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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Arkansas entered Saturday coming off its biggest win of the season over Houston and eager to put a winning touch on an undefeated early home schedule.First, the Razorbacks had to find a way to stop hot-shooting North Florida guard Dallas Moore.While Arkansas (8-1) struggled to slow Moore throughout, Dusty Hannahs scored 17 points and Moses Kingsley added 13 points and 10 rebounds as the Razorbacks pulled away in the second half for a 91-76 win on Saturday.Moore finished 34 points, just off his career high of 37 against Edward Waters earlier this season, but Arkansas used a late 11-0 run to hold off the formidable challenge from the Ospreys (3-8).The tests keep coming for this basketball team, Arkansas coach Mike Anderson said. ... Sometimes you tell kids you cant look at their records because youre going to get their best shot, and we got their best shot.Playing against Southeastern Conference competition was nothing new for North Florida, which was playing its fourth game against a Southeastern Conference school this season. That experience showed for Moore, who finished 12-of-20 shooting and hit four 3-pointers.The senior entered the game averaging 21.4 points per game this season, but he had been particularly effective in his last three games -- averaging 30 points while shooting 57.1 percent (32 of 56) from the field.Moore continued his stellar play in the first half on Saturday, scoring 22 points on 8-of-12 shooting as North Florida managed a 44-44 tie with the Razorbacks.Just confidence, Moore said of the reason for his hot shooting. I shoot with coach as much as I can, because I want to be the best player I can be.Moore was unable to finish the game after a slight cramp in his right calf, but Arkansas had already taken control by that point. After trailing 63-62 late in the second half, the Razorbacks used an 11-0 run to take control against the back-to-back Atlantic Sun Conference regular season champions.These kinds of game, where youre making large sums of money for your athletic department ... After a while, it wears on you, North Florida coach Matthew Driscoll said. ... Arkansas, to their credit, never stopped.Jaylen Barford, who finished with 14 points, started the run with a 3-pointer as the shot clock was running out, while Daryl Macon (13 points) added back-to-back 3-pointers during the run.I just saw the clock and went tunnel vision, honestly, Barford said. I just knew I had to make that shot, because I shoot that shot every day in practice.Aaron Bodager had 14 points, while Garrett Sams finished with 10 for the Ospreys -- who were outrebounded 42-27 in the lossBIG PICTURENorth Florida: The Ospreys have experience this season against teams from the SEC, having now faced -- and lost to -- four of them. However, they entered Saturday averaging 19.1 turnovers per game, and those struggles continued against the Razorbacks -- with North Florida committing 19 turnovers that led to 21 points for Arkansas.Arkansas: Hannahs came off the bench for a third straight game for the Razorbacks, whose bench outscored North Florida 36-6. With Hannahs coming off the bench, Arkansas has now outscored its opponents 125-32 in bench points over the last three games.MAGNIFICENT MOOREMoore was the Atlantic Sun Player of the Year last season, and he was picked as the preseason Player of the Year this season. The 6-foot-1 guard has played like it against top competition this season, and hes now scored 95 points over his last three games -- against the likes of Florida, Syracuse and the Razorbacks. (Moore) is the best Ive played since Ive been here, Macon said.UP NEXTNorth Florida stays on the road, traveling to face Texas Rio Grande Valley on Monday.After five straight games at home, Arkansas takes to the road to face Texas in the Lone Star Shootout in Houston on Dec. 17.Ryan Ramczyk Saints Jersey . On Saturday night, the normally free throw-challenged centre did just that. Howard scored 18 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, including 13 of 19 free throws in a 2 1/2-minute stretch, and the Houston Rockets beat the Denver Nuggets 122-111. Sam Mills Saints Jersey . 