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Arkansas outlasts Vanderbilt 90-85 in OT in first round of SEC tourney

AP
Mar 13, 2024

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Khalif Battle scored seven of his 24 points in overtime and Arkansas defeated Vanderbilt 90-85 in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament on Wednesday night.

Arkansas, the 12th seed, will play No. 5 seed South Carolina in Thursday's quarterfinals.

Battle sank 5 of 13 shots with a 3-pointer and 13 of 14 free throws for the Razorbacks (16-16). He also had six rebounds and three assists. Tramon Mark scored all 18 of his points in the second half. Makhi Mitchell came off the bench to score 18, adding seven rebounds, three assists and two blocks. Trevon Brazile finished with 13 points and 12 rebounds. Reserve Davonte Davis scored 12 before fouling out.

Ezra Manjon had 29 points, five rebounds and five assists to pace the Commodores (9-23). Ven-Allen Lubin totaled 21 points, 10 rebounds and three steals. Freshman Jaqualon Roberts scored 10.

Lubin had 11 points, Manjon scored 10 and Vanderbilt shot 50% from the floor and 3-point line on the way to a 41-27 advantage at halftime. Mitchell had eight points off the bench to lead Arkansas and Davis scored seven as the Razorbacks' starters managed just 12 first-half points.

Mark heated up in the second half and his four-point play gave the Razorbacks a 62-60 lead with 7:57 remaining.

Mitchell had a layup and Davis followed with two free throws to give the Razorbacks their first two-possession lead at 72-68 with 4:03 to go. Mitchell sank two foul shots to push the lead to 76-68 with two minutes remaining. Vanderbilt battled back and forced overtime tied at 78 on Manjon's jumper in the final second.

Lubin's dunk opened overtime and gave the Commodores their last lead. Battle made two free throws to tie it at 80. Brazile buried a 3-pointer with 2:54 to go and the Razorbacks stayed in front from there.

It matched the largest comeback from a halftime deficit since the event resumed in 1979. Alabama rallied from 14 down to beat Mississippi in 2019.

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1st Half
VAN
Commodores
41
ARK
Razorbacks
27

