Darius Acuff Jr. excels as No. 18 Arkansas beats No. 19 Tennessee

Darius Acuff Jr. scored a career-high 29 points, reserve Meleek Thomas added 18 points, and No. 18 Arkansas pulled away from No. 19 Tennessee for an 86-75 victory in the SEC opener for both in Fayetteville, Ark., on Saturday afternoon.

Reserve center Malique Ewin had 12 points, six rebounds and four of Arkansas' 10 blocked shots and Acuff and Thomas had three 3-pointers apiece for the Razorbacks (11-3, 1-0), who had lost eight of the previous 10 in the series.

Amari Evans had 16 points on 7-of-7 shooting...