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And, for three quarters, it showed as Gay shot a woeful three-for-13 from the field.NEW YORK -- Ryan Harrison looked across the net midway through the third set of his second-round US Open match with Milos Raonic on Wednesday afternoon and saw that his opponent was suffering and appeared ready to be knocked out.At that point, Harrison might have been justified in feeling a twinge of bittersweet satisfaction. The men had been junior rivals and closely watched prodigies. But where Raonic made a dramatic breakthrough in 2011 and went on to become a fixture in the top 10, Harrisons career got off to a fast start and then devolved into a tale of struggle and woe.But the emotion Harrison felt as Raonic experienced cramps in various outlying precincts of his long body was something akin to compassion. Consider it a sign of the way Harrisons struggles have left him wiser, calmer, more mature and -- perhaps -- a better player.He was certainly better than Raonic on Wednesday, eliminating the Wimbledon runner-up and the US Opens No. 5 seed with a grueling, impressive 6-7 (4), 7-5, 7-5, 6-1 win that took nearly 3? hours.Hes a good guy, and I didnt want to see him hurt, Harrison said afterward. I wouldnt say I was happy to hear that [Raonic] was cramping, but youre certainly happy its not a tear in the hamstring or something like that.Once Harrison knew Raonics issue was one of fitness rather than injury, he jettisoned the compassion and took a realists approach. He was desperate to break back from 3-4 to prolong the third set, maybe even win it. He needed to show the Canadian it would be a very long way back, demanding a heavy price. Ultimately, Raonic couldnt afford the trip.The beaten seed said he has followed his former junior rivals career from afar. He saw how Harrison briefly cracked the top 40 in 2012, shortly after Raonic crafted his own breakthrough. Soon thereafter, Harrison began what has become a saga of struggle. Currently No. 120, Harrison qualified at Washington, D.C., and the Canada Masters in July and won multiple matches at both events.Hes been having sort of a resurgence of a summer, Raonic said. Hopefully, he can make it count further on through this tournament.Some wonder why Harrison has never been able to maintain his traction on the ATP tour. For if its a crime to want something too badly, count Harrison guilty. He earned his first ATP ranking points in 2007, at age 15. At age 17, U.S. Davis Cup team captain Patrick McEnroe picked him to play in a tie against Colombia. In 2010, Harrison became the first American teenager since Andy Roddick to beat a top-20 player. Roddick became hhis mentor, with Harrison the heir apparent to Roddicks role as leader of the U.ddddddddddddS. mens tennis effort.It all went wrong. Harrison is now just 2-27 against top-10 opposition.I guess its a good thing that I started so young, Harrison, 24, said, because were not sitting here having the conversation about me playing well right now and Im 30.The mystery of what went wrong remains. Good as he was, Harrison did not have Grand Slam champion written all over him. He doesnt have a truly big weapon, although his serve comes close. He doesnt get consistent penetration and pace with his backhand. He has a hair-trigger temper.He maybe expected things to happen too easily, ESPN commentator John McEnroe, who coached Raonic at Wimbledon, told ESPN.com. For a while, he was doing pretty well, but then people catch up to you, learn more about you. Sometimes when you make that move up you forget that you need to keep learning and developing. Suddenly you dont have what you think you have, and your game falls apart because you have no confidence.Harrisons temper has consistently tripped him up. Intensity is a treasured quality, but Harrison often came close to giving it a bad name. In this summer of revival, he said he has been able to play with a sense of calm and also with excitement. Thats a balance Harrison has tried to strike for a long time, sometimes questioning the wisdom of the effort.At times, I would try to calm down so much that I lost that competitive edge and competitive fire that was my personality out there, he explained.Now, Harrison said he has stabilized. The process began at Newport, where the familiar demons drove him to ruin in the first round. He called a summit conference with his family and fiancée and announced that he was going to wipe the slate clean and develop new habits of self-control and emotional modulation.It was just a decision to be resilient out there, he said.That was about 30 matches ago, counting World Team Tennis, where he was named season MVP amid solid summer performances. His ranking will take a significant jump after this tournament. He has already made the third round at a major for the first time in his career.Harrisons newfound and hard-earned stability has already taught him this valuable lesson: I dont need to try to do anything more than Im capable of doing. I just need to do what Im capable of and trust that that gives me my opportunities. ' ' '