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No. 20 Arkansas 93, No. 15 Vanderbilt 68 — Final
The Razorbacks dominated the Commodores in front of an electric home crowd that piled in for the 8:10 p.m. tipoff.
Arkansas (14-5, 4-2 SEC) led by as many as 31 and was able to clear its bench by the end. The Razorbacks never trailed.
Stay tuned for a full game recap.
Arkansas 85, Vanderbilt 59 — 3:46, 2H
The Razorbacks have their largest lead of the night.
Darius Acuff splashed the first 3-pointer of the second half for Arkansas out of the timeout to push the advantage to 77-53.
Vanderbilt had a 4-point trip on the other end of the floor, as Mike James made just 1 of his 3 free throws after being fouled on a corner trey. But an offensive rebound on the last miss led to a Devin McGlockton 3 that trimmed things to 77-57.
Malique Ewin threw down a dunk on a pass from Acuff to stretch the lead to 22, and a pair of free throws by Karter Knox pushed it to 81-57 with 5:34 to play.
After free throws by Tyler Tanner, the Razorbacks got a deep corner jumper by D.J. Wagner and slam by Trevon Brazile attacking a mismatch inside against the 6-0 Tanner.
Arkansas 74, Vanderbilt 53 — 7:59, 2H
The Razorbacks grew their lead to 68-47 after the timeout on a driving layup by Darius Acuff and a pair of free throws by Malique Ewin.
Free throws by Tyler Tanner preceded an alley-oop slam by Nick Pringle and a dunk by Karter Knox that pushed things to 72-49 with 9:37 to play. Knox’s dunk came after Arkansas forced a shot-clock violation.
Another dunk by Pringle was sandwiched between a 1 of 2 trip to the line by Jalen Washington and a Devin McGlockton corner 3.
Acuff, who had no assists in the first half, is up to 14 points and 4 assists.
Arkansas 64, Vanderbilt 47 — 11:51, 2H
AK Okereke coasted to the rim for a make out of the timeout, getting Vanderbilt within 62-47.
Arkansas had an answer with an emphatic one-handed dunk by Malique Ewin on an alley-oop feed from Darius Acuff.
Arkansas 62, Vanderbilt 45 — 13:02, 2H
Darius Acuff got his first assist of the game on a feed to dunking Malique Ewin to make the lead 58-42.
Vanderbilt answered with a 3-pointer by Tyler Harris, but the Razorbacks punched back with a pair of electric plays from their freshman star.
Acuff threw down a dunk on the fast break on a feed from Meleek Thomas, and then made a contested jumper the next trip down after a strong move in the paint. Acuff is up to 12 points and Vanderbilt needs a timeout.
There’s no stopping ✋ pic.twitter.com/mlaQIXmQ13
— Arkansas Razorbacks Men’s Basketball 🐗 (@RazorbackMBB) January 21, 2026
Arkansas 56, Vanderbilt 42 — 15:02, 2H
The Razorbacks have built on their halftime lead.
Meleek Thomas threw a lob to Nick Pringle for a dunk 18 seconds into the second half, giving Arkansas a 48-35 lead.
Trevon Brazile drew a foul the next trip down and made both free throws to push the lead to 15, but Vanderbilt answered with a Jalen Washington jumper to get within 50-37.
Billy Richmond was called for a foul on what appeared to be a clean block, much to the disapproval of the home crowd. The call came from the official trailing the play, not the one right under the rim.
Devin McGlockton made both free throws to get Vanderbilt within 50-39 at the 17:31 mark.
A turnover by the Commodores led to a D.J. Wagner driving layup that pushed things to 13. Wagner was then rewarded on a Thomas steal with a slam that made the score 54-39.
DUNKIN’ DJ 🙂↕️ pic.twitter.com/osbcABsJsH
— Arkansas Razorbacks Men’s Basketball 🐗 (@RazorbackMBB) January 21, 2026
Wagner has been great for Arkansas tonight with 9 points and 3 assists.
Arkansas pushed its advantage to 56-39 on a layup by Malique Ewin that was assisted by Wagner, but Vanderbilt ended the 6-0 run with a Tyler Tanner 3-pointer.
Arkansas 46, Vanderbilt 35 – Halftime
For as well as Arkansas played defensively for most of the half against the nation’s No. 10 scoring team, it has its fair share of breakdowns over the final sequence.
Malique Ewin hit both free throws out of the break to give the Razorbacks a 17-point advantage, but Vanderbilt responded with a Tyler Nickel 3-pointer off an offensive rebound to get within 41-27.
Duke Miles rattled home a corner 3 late in the shot clock to get the Commodores within 41-30. Then after an alley-oop drunk by Ewin, another offensive rebound a 3 for Nickel trimmed things to 43-33.
The teams traded makes — a second-chance look inside by Trevon Brazile and a layup by AK Okereke — to keep the margin at 10.
Ewin went 1 of 2 at the stripe with 24 seconds left and Miles missed a 3 before the buzzer to set the halftime score at 46-35.
Arkansas 39, Vanderbilt 24 — 3:50, 1H
Great ball movement by Arkansas out of the timeout led to a Meleek Thomas teardrop make that pushed the lead to 36-17.
