FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas' basketball season opener Wednesday was one for the record books.
The Razorbacks defeated Mississippi Valley State 142-62 at Bud Walton Arena. The 80-point margin of victory was the second largest in program history, two points shy of the 82-point win recorded by Arkansas over Bethune-Cookman in December 1991.
Arkansas (1-0) used a 28-0 first-half run to blow open a game that was expected to be a rout. Mississippi Valley State (0-1) went 3-27 last season and entered the season ranked last among 357 Division I teams by the basketball analytics site Kenpom.com.
The Razorbacks made 55.