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Razorbacks gains possession)
19:47		Tramon Mark misses three point jump shot
19:45		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
19:17		Ezra Manjon misses two point driving layup
19:15		Ven-Allen Lubin offensive rebound
19:11	+2	Ven-Allen Lubin makes two point putback dunk	2-0
18:49	+3	El Ellis makes three point pullup jump shot	2-3
18:27	+3	JaQualon Roberts makes three point jump shot (Ezra Manjon assists)	5-3
17:56		Ven-Allen Lubin blocks Chandler Lawson's two point layup
17:54		Trevon Brazile offensive rebound
17:53		Malik Presley shooting foul (Khalif Battle draws the foul)
17:53	+1	Khalif Battle makes regular free throw 1 of 3	5-4
17:53	+1	Khalif Battle makes regular free throw 2 of 3	5-5
17:53	+1	Khalif Battle makes regular free throw 3 of 3	5-6
17:32		Ezra Manjon misses two point pullup jump shot
17:30		Trevon Brazile defensive rebound
17:18		Chandler Lawson misses two point hook shot
17:16		Ven-Allen Lubin defensive rebound
17:05	+3	Malik Presley makes three point jump shot (Tyrin Lawrence assists)	8-6
16:44		Khalif Battle turnover (lost ball) (JaQualon Roberts steals)
16:39		Malik Presley turnover (lost ball) (Trevon Brazile steals)
16:32		Khalif Battle misses three point jump shot
16:30		Ezra Manjon defensive rebound
16:26	+2	Ezra Manjon makes two point driving layup	10-6
16:19	+2	Trevon Brazile makes two point dunk (El Ellis assists)	10-8
16:04		Malik Presley turnover (bad pass) (Khalif Battle steals)
15:41		El Ellis misses two point driving layup
15:39		Ezra Manjon defensive rebound
15:36		Tramon Mark personal foul
15:36		TV timeout
15:15		Ven-Allen Lubin misses two point turnaround jump shot
15:13		El Ellis defensive rebound
14:51		Ven-Allen Lubin shooting foul (Makhi Mitchell draws the foul)
14:51	+1	Makhi Mitchell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	10-9
14:51	+1	Makhi Mitchell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	10-10
14:29		Makhi Mitchell shooting foul (Ven-Allen Lubin draws the foul)
14:29	+1	Ven-Allen Lubin makes regular free throw 1 of 2	11-10
14:29	+1	Ven-Allen Lubin makes regular free throw 2 of 2	12-10
14:11		Makhi Mitchell turnover (bad pass) (Ven-Allen Lubin steals)
14:04		Ezra Manjon misses two point jump shot
14:02		Trevon Brazile defensive rebound
13:52		Trevon Brazile misses three point jump shot
13:50		Makhi Mitchell offensive rebound
13:40		Makhi Mitchell misses two point layup
13:38		Trevon Brazile offensive rebound
13:32	+2	El Ellis makes two point pullup jump shot	12-12
13:10		Isaiah West misses two point driving layup
13:08		Makhi Mitchell defensive rebound
12:58		El Ellis turnover (bad pass)
12:40	+2	Ven-Allen Lubin makes two point layup	14-12
12:24		Davonte Davis turnover (bad pass) (Paul Lewis steals)
12:16		Tasos Kamateros misses three point jump shot
12:14		Tramon Mark defensive rebound
11:59		Khalif Battle turnover (bad pass) (Evan Taylor steals)
11:54	+2	Evan Taylor makes two point driving layup	16-12
11:24	+2	Makhi Mitchell makes two point jump shot	16-14
11:09		Paul Lewis turnover (bad pass) (Trevon Brazile steals)
11:03	+2	Davonte Davis makes two point layup (Trevon Brazile assists)	16-16
10:50		Paul Lewis turnover (bad pass) (Makhi Mitchell steals)
10:46		Tasos Kamateros personal foul
10:46		TV timeout
10:35		Jeremiah Davenport misses three point jump shot
10:33		Paul Lewis defensive rebound
10:27		Trevon Brazile blocks Paul Lewis's two point jump shot
10:25		Commodores offensive rebound
10:09	+2	Evan Taylor makes two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot	18-16
9:49	+3	Davonte Davis makes three point jump shot (Tramon Mark assists)	18-19
9:28	+2	Evan Taylor makes two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot	20-19
9:10		Jeremiah Davenport misses two point layup
9:08		Jeremiah Davenport offensive rebound
9:05		Jeremiah Davenport misses two point layup
9:03		Tasos Kamateros defensive rebound
8:52		Paul Lewis misses three point jump shot
8:50		Jeremiah Davenport defensive rebound
8:39	+2	Makhi Mitchell makes two point layup	20-21
8:06	+2	Ezra Manjon makes two point pullup jump shot	22-21
7:46		Evan Taylor shooting foul (Makhi Mitchell draws the foul)
7:46		TV timeout
7:46		Makhi Mitchell misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:46		Makhi Mitchell misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:46		Evan Taylor defensive rebound
7:27		Evan Taylor turnover (lost ball) (Makhi Mitchell steals)
7:13		Davonte Davis misses two point jump shot
7:11		Ven-Allen Lubin defensive rebound
6:57		Trevon Brazile blocks Malik Presley's two point layup
6:55		Trevon Brazile defensive rebound
6:42		Makhi Mitchell misses two point jump shot
6:40		Ven-Allen Lubin defensive rebound
6:31	+3	Tyrin Lawrence makes three point jump shot	25-21
6:10		Malik Presley personal foul
6:08	+2	Makhi Mitchell makes two point layup (El Ellis assists)	25-23
5:49	+2	Ven-Allen Lubin makes two point jump shot (Tyrin Lawrence assists)	27-23
5:27	+2	Trevon Brazile makes two point dunk (Makhi Mitchell assists)	27-25
5:14	+3	Ven-Allen Lubin makes three point jump shot (Ezra Manjon assists)	30-25
4:58		El Ellis misses three point jump shot
4:56		Evan Taylor defensive rebound
4:48		Evan Taylor misses two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot
4:46		Ven-Allen Lubin offensive rebound
4:35		Tyrin Lawrence misses three point jump shot
4:33		Commodores offensive rebound
4:32		Trevon Brazile personal foul
4:25	+2	Tyrin Lawrence makes two point driving layup	32-25
4:25		Tramon Mark shooting foul (Tyrin Lawrence draws the foul)
4:25	+1	Tyrin Lawrence makes regular free throw 1 of 1	33-25
4:14		El Ellis turnover (bad pass) (Ven-Allen Lubin steals)
4:08	+2	Malik Presley makes two point driving dunk (Ezra Manjon assists)	35-25
3:52		Khalif Battle misses three point jump shot
3:50		Ven-Allen Lubin defensive rebound
3:43	+2	Ezra Manjon makes two point driving layup	37-25
3:41		Razorbacks 30 second timeout
3:41		TV timeout
3:19		Davonte Davis misses two point jump shot
3:17		Ven-Allen Lubin defensive rebound
2:59		JaQualon Roberts offensive foul
2:59		JaQualon Roberts turnover (offensive foul)
2:46		El Ellis turnover (bad pass) (Ven-Allen Lubin steals)
2:40		JaQualon Roberts misses two point driving reverse layup
2:38		Khalif Battle defensive rebound
2:30	+2	Davonte Davis makes two point layup	37-27
1:59		Trevon Brazile shooting foul (Malik Presley draws the foul)
1:59		Malik Presley misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:59		Malik Presley misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:59		Khalif Battle defensive rebound
1:50		Khalif Battle misses two point stepback jump shot
1:48		Malik Presley defensive rebound
1:31		Evan Taylor misses three point jump shot
1:29		Khalif Battle defensive rebound
1:24		Khalif Battle turnover (bad pass) (Tyrin Lawrence steals)
1:17		Makhi Mitchell blocks Ven-Allen Lubin's two point layup
1:15		Ezra Manjon offensive rebound
0:57	+2	Ezra Manjon makes two point jump shot	39-27
0:33		Jeremiah Davenport misses three point jump shot
0:31		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
0:24		Commodores 30 second timeout
0:01	+2	Ezra Manjon makes two point stepback jump shot	41-27
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
VAN
Commodores
37
ARK
Razorbacks
51