Vanderbilt got back within 17 on free throws by Duke Miles 15 seconds later. And after a missed alley-oop dunk by Trevon Brazile, an alley-oop dunk on the other end by Jalen Washington got the Commodores within 36-21.
Karter Knox and Tyler Nickel traded 3-pointers — the latter of whom got a fortunate bounce high in the air that dropped back in — to make the score 39-24.
Malique Ewin was fouled before the break going up for a put-back and will be at the foul line when play resumes.
Arkansas 34, Vanderbilt 17 — 5:51, 1H
Arkansas is sizzling from downtown, shooting 6 of 11 (55%) from 3-point range. A flurry of makes during the last stanza has the home crowd going crazy.
Trevon Brazile went to work inside out of the timeout and had a nice finish off a spin move to put Arkansas ahead 20-8.
A driving layup by D.J. Wagner stretched the lead to 14 before a put-back make by Devin McGlockton, but then a Darius Acuff corner 3-pointer made it a 25-10 advantage.
The teams then started trading 2s for 3s. Makes from downtown by Wagner and Meleek Thomas sandwiched layups by Vanderbilt, putting Arkansas up 31-14.
Leek’s specialty ‼️ pic.twitter.com/XcQl0EgxH6
— Arkansas Razorbacks Men’s Basketball 🐗 (@RazorbackMBB) January 21, 2026
Then a step-back trey by Thomas gave the Razorbacks a 34-14 lead, sending Bud Walton into a frenzy. Vanderbilt countered with a 3 by Tyler Nickel to temporarily silence the crowd.
Thomas and Acuff lead the Razorbacks with 8 points apiece, and Nickel leads the Commodores with 8.
Arkansas 18, Vanderbilt 8 — 11:14, 1H
D.J. Wagner assisted Darius Acuff for a 3-pointer while he was falling to the ground, and Bud Walton erupted with the Razorbacks up 18-4.
Jalen Washington earned a trip to the foul line for Vanderbilt going up inside against Wagner, and he split his foul shots to get the Commodores within 18-5.
Tyler Nickel buried Vanderbilt’s first 3-pointer of the game to cut the lead to 10. The make came off an offensive rebound, which was also the Commodores’ first of the game.
Arkansas 15, Vanderbilt 4 — 13:21, 1H
Trevon Brazile made a great bounce pass to Karter Knox on a back cut, and Knox slammed it home to put Arkansas ahead 11-2 out of the timeout.
KARTER COMING THROUGH pic.twitter.com/XpAWYd64z5
— Arkansas Razorbacks Men’s Basketball 🐗 (@RazorbackMBB) January 21, 2026
Billy Richmond checked into the game and immediately had a strong take to the rim and finished to stretch the lead to 13-2,
Vanderbilt made its first shot in nearly 4 minutes with a Jalen Washington layup going against Malique Ewin, but the Razorbacks immediately answered with a layup by Knox on a D.J. Wagner assist.
Vanderbilt called its second timeout of the game.
Arkansas 9, Vanderbilt 2 — 15:37, 1H
The Razorbacks have been great on the defensive end early, holding the Commodores to 1 of 6 shooting. It’s been the key to creating some separation by the first timeout.
Nick Pringle finished inside off the glass to put Arkansas ahead 2-0 on its second possession of the game. The make came on an assist from Meleek Thomas.
Tyler Nickel got Vanderbilt on the board at the 17:21 mark with a fortunate bounce, as a jumper hit off the top of the backboard and dropped in.
Back-to-back strong takes to the rim and finishes by Darius Acuff and Meleek Thomas gave the Razorbacks a 6-2 lead.
Acuff was stuffed going up for a dunk, but a hustle play by Nick Pringle to get the ball back and great ball movement lead to a Karter Knox corner 3 that has Bud Walton going crazy.
Starting Lineups
Arkansas
G — Darius Acuff
G — Meleek Thomas
F — Karter Knox
F — Trevon Brazile
F — Nick Pringle
Vanderbilt
G — Duke Miles
G — Tyler Tanner
F — Tyler Nickel
F — AK Okereke
F — Devin McGlockton
Bud Walton Arena minutes ahead of a showdown between No. 20 Arkansas and No. 15 Vanderbilt.
We’ll have plenty of coverage at https://t.co/AffX6T4yb7. pic.twitter.com/dpUQO36igf
— Ethan Westerman (@EthWestNWA) January 21, 2026
Pregame
The nation’s biggest game today — at least in terms of rankings — is set to down tonight inside Bud Walton Arena.
No. 20 Arkansas (13-5, 3-2 SEC) is scheduled to host No. 15 Vanderbilt (16-2, 3-2 SEC) at 8 p.m. on ESPN. It is college basketball’s lone ranked matchup Tuesday.
The game feels pivotal for both sides, as one team will stamp a signature victory and the other will have to wait until Saturday to try and end a losing streak.
The Commodores enter the game on a two-game losing streak, falling at Texas (80-64) and against No. 16 Florida (98-94) last week.
While they will be looking to end a skid, the Razorbacks are hoping to avoid one. Arkansas was beaten 90-76 at No. 21 Georgia on Saturday, but has been strong inside Bud Walton this season with a 10-0 record and key wins over Louisville and Tennessee.
Check back closer to tipoff for starting lineups and live updates.
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