This article originally appeared on December 30, 2013 on The Arkansas Traveler website, uatrav.com.
The human highlight reel that is sophomore guard Michael Qualls
has more than twice as many dunks than any of the other Razorbacks.
Qualls has 17 of Arkansas’ 44 dunks this season, while senior
forward Coty Clarke, who has the second most dunks on the team, has only eight.
He has made SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays three times this season, as well.
However, he is more than a pure dunker.
Through 12 games of his second season with the Razorbacks, Qualls
has proven to be one of Arkansas’ best overall players. He has played more
minutes than anyone else on the team and leads Arkansas in scoring and assists,
with 13.9 points and 2.1 assists per game, respectively.
While he is a guard, Qualls uses his 6-foot-6-inch frame to play
like a big man, too. He has 10 blocked shots and averages 4.9 rebounds per
game, which rank fourth and third on the team, respectively.
Most fans knew about Qualls’ jumping and dunking ability because
of his freshman season, but his numbers this season have been surprising.
Last year, he averaged only 4.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 0.7
assists per game.
If Arkansas is going to make the NCAA tournament
this season, Qualls must keep up this type of production.
This is the 17th of a series of short articles about the Arkansas basketball team. Each
day leading up to SEC play, I will post an entry about something basketball
related that starts with the next letter of the alphabet. Here are links to the
previous entries, as well as the dates for the next five…
R – Dec. 31
S – Jan. 1
T – Jan. 2
U – Jan. 3
V – Jan. 4
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