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Especially Eric Gordon. The Big Ten’s freshman of the year and its leading scorer fizzled in his first tournament appearance. He was 3-of-15 shooting, missed all six of his 3-pointers and finished with just six points — more than 15 below his average.

He capped his first — and perhaps only — season in college by going a combined 19-for-63 shooting in his final four games.

“It’s been frustrating, it’s been tough, because these teams, they wanted to take my drive away,” Gordon said. “Having that big 7-foot guy (Steven Hill) in the middle to take away my opportunities to score on the inside. That’s what I tried to do. You couldn’t really get inside that zone, so you had to figure out other ways to penetrate.”

The Razorbacks never trailed after halftime and gave themselves plenty of separation midway through the second half. After Stemler pulled Indiana to 49-47 by hitting a 3 with the shot clock winding down, Arkansas took control.

Steven Hill’s dunk started the decisive 12-3 burst, Townes twice stuck back missed 3-pointers for layups, and Weems knocked down a 3 while drifting into the Arkansas bench before his basket with 7:40 left stretched the lead to 61-50.

“I just thought, collectively, they were playing harder than” Indiana was, Bassett said.

Weems surpassed his previous high of 28 points set against South Carolina in January, while Townes finished one point shy of his season high reached four times, most recently last week against Vanderbilt.

“Sunny days when Sonny Weems plays the way he plays,” said guard Patrick Beverley, who added 12 points for the Razorbacks.

Arkansas improved to 12-0 this season when scoring at least 80 points.

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