Arkansas remained perfect in December and unbeaten at home by virtue of the Razorbacks’ dominant 95-67 victory over North Carolina A&T on Saturday at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville.
Arkansas (10-2, NCAA NET No. 48) has won five consecutive games — ALL coming in December without a blemish, and the winning streak now includes two wins at BWA — as part of a 9-wins-in-its-last-10-contests stretch. The last time the Razorbacks went unbeaten in the month of December was during the covid-shortened 2020-21 campaign.
Playing without senior starting guard Nelly Davis (wrist soreness), Head Hog John Calipari focused his lineup rotations around having at least two big men, sometimes three, on the court at the same time. It paid off as the quartet of senior starting big man Jonas Aidoo (double-double of 17 points, 11 rebounds, 3 blocks, 2 assists, 1 steal); junior starting 3/4-combo forward Adou Thiero (14 points, 4 rebounds, and 1 block); junior reserve forward Trevon Brazile (11 points, 9 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 3 assists), and sophomore reserve center Zvonimir Ivisic (8 points, 3 rebounds, and 1 assist) combined for their most productive game colletcively to date…