipped their jerseys at halftime so the original Red team could be “Team Nolan” for the second half and vice versa.

Along those lines, the score was reset to 0-0 at halftime.

However, when all was said and done, the original “Red” team defeated the original “White” team 62-54. The Red squad raced out to a 44-21 lead at halftime, getting 21 rebounds to their opponents’ nine. When the teams switched jerseys in the second half, the momentum switched as well. The new Red team outscored their opponents 33-18 in the second half, but it was not enough to pull out the win.

The original “Red” team consisted of Adrio Bailey, Connor Vanover, Isaiah Joe, JD Notae, Jimmy Whitt Jr., Emeka Obukwelu and Ethan Henderson. The original “Red” team scored 62 points total (1st: 24; 2nd: 20; 3rd: 10; 4th: 8) – “RED” TEAM BY HALF: 44-18 for a total of 62

The original “White” team consisted of Jeantal Cylla, Reggie Chaney, Desi Sills, Jalen Harris, Mason Jones, Abayomi Iyiola and Ty Stevens. The original “White” team scored 54 points (1st: 7; 2nd: 14; 3rd: 19; 4th: 33) – “WHITE” TEAM BY HALF: 21-33 for a total of 54.