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Mike Washington scored a season-high 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Arkansas held off Stephen F. Austin 72-69 Saturday.

Arkansas guard Rotnei Clarke said he couldn't get down. He couldn't get frustrated.

The Arkansas Razorback basketball team has stumbled out of the gates to a 6-5 start to the 2009-2010 season, and it is only going to get tougher as the Hogs continue their season.

FAYETTEVILLE - Arkansas looked to Washington for a bailout and got it. Outdoing his outstanding 17 points-13 rebounds double-double when Arkansas defeated Stephen F. Austin University 67-51 last season, Arkansas forward Michael Washington tallied a season-high 25 points-11 rebounds double-double, leading Arkansas over SFA 72-69 Saturday afternoon ...

Arkansas guard Rotnei Clarke can't ever remember starting a game on the bench. The sophomore started every game for the Razorbacks last season.

Arkansas coach John Pelphrey admits there are moments when he ponders the possibility.

Arkansas hit on all cylinders Monday night, hitting lights-out from the floor and holding the opposition to a season-low from the field in a 71-53 win over Delaware State at Bud Walton Arena.

The Arkansas Razorbacks have had an extremely rough start to their season. They currently sit at 4-5 overall and hold the worst record in the SEC.

John Pelphrey got the best of former college teammate Sean Woods on Saturday. In doing so, Pelphreya s Arkansas Razorbacks also snapped a four-game losing streak.

Arkansas ranked 302nd nationally in three-point defense last year, and the Razorbacks are on pace do even worse this season.

Arkansas basketball coach John Pelphrey met with the media this morning to discuss tomorrow's Morgan State game.

Site, time: Walton Arena, Fayetteville, Ark., 8 p.m. Radio: WKBC 97.3, WBLO 790 Of note: Appalachian State, sparked by 24 points from Donald Sims, upset Arkansas 74-68 in the first meeting between the teams, in 2007 in Little Rock.

Julysses Nobles was supposed to spend his freshman season at Arkansas getting adjusted to college basketball and playing some minutes off the bench at point guard to give returning sophomore starter a breather.

Stefan Welsh and Courtney Fortson have been suspended indefinitely from playing on the Arkansas basketball team, while three other players were handed various suspensions, head Coach John Pelphrey announced Tuesday.

FAYETTEVILLE - Lemoyne-Owen may sound like one of those law firms you see on ads advocating suing the neighbor who offered you an aspirin, but it is actually Arkansas' basketball opposition tonight at Walton Arena.

It's the twist and shout when a series of tornadoes touches down in Camden County.

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FAYETTEVILLE - Anthony Borden, the 6-11 center from West Memphis signed to the University of Arkansas for the 2009-2010 basketball season, instead will enroll at a junior college, Razorbacks coach John Pelphrey announced in a press release Monday night.

THE GOOD NEWS: The Razorbacks had no seniors on the roster last season, and the two players who decided to leave, Andre Clark and Brandon Moore , did not have significant roles.

A few random notes on a slow day: When it was announced last Friday that Arkansas basketball coach John Pelphrey's contract had been extended through 2014, there was some natural curiosity.