Courtesy of Mike Cawood
NASSAU, The Bahamas – Arkansas wrapped up its four-game schedule at the Baha Mar Summer League with a convincing 105-48 victory over the Calgary Dinos Tuesday afternoon.
Calgary qualified for the 2026 U Sports Final 8 — the Canadian equivalent of the NCAA Tournament — and was national runner-up in 2025.
Arkansas was led by JJ Andrews, who scored 24 points – 22 in the first half – with six rebounds and four steals. Caleb Ourigou posted a double-double with 10 points and 16 rebounds. Abdou Toure added 20 points, 10 in each half.
Arkansas used a 20-3 run midway through the first half to take a commanding lead. In the second half, Arkansas opened with a 14-2 run while holding the Dinos to making just one of its first 13 shots of the period.
The Razorbacks dished out 27 assists and had 16 steals, forcing 21 turnovers by the Dinos. Also, Arkansas dominated the glass, 54-33, thanks to 16 by Ourigou and seven by Maper Maker.
Daniel Chijoke led Calgary with 22 points.
Arkansas went 4-0 at the Baha Mar Summer League:
– def. The Bahamas 106-59
– def. Carleton University 98-58
– def. Toros del Valle 91-49
– def. Calgary University 105-48
FIRST HALF: ARK: 66 – CAL: 29
• Arkansas’ Caleb Ourigou controlled the opening tip to Jordan Smith Jr., who scored a layup four seconds into the game.
• Calgary hit four early 3-pointers and led 11-9.
• From that point, Arkansas went on an 8-0 run and never looked back.
• Midway through the first half, Arkansas used a 20-3 run, including a 15-0 spurt, over four and a half minutes to lead 43-18 with 6:54 left in the half.
• JJ Andrews and Jordan Smith Jr. combined to go 14-of-16 from the field, including 4-of-4 from 3-point range, to lead the Hogs.
• Andrews made his first six shots of the game, including three 3-pointers, to score 16 points in his first 11 minutes played. He finished the half with 22 points on 9-of-10 shooting, including 3-of-3 from deep.
• Smith scored 13 first-half points on 5-of-6 shooting.
• Abdou Toure added 10 points and Davion Thompson had five assists. Arkansas finished with 17 assists with just three turnovers.
• Cooper Boweser and Caleb Ourigou each had five rebounds.
• Thanks to Andrews and Smith, Arkansas shot 75% from the field and 55.6% from deep. The Dinos were held to 25.7% shooting from the field, but actually shot a little better from 3-point range, making 30% of its triples (6-of-20).
• Daniel Chijoke led Calgary with 12 first-half points, going 4-of-8 from 3-point range.
SECOND HALF: ARK: 39 – CAL: 19
• Caleb Ourigou grabbed 11 rebounds (seven defensive) in the second half.
• Abdou Toure scored 10 points in each half, going 5-of-9 from the field in the second half.
• Jeremiah Wilkinson had six assists in the second half and finished with nine for the game.
• Ilia Frolov had seven second-half points (nine for the game) and drained a 3-pointer.
NOTES:
• Arkansas starters were Jordan Smith Jr., Jeremiah Wilkinson, Billy Richmond III, JJ Andrews and Caleb Ourigou.
• Arkansas controlled the opening tip and Jordan Smith Jr. scored four seconds into the game (19:56) with a layup.
• The first sub for Arkansas was Cooper Bowser at 17:01.
• Arkansas improves to 20-2 in summer foreign tours (HogStats).
• Summer League dunk totals (final):
^ Abdou Toure – 7
^ JJ Andrews – 7
^ Caleb Ourigou – 7
^ Jordan Smith Jr. – 5
^ Cooper Bowser – 5
^ Billy Richmond III – 3
^ Maper Maker – 3
^ Jeremiah Wilkinson – 1