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Commodores turnover (5-second violation)
19:44	+2	Tramon Mark makes two point jump shot	41-29
19:27		Chandler Lawson shooting foul (JaQualon Roberts draws the foul)
19:27	+1	JaQualon Roberts makes regular free throw 1 of 2	42-29
19:27	+1	JaQualon Roberts makes regular free throw 2 of 2	43-29
19:12	+2	Tramon Mark makes two point jump shot	43-31
18:53	+3	JaQualon Roberts makes three point jump shot (Ezra Manjon assists)	46-31
18:39		Trevon Brazile misses two point jump shot
18:37		Razorbacks offensive rebound
18:31		Khalif Battle misses two point layup
18:29		Malik Presley defensive rebound
18:29		Davonte Davis personal foul
18:15		Ven-Allen Lubin turnover (bad pass)
18:03	+2	Tramon Mark makes two point jump shot	46-33
17:44		Malik Presley misses three point jump shot
17:42		Trevon Brazile defensive rebound
17:34		Tramon Mark misses two point jump shot
17:32		Ven-Allen Lubin defensive rebound
17:26	+2	Ezra Manjon makes two point driving layup	48-33
17:09	+3	Khalif Battle makes three point jump shot (Davonte Davis assists)	48-36
16:55	+2	Malik Presley makes two point driving layup	50-36
16:55		Chandler Lawson shooting foul (Malik Presley draws the foul)
16:55	+1	Malik Presley makes regular free throw 1 of 1	51-36
16:39	+3	Trevon Brazile makes three point jump shot (Khalif Battle assists)	51-39
16:13		Ezra Manjon turnover (lost ball) (Tramon Mark steals)
16:09	+2	Tramon Mark makes two point dunk	51-41
15:58		Makhi Mitchell blocks Ven-Allen Lubin's two point layup
15:56		Trevon Brazile defensive rebound
15:52	+3	Tramon Mark makes three point jump shot (Davonte Davis assists)	51-44
15:49		Commodores 30 second timeout
15:49		TV timeout
15:36		Malik Presley misses three point jump shot
15:32		Razorbacks defensive rebound
15:32		TV timeout
15:17		Trevon Brazile misses two point jump shot
15:15		Ezra Manjon defensive rebound
14:53	+2	Ven-Allen Lubin makes two point layup (Malik Presley assists)	53-44
14:35		Tyrin Lawrence shooting foul (Khalif Battle draws the foul)
14:35		Khalif Battle misses regular free throw 1 of 2
14:35	+1	Khalif Battle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	53-45
14:22		Malik Presley misses two point layup
14:20		Tramon Mark defensive rebound
13:54		Makhi Mitchell misses two point layup
13:52		Makhi Mitchell offensive rebound
13:50	+2	Makhi Mitchell makes two point layup	53-47
13:35		Makhi Mitchell blocks Ven-Allen Lubin's two point layup
13:33		Trevon Brazile defensive rebound
13:29		Malik Presley personal foul
13:24		Malik Presley shooting foul (Tramon Mark draws the foul)
13:24	+1	Tramon Mark makes regular free throw 1 of 3	53-48
13:24	+1	Tramon Mark makes regular free throw 2 of 3	53-49
13:24	+1	Tramon Mark makes regular free throw 3 of 3	53-50
13:02		Tyrin Lawrence misses two point jump shot
13:00		Makhi Mitchell defensive rebound
12:42		Trevon Brazile misses three point jump shot
12:40		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
12:32		Davonte Davis shooting foul (Tyrin Lawrence draws the foul)
12:32		Tyrin Lawrence misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:32		Tyrin Lawrence misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:32		Makhi Mitchell defensive rebound
12:16		Tramon Mark misses three point jump shot
12:14		Trevon Brazile offensive rebound
11:55		Makhi Mitchell misses two point layup
11:53		Tasos Kamateros defensive rebound
11:43	+3	Tasos Kamateros makes three point jump shot (Tyrin Lawrence assists)	56-50
11:21		Tasos Kamateros personal foul
11:21		TV timeout
11:06		Trevon Brazile misses three point jump shot
11:04		Jordan Williams defensive rebound
10:43		Makhi Mitchell personal foul
10:28		Trevon Brazile blocks Evan Taylor's two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot
10:26		Jordan Williams offensive rebound
10:25	+2	Jordan Williams makes two point layup	58-50
10:05		Jordan Williams personal foul
9:55	+3	Trevon Brazile makes three point jump shot (Khalif Battle assists)	58-53
9:37		Ezra Manjon misses two point driving layup
9:35		Tramon Mark defensive rebound
9:27	+3	Davonte Davis makes three point jump shot (Makhi Mitchell assists)	58-56
8:55		Tasos Kamateros misses two point hook shot
