Video Highlights

  • 0:36

    Ricky Council IV's layup, Anthony Black's block clinch win for Arkansas

  • 0:16

    Coleman Hawkins throws no-look pass to Terrance Shannon Jr. for a layup

  • 0:25

    Arkansas' Ricky Council IV almost completes impressive sequence with block and dunk

  • 0:21

    Arkansas' Makhi Mitchell impresses with a sweet pass for dunk and a block

  • 0:21

    What are the odds? Arkansas/Illinois both shoot wedgies in first five minutes

Arkansas holds off Illinois 73-63 with big defensive effort

— Ricky Council IV scored 18 points and Arkansas survived some anxious moments in the second half against an Illinois team that wouldn't go away, holding on to beat the Illini 73-63 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday.
17/3/2023 - AP

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Anthony Black missed Layup.
  • Nick Smith Jr. missed Jumper.
  • Anthony Black missed Jumper.
  • Nick Smith Jr. missed Layup.
  • Kamani Johnson missed Layup.
  • Anthony Black missed Jumper.
  • Davonte Davis missed Jumper.
  • Davonte Davis made Layup.
  • Anthony Black made Jumper.
  • Davonte Davis made Layup.
  • Davonte Davis missed Jumper.
  • Ricky Council IV missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Davonte Davis made Jumper.
  • Anthony Black missed Layup.
  • Makhi Mitchell made Layup.
  • Ricky Council IV missed Jumper.
  • Nick Smith Jr. missed Jumper.
  • Jordan Walsh made Jumper.
  • Nick Smith Jr. made Layup.
  • Nick Smith Jr. made Jumper.
  • Nick Smith Jr. missed Jumper.
  • Ricky Council IV made Dunk. Assisted by Makhi Mitchell.
  • Anthony Black made Dunk. Assisted by Jordan Walsh.
  • Anthony Black made Jumper.
  • Ricky Council IV made Three Point Jumper.
  • Jordan Walsh missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Jordan Walsh made Layup.
  • Nick Smith Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Ricky Council IV missed Dunk.
  • Anthony Black missed Jumper.
  • Kamani Johnson missed Layup.
  • Kamani Johnson made Layup.
  • Anthony Black missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Davonte Davis made Jumper.
  • Ricky Council IV missed Jumper.
  • Davonte Davis missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Nick Smith Jr. missed Jumper.
  • Davonte Davis missed Jumper.
  • Kamani Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Davonte Davis.
  • Kamani Johnson missed Layup.
  • Davonte Davis missed Jumper.
  • Davonte Davis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Black.
  • Jordan Walsh missed Layup.
  • Davonte Davis made Two Point Tip Shot.
  • Makhi Mitchell made Layup.
  • Makhi Mitchell missed Layup.
  • Jordan Walsh missed Jumper.
  • Makhi Mitchell made Jumper.
  • Makhi Mitchell made Layup.
  • Ricky Council IV missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Nick Smith Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Nick Smith Jr. missed Layup.
  • Anthony Black missed Jumper.
  • Anthony Black made Jumper.
  • Anthony Black missed Jumper.
  • Davonte Davis made Three Point Jumper.
  • Davonte Davis missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Jordan Walsh missed Jumper.
  • Ricky Council IV missed Dunk.
  • Davonte Davis missed Jumper.
  • Jordan Walsh missed Jumper.
  • Jordan Walsh missed Layup.
  • Ricky Council IV made Layup.
  • Dain Dainja missed Layup.
  • Coleman Hawkins made Layup.
  • RJ Melendez missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Matthew Mayer missed Three Point Jumper.
  • RJ Melendez missed Jumper.
  • Jayden Epps missed Layup.
  • Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Coleman Hawkins missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Matthew Mayer missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Luke Goode made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Coleman Hawkins.
  • Coleman Hawkins missed Jumper.
  • Jayden Epps missed Jumper.
  • Jayden Epps made Layup.
  • Ty Rodgers missed Jumper.
  • Sencire Harris missed Jumper.
  • Sencire Harris made Layup.
  • RJ Melendez missed Jumper.
  • Jayden Epps missed Layup.
  • Matthew Mayer missed Jumper.
  • Jayden Epps missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Coleman Hawkins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Luke Goode.
  • Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Layup.
  • Luke Goode made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ty Rodgers.
  • Matthew Mayer missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Terrence Shannon Jr. made Layup.
  • Ty Rodgers missed Layup.
  • Terrence Shannon Jr. made Jumper.
  • Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Luke Goode missed Jumper.
  • Coleman Hawkins missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Coleman Hawkins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by RJ Melendez.
  • Terrence Shannon Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Coleman Hawkins.
  • RJ Melendez missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Terrence Shannon Jr. made Layup.
  • Coleman Hawkins missed Jumper.
  • Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Layup.
  • Matthew Mayer missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Coleman Hawkins missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Ty Rodgers made Dunk. Assisted by Coleman Hawkins.
  • Matthew Mayer missed Three Point Jumper.
  • RJ Melendez made Three Point Jumper.
  • RJ Melendez made Jumper.
  • RJ Melendez made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sencire Harris.
  • Ty Rodgers made Layup. Assisted by RJ Melendez.
  • Dain Dainja made Layup. Assisted by Sencire Harris.
  • Sencire Harris missed Layup.
  • RJ Melendez made Dunk.
  • Luke Goode missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Ty Rodgers made Dunk. Assisted by RJ Melendez.
  • Terrence Shannon Jr. made Dunk.
  • Coleman Hawkins missed Three Point Jumper.
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