Live Blog: Arkansas vs. Illinois NCAA Tournament matchup

FAYETTEVILLE, Ar. (KNWA/KFTA) - The 8-seeded Arkansas Razorbacks take on 9-seed Illinois in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at 3:30 p.m. in Des Moines on TBS.

Follow along on this story for live updates on the game.

The starting lineup for Arkansas was Anthony Black, Nick Smith Jr., Devo Davis, Ricky Council IV and Kamani Johnson.

FIRST HALF

Illinois gets the first bucket of game, but Arkansas gets a surge of offense from Devo Davis to go up 8-2 on the Fighting Illini with 15:14 left to go in the first half.

The Illini don't keep it that way for too long, thanks to a Luke Goode three and some layups from Coleman Hawkins and Jayden Epps.

The Hogs have been doing a great job defensively on the Illini so far as they lead 13-7 over the Illinois with under 11 minutes to go.

Arkansas extend their lead some more and take a 19-10 lead over Illinois, the Illini missing 14 of their shots so far with 7:54 left to go in the first half.

The Hogs had seven players on the scoresheet with under 8 minutes to go until half.

Arkansas gets on a roll after that, thanks to a big dunk and a three from Ricky Council IV. They go up 32-20 on Illinois with 3:50 left to go in the first half.

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