8:53		Tramon Mark defensive rebound
8:41		Jordan Williams shooting foul (Khalif Battle draws the foul)
8:41	+1	Khalif Battle makes regular free throw 1 of 2	58-57
8:41	+1	Khalif Battle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	58-58
8:23		Khalif Battle personal foul
8:06		Davonte Davis shooting foul (Ezra Manjon draws the foul)
8:06	+1	Ezra Manjon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	59-58
8:06	+1	Ezra Manjon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-58
7:57	+3	Tramon Mark makes three point jump shot	60-61
7:57		JaQualon Roberts shooting foul (Tramon Mark draws the foul)
7:57		TV timeout
7:57	+1	Tramon Mark makes regular free throw 1 of 1	60-62
7:37	+2	Ezra Manjon makes two point pullup bank jump shot	62-62
7:22		Tramon Mark misses two point driving layup
7:20		Ven-Allen Lubin defensive rebound
7:12	+2	Ezra Manjon makes two point driving layup	64-62
6:55	+2	Khalif Battle makes two point driving layup	64-64
6:30		Trevon Brazile blocks Ven-Allen Lubin's two point reverse layup
6:28		Khalif Battle defensive rebound
6:16	+2	Khalif Battle makes two point driving layup	64-66
5:55		JaQualon Roberts misses three point jump shot
5:53		Ven-Allen Lubin offensive rebound
5:50		Trevon Brazile shooting foul (Ven-Allen Lubin draws the foul)
5:50		Ven-Allen Lubin misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:50		Ven-Allen Lubin misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:50		Trevon Brazile defensive rebound
5:39		Khalif Battle misses three point jump shot
5:37		Malik Presley defensive rebound
5:20	+2	Ezra Manjon makes two point jump shot	66-66
5:01	+2	Makhi Mitchell makes two point layup (Tramon Mark assists)	66-68
4:47	+2	Ven-Allen Lubin makes two point layup (Malik Presley assists)	68-68
4:29	+2	Makhi Mitchell makes two point layup (Davonte Davis assists)	68-70
4:08		Ven-Allen Lubin turnover (lost ball) (Davonte Davis steals)
4:03		Ven-Allen Lubin shooting foul (Davonte Davis draws the foul)
4:03	+1	Davonte Davis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-71
4:03	+1	Davonte Davis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	68-72
3:46		Ezra Manjon turnover (bad pass)
3:46		TV timeout
3:24		Davonte Davis misses three point jump shot
3:22		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
3:09		Ezra Manjon turnover (bad pass) (Khalif Battle steals)
3:03		Davonte Davis misses two point layup
3:01		Khalif Battle offensive rebound
3:01		Evan Taylor shooting foul (Khalif Battle draws the foul)
3:01	+1	Khalif Battle makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-73
3:01	+1	Khalif Battle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	68-74
2:37		Davonte Davis personal foul
2:37		Ezra Manjon misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:37		Trevon Brazile defensive rebound
2:12		Davonte Davis misses two point layup
2:11		Evan Taylor personal foul
2:11	+1	Makhi Mitchell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-75
2:11	+1	Makhi Mitchell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	68-76
1:58		Tyrin Lawrence misses two point stepback jump shot
1:56		Evan Taylor offensive rebound
1:45	+2	Ven-Allen Lubin makes two point layup (Ezra Manjon assists)	70-76
1:36		Tramon Mark turnover (lost ball) (Tyrin Lawrence steals)
1:28		Ezra Manjon misses two point layup
1:27		JaQualon Roberts offensive rebound
1:27		Davonte Davis shooting foul (JaQualon Roberts draws the foul)
1:27	+1	JaQualon Roberts makes regular free throw 1 of 2	71-76
1:27	+1	JaQualon Roberts makes regular free throw 2 of 2	72-76
0:59		El Ellis misses three point jump shot
0:57		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
0:50	+2	Ezra Manjon makes two point driving layup	74-76
0:43		Jump ball. (Razorbacks gains possession)
0:23		Tramon Mark misses three point jump shot
0:21		El Ellis offensive rebound
0:17		Tyrin Lawrence personal foul
0:17	+1	Khalif Battle makes regular free throw 1 of 2	74-77
0:17	+1	Khalif Battle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	74-78
0:13	+2	Ezra Manjon makes two point driving layup	76-78
0:11		Khalif Battle turnover (bad pass) (Malik Presley steals)
0:01	+2	Ezra Manjon makes two point turnaround jump shot	78-78
0:00		End of period

