FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas responded from its blowout loss over the weekend with a blowout win.
The Razorbacks made 58 percent of their field goal attempts after halftime and beat Alabama 87-68 Wednesday at Bud Walton Arena for their fifth consecutive SEC win. Arkansas was coming off a 28-point loss at Oklahoma State in the Big 12/SEC Challenge.
Arkansas (17-5, 6-3 SEC) is tied for its best start in 19 years.
The Razorbacks used a 28-8 run to put the game away after Alabama had pulled to within four points early in the second half. Arkansas led 35-27 at halftime.
Jaylen Barford scored 13 points - including nine straight - during the run and Dusty Hannahs had back-to-back 3-pointers. The Razorbacks capped the spurt with an alley-oop dunk by Adrio Bailey and a breakaway slam by Barford to go ahead 63-39 with 10:23 to play.
"In the second half, he made an effort to kind of take over a little bit and orchestrate a lot of things that took place out on the floor," Arkansas coach Mike Anderson said of Barford, who finished with 13 points.
Arkansas led by as many as 27 points.
Hannahs made 5 of 6 3-point attempts and finished with 19 points to lead the Razorbacks. Moses Kingsley added 15 points, Macon 12 and Manny Watkins had 10, all in the first half.
Alabama (13-8, 6-3) staked an early 11-7 lead while Arkansas went nearly eight minutes without a made field goal, but the Crimson Tide never led again and finished the game shooting 40 percent (21 of 53).
Dazon Ingram led Alabama with 14 points. Braxton Key added 12 points and Ar'Mond Davis had 10 for the Crimson Tide.
Arkansas made 49 percent (29 of 59) of its field goal attempts, including 11 of 23 3-point attempts. The Razorbacks also scored 28 points off 21 Crimson Tide turnovers.
"From the jump, they dominated us today," Alabama coach Avery Johnson said. "... This game is not really indicative of our team or our season, but give them credit. We never really had a chance to get our defense set."
Arkansas is scheduled to play again Saturday at Missouri at 5 p.m. The Tigers (5-15, 0-8 SEC) have lost 12 straight games ahead of their trip to No. 24 Florida on Thursday.
The Razorbacks beat Missouri 92-73 on Jan. 14. Arkansas has won five consecutive games in the series.