FAYETTEVILLE — University of Arkansas forward Au’Diese Toney will play against Missouri for the first time tonight, but he’s used to competing with Tigers forward Kobe Brown.
Toney and Brown are cousins from Huntsville, Ala.
“Our family is all about basketball and sports,” Toney, a senior in his first season at Arkansas after transferring from Pittsburgh, said during an interview on Razorbacks Coach Eric Musselman’s radio show. “Growing up, me and Kobe played against each other a lot, rec league all the way up.
“But after the game was over, we’d always hug it out. It doesn’t matter if you win or lose, we’d always hug it out.