#21 Arkansas Trounces Tigers

February 10, 2026

BATON ROUGE, La. – Darius Acuff Jr. scored 28 points, Meleek Thomas added 20 and Trevon Brazile recorded a double-double to lead #21 Arkansas to a 91-62 victory at LSU Tuesday night.

The 29-point win ties for the 12th-largest margin of victory in an SEC game and the third-largest in a road SEC game. With the win, Arkansas sweeps the season series from LSU, winning 85-81 17 days ago in Fayetteville.

The Razorbacks beat Mississippi State by 20 (88-68) in Starkville on Saturday and, with its 29-point win at LSU, Arkansas has won back-to-back SEC road games by at least 20 points for the first time since joining the league. (HogStats)

Brazile not only had a double-double (14 points and 12 rebounds), but he also added five blocked shots and four steals.

In his two games versus LSU, Acuff has made a career-high 13 field goals in both wins. He scored a career-high 31 points versus LSU in Fayetteville last month and added 24 points versus the Tigers tonight.

The Razorbacks come home to face Auburn on Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14). Tipoff is set for 7:30 pm (CT) and the game will be televised on ESPN.

FIRST HALF: ARK: 42 – LSU: 27

For the fifth time this season, Arkansas held its opponent to fewer than 30 points. The season low is 19 by Jackson State, followed by Fresno State (24), LSU (27), James Madison (28) and Louisville (29).
This marks the first time ever Arkansas has led three SEC opponents by double digits at halftime (Ole Miss, Miss State and LSU). (HogStats)
Arkansas set the tone early on the defensive end, blocking three of the Tigers’ first five shots. Overall, LSU was 0-of-7 from the field and Arkansas had five blocked shots on LSU’s first 12 field goal attempts.
Arkansas raced out to a 10-2 lead at the first media timeout.
A Trevon Brazile 3-pointer at 6:52 gave Arkansas a 15-point lead (31-16), which was the largest lead to that point.
The Razorbacks went on a 7-0 run late to lead by 17 (42-25) with 22 seconds left.
Arkansas finished the half with seven blocked shots, three by Brazile.
Arkansas shot 50% from the field while holding LSU to 34.4%. Both teams made just two 2-pointers but Arkansas was 2-of-3 compared to LSU’s 2-of-10.
Darius Acuff Jr. led the Hogs with 14 first-half points and Brazile had six points and six boards.
Robert Miller III led LSU with seven points and Jalen Reece came off the bench to dish out five assists.

SECOND HALF: ARK: 49 – LSU: 35

Arkansas was just 1-of-6 from 3-point range in the second half but still shot 64.3% from the field overall. The Tigers were held to 27.8% shooting from the field in the half. LSU was just 1-of-11 from 3-point range in the half.
LSU out-rebounded the Hogs, 23-17, in the half.
Acuff had 14 second-half points while Thomas added 12. Brazile had eight points and six rebounds with two steals and two blocked shots.
LSU’s Pablo Tamba was 5-of-7 at the free throw line and scored a team-best 11 points in the half.

NOTES:

Head coach John Calipari was serenaded to “Happy Birthday” by the Razorbacks in the locker room after the game. He turned 67 (Feb, 10, 1959).
For the second-straight game, Arkansas’ starting lineup was Darius Acuff Jr., Meleek Thomas, Billy Richmond III, Trevon Brazile and Nick Pringle.
For the second-straight game. Karter Knox (knee) and D.J. Wagner (ankle) were listed as out due to injury.
For the second-straight game, Arkansas wore its traditional home white “Razorbacks” uniform on the road as LSU wore all Purple. Arkansas is now 2-1 in the Calipari era when wearing white on the road. Arkansas lost at Mizzou last season and won at Miss State the last time out (2/7/2026.)
Arkansas won the opening tip.
Nick Pringle scored the first points of the game
Arkansas’s first sub was Malique Ewin.
This was the 83rd all-time meeting between Arkansas and LSU and the second of the season — specifically, the second meeting in 17 days. This was the 73rd meeting between the programs since the Hogs joined the SEC.
Arkansas has won 8 of the last 111 meetings and leads the all-time series, 46-37. The home team holds a decided advantage with the Hogs leading 25-8 in games played in Fayetteville, while LSU leads 22-14 in games played in Baton Rouge.
Since joining the SEC, Arkansas leads 42-32 overall.
Since Arkansas joined the SEC, the Tigers are the Razorbacks’ most common opponent with 74 SEC meetings
Brazile is the first Razorback since 1996-97 to have 12-plus points, 11-plus rebounds, 5-plus blocks and 4-plus steals in a game.
Darius Acuff Jr. has scored at least 20 points in five straight games. He is the first Razorback to accomplish the feat since Khalif Battle scored 20-plus in seven straight games in 2023-24.
Acuff has scored at least 25 points and dished out at least five assists four times this season. That is the most by a Razorback going back to 1991-92. (HogStats)
With Meleek Thomas adding 20 points it marked the third time this season at least two Razorbacks scored 20-plus in the same game. Acuff scored 27 and Malique Ewin 20 versus Houston. Versus Texas Tech, three Hogs scored at least 20 with Brazile (24), Acuff (20) and Karter Knox (20).
While Coach Cal improved to 18-6 versus LSU all time (3-1 while at Arkansas), Cal is now just 7-5 in games played in Baton Rouge all time.
Coach Cal now has 895 on-court wins and is 5 shy of reaching 900 wins as head coach of an NCAA Division I program.
Arkansas scored at least 90 for the ninth time this season and held its opponent below 70 for the seventh time this season.
Meleek Thomas’ 20 points were his second-most in an SEC game and the fifth time he scored at least 20 this season. His SEC high is 21 versus South Carolina.
Over the last six games, Brazile has two double-doubles, grabbed at least seven rebounds six times, has blocked a team-best 16 shots and has a team-best 12 steals.
Arkansas, which entered the game 3rd in the NCAA in fastbreak points, only had 23 the last three games combined. The Hogs out-scored the Tigers 21-9 in fastbreak points tonight.
The 64 points in the paint was the second time to break 60 in the category this season. Arkansas had a season-best 66 in the win over South Carolina.
Malique Ewin left the game at 4:53 in the second half after cutting his forehead. He did not return and had four stitches to close the wound.
Arkansas had never won a road game when ranked #21 in the AP poll, Arkansas is now 2-1 in such games with back-to-back road wins over Miss State and LSU as the nation’s #21 team.

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