OT
VAN
Commodores
7
ARK
Razorbacks
12

Time		Play	Score
5:00		(Razorbacks gains possession)
4:46		Ven-Allen Lubin blocks Khalif Battle's two point driving layup
4:44		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
4:30	+2	Ven-Allen Lubin makes two point dunk (Ezra Manjon assists)	80-78
4:11		JaQualon Roberts shooting foul (Khalif Battle draws the foul)
4:11	+1	Khalif Battle makes regular free throw 1 of 2	80-79
4:11	+1	Khalif Battle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	80-80
3:59		Ezra Manjon misses two point pullup jump shot
3:57		Trevon Brazile defensive rebound
3:34		Tramon Mark misses three point jump shot
3:32		Malik Presley defensive rebound
3:12		Malik Presley turnover (traveling)
2:51	+3	Trevon Brazile makes three point jump shot (Makhi Mitchell assists)	80-83
2:26		El Ellis personal foul
2:26	+1	Ezra Manjon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	81-83
2:26		Ezra Manjon misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:26		Razorbacks defensive rebound
2:07	+2	Makhi Mitchell makes two point cutting layup (Khalif Battle assists)	81-85
1:54		Ven-Allen Lubin misses three point jump shot
1:52		Khalif Battle defensive rebound
1:39	+2	Khalif Battle makes two point driving layup	81-87
1:39		Tyrin Lawrence shooting foul (Khalif Battle draws the foul)
1:39	+1	Khalif Battle makes regular free throw 1 of 1	81-88
1:22	+2	Ven-Allen Lubin makes two point jump shot	83-88
0:54		Khalif Battle misses three point jump shot
0:52		Ezra Manjon defensive rebound
0:46		Tramon Mark personal foul
0:46	+1	Ezra Manjon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	84-88
0:46	+1	Ezra Manjon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	85-88
0:46		Commodores 30 second timeout
0:19	+2	Khalif Battle makes two point driving layup	85-90
0:11		Ezra Manjon misses three point jump shot
0:09		Makhi Mitchell defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Makhi Mitchell defensive rebound