Somebody had to lose Wednesday night.
In one of the best games of the college basketball season, it was Arkansas. The 20th-ranked Razorbacks got 49 points out of star freshman Darius Acuff Jr., but it wasn't enough as No. 25 Alabama survived a double-overtime thriller for a 117-115 win.
After hitting a late 3 to force overtime and two free throws in the extra session to help force the second, Acuff and the Razorbacks had a look to extend the game again to a third over time. But Acuff's floater missed high off the glass, and Malique Ewin clanged a putback dunk off the back of the rim.
Alabama secured the rebound as time expired and held on for the two-point win.
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Acuff, a freshman guard averaging 21.2 points and 6.3 assists per game who's a potential lottery pick in June's NBA Draft, had one of the best individual games of the season.
He averaged almost a point per minute while shoting 16 of 27 from the field and 6 of 10 from 3 en route to 49 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. Billy Richmond added 20 points and 6 rebounds. Meleek Thomas posted 24 points and 6 rebounds while shooting 6 of 8 from 3.
But it wasn't enough against a resilient Alabama team that got 35 points and 7 assists from Labaron Philon Jr. as one of four Arkansas starters 15-plus points.
Aiden Sherrell added 26 points and 13 rebounds while shooting 10 of 13 from the field for the Crimson Tide. His teammate Amari Allen also double-doubled with 19 points and 11 rebounds.
It added up to a night of sensational basketball from both teams that wasn't decided until 50 minutes ran off the clock.