National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Arkansas 74, Texas A&M 71
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Where: Bud Walton Arena, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Officials: # Patrick Adams, # Tony Henderson, # Mark Whitehead
Attendance: 14410

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Texas A&M's first top-five ranking will be short-lived.

Junior forward Moses Kingsley scored 18 points and Arkansas forced 21 turnovers in its biggest victory of the season, beating No. 5 Texas A&M 74-71 Wednesday night at Bud Walton Arena.

The Razorbacks (10-10, 4-4 Southeastern Conference) led by seven at the half and held off a series of second-half runs to hand Texas A&M its first SEC loss and ended the Aggies' school-record 10-game winning streak that began on Dec. 12.

The Razorbacks, who lost 92-69 to the Aggies in College Station on Jan. 2, won despite hitting just one field goal in the final 4:31 of the game.

"You can't turn the ball over 21 times and expect to win at a tough place like this," Texas A&M Coach Billy Kennedy said. "You turn the ball over and give up 30 points in the paint. There was just no organization by our senior guards."

Texas A&M (17-3, 7-1) had two baskets waived off in the final two minutes on offensive charge calls, one coming on a driving shot from senior guard Alex Caruso that would have tied the game with just under a minute left.

"We'd won a bunch of games and haven't played a lot of close games," Kennedy said. "We weren't real organized at the end. I've got to help them with that."

Junior guard Dusty Hannahs, who finished with 17 points, hit two free throws with 6.4 seconds left to give Arkansas the 74-71 lead, and a 3-point attempt from Texas A&M freshman forward DJ Hogg rimmed out at the buzzer.

"With our luck, it would've hit the shot clock and got in, but no," Hannahs said. "To come out here and beat a team like Texas A&M, it really helps everybody."

Especially the way close games have gone for Arkansas this year. The Razorbacks have six losses by four points or less, including two defeats by a combined five points in the past two weeks.

"We hadn't been finishing games," said Arkansas coach Mike Anderson, whose team was coming off a 76-73 overtime loss at Georgia. "And tonight we finished with great heart.

"I thought we really made plays down the stretch. Our heart was big tonight from start to finish."

Texas A&M led by a point three times in the final 13:33, but each time the Razorbacks responded.

The Aggies led 60-59 on a pair of free throws from freshman center Tyler Davis with 6:01 left, but back-to-back baskets by junior guard Manuale Watkins gave the Razorbacks a 63-60 lead with 5:01 left.

Arkansas wouldn't trail again.

Senior guard Danuel House scored 24 points to lead the Aggies, who shot 40 percent. Davis added 14 and Caruso had 10 second-half points after playing just two minutes in the first half with two early fouls.

"Their three best players had 52 points," Kennedy said. "If they score 50 points, Arkansas is tough to beat. Last time we held them to 36."

Caruso made his presence known quickly in the second half, scoring five points over a three-minute stretch as the Aggies trimmed a seven-point halftime deficit to 44-43 with 15:41 remaining.

"We made sure anytime they had the ball we had pressure on them," said Arkansas senior guard Anthlon Bell, who scored 17 points. "Anything to make them uncomfortable."

The victory was Arkansas' first against a top-five team since beating No. 2 Florida 80-69 in Fayetteville in 2013.

The Aggies dropped to 0-3 at Walton Arena and haven't won a game in Fayetteville since 1986.

"This is the toughest place to play in our league," Kennedy said.

The Razorbacks scored 11 first-half points off 13 Texas A&M turnovers and led by seven at halftime. Arkansas hit six first-half 3-pointers.

Texas A&M got 13 first-half points from House on 5-of-5 shooting from the field but missed Caruso, who played just two minutes in the opening half after picking up two early fouls.

Arkansas hit five of its first seven shots and got early 3-pointers from guard Anthlon Bell and guard Jabril Durham to take a 10-4 lead.

Texas A&M went on a 10-4 run, aided by an 0-for-6 drought from the field by Arkansas, to tie the score at 14 with 12:00 left in the first half.

Arkansas took its biggest lead in the first half after an 11-1 run and led 27-17 with 6:48 left before intermission. Texas A&M responded with eight straight points in the next two minutes and pulled within 27-25.

The Razorbacks closed the half in a flurry, using eight points from Kingsley and Bell's third 3-pointer of the half, to lead 40-33 at intermission.

NOTES: Texas A&M's No. 5 ranking in the Associated Press Top 25 is the program's highest in history. ... Six of Arkansas' losses have come by four points or less, including three in overtime. In those six, the score was tied or the Razorbacks led in the final 2:24 of regulation. ... Arkansas and Texas A&M, former members of the Southwest Conference, have met 153 times. ... Razorbacks associate head coach Melvin Watkins was the head coach at Texas A&M from 1999 to 2004, averaging 10 wins per season. ... Texas A&M senior F Jalen Jones was named to the Oscar Robertson Trophy midseason watch list earlier this week.
Top Game Performances
 
Texas A&M   Arkansas
Danuel House 24 Scoring Moses Kingsley 18
Alex Caruso 5 Assists Jabril Durham 7
Jalen Jones 10 Rebounds Moses Kingsley 11
Tyler Davis 8 Free Throws Made Moses Kingsley 6
Danuel House 3 Steals Anton Beard 2
Tyler Davis 1 Blocks Keaton Miles 4
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Texas A&M 71 39.6 5-13 28-35 10 42 2 6 21
Arkansas 74 42.4 8-21 16-24 17 28 7 7 12