MEMORABLE GAME NO. 5
MEMORABLE GAME NO. 5 No. 20 ARKANSAS 74, No. 12 LOUISVILLE 73 NCAA Tournament Second Round March 14, 1981, at Austin, Texas
Defending NCAA champion Louisville and Southwest Conference champion Arkansas clawed at each other for 39 minutes and 55 seconds in the second round of the NCAA Tournament and the scoreboard read Louisville 73, Arkansas 72 after Derek Smith’s short jumper for the Cardinals.
The Razorbacks, who had led by six points with 2:13 left, called timeout. U.S. Reed took the inbounds pass and coolly dribbled to the midcourt area near the sideline. With a second left on the clock, he launched a desperation 49-footer. The only thing desperate after the shot was the look on the faces of the Louisville players as they watched the ball hit nothing but net.
Reed shook hands with everyone on the press table after hitting a shot that will live forever in the minds of Razorback fans. He finished with 19 points. Darrell Walker had 23 and the Hogs were still alive in the NCAA Tournament.
Arkansas 74, Louisville 73 Midwest Regional * Second Round * March 14, 1981 Frank Erwin Center * Austin, Texas * Att.: 8,523
| Arkansas | |||||||||||||
| Tot-FG | Rebounds | ||||||||||||
| ##Player | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Tot | PF | TP | A | TO | BLK | S | MIN | |
| 40 | Tony Brown* | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 42 | Keith Peterson * | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 |
| 44 | Scott Hastings * | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 20 | Darrell Walker * | 9 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 |
| 24 | U.S. Reed* | 7 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 40 |
| 43 | Greg Skulman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 34 | Mike Young | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 45 | Carey Kelly | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | Brad Friess | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| TEAM | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 25 | 52 | 24 | 30 | 34 | 23 | 74 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 200 | |
| FG% | 1st Half: 15-34 .441 | 2nd Half: 10-18 .555 | Game: .480 | DEADBALL REBOUNDS |
| F Throw% | 1st Half: 7-8 .875 | 2nd Half: 17-22 .727 | Game: .800 | 0 |
| Louisville | |||||||||||||
| Tot-FG | Rebounds | ||||||||||||
| ##Player | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Tot | PF | TP | A | TO | BLK | S | MIN | |
| 43 | Derek Smith * | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
| 22 | Rodney McCray * | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25 |
| 33 | Charles Jones * | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 31 |
| 4 | Lancaster Gordon * | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| 5 | Jerry Eaves * | 3 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 35 |
| 21 | Scooter McCray | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| 34 | Roger Burkman | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 44 | Poncho Wright | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 14 | Greg Deuser | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| TEAM | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 26 | 49 | 21 | 31 | 29 | 26 | 73 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 200 | |
| FG% | 1st Half: 12-18 .667 | 2nd Half: 14-31 .452 | Game: .531 | DEADBALL REBOUNDS |
| F Throw% | 1st Half: 9-15 .600 | 2nd Half: 12-15 .800 | Game: .677 | 2 |
Officials: Dale Kelly, James Howell, Bobby Dialer Technical fouls: None Attendance: 8,523
| Score by Periods | 1st | 2nd | Total | |||
| Arkansas | 37 | 37 | 74 | |||
| Louisville | 33 | 40 | 73 |
