During halftime of Arkansas’ 78-67 home win over TCU last Saturday, a magician named Eric Jones performed for the crowd at Bud Walton Arena.
Turns out the Razorbacks might have wanted to have him on hand on Wednesday night instead when they fell to South Carolina 79-77 in front an announced crowd of 14,085.
Arkansas (15-5, 3-4 SEC) did not score for nearly the first five minutes of the game and trailed by 11 in both halves before rallying to make it a contest late.
A Houdini-like escape looked possible when Mason Jones (34 points, career-high 12 rebounds) nailed two free throws with 28 seconds left to cut it to 78-77.