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WATCH: Arkansas staffer Riley Hall knocks phone out of reporter's hand following SEC Tournament loss

On3-Social-Profile_GRAYby:On3 Staff Report•03/10/23
Eric Musselman, Arkansas Razorbacks basketball coach - at SEC Tournament
Arkansas basketball coach Eric Musselman discusses something with an official during a game on March 9, 2023. (Icon Sportswire / Getty Images)

Arkansas fell to Texas A&M in the SEC Tournament 67-61 after blowing a 13-point halftime lead and coach Eric Musselman reportedly blew a gasket shortly after.

On his way way off the floor and heading toward the locker room, Musselman reportedly let fly a series of F-bombs, according to Jack Weaver, a photojournalist for the Kentucky Kernel. But right as Musselman left the floor, a staffer named Riley Hall knocked Weaver’s phone from his hands.

The video, which you can see below, does not include any audio of the reported F-bombs but does show Weaver’s phone being contacted.

Arkansas was involved in the third game of the day at the SEC Tournament, the intro to the night session. The Razorbacks made it to the meeting with the Aggies by beating Auburn on Thursday night.

Arkansas blows 13-point halftime lead

Eric Musselman had good reason to be heated after the game; his squad blew a 13-point halftime lead to Texas A&M. Arkansas couldn’t seem to get a handle on Texas A&M driving hard into the paint.

One of the key players for the Aggies in the comeback, Henry Coleman III, described the approach in the second half.

“We just got to go 1-0. We’ve got to go 1-0 every possession,” Coleman said. “We weren’t focused on the next possession, we were focused on the possession that we were in, whether that was offense, whether that defense. We tried to go 1-0, and that’s what the guys did, so credit to them.”

That focus allowed Texas A&M to turn over the entire 13-point deficit less than 10 minutes into the second half at the SEC Tournament.

Wade Taylor IV, who was just 1-of-8 from the floor in the first half, found much more productive ways to benefit the offense after the locker room break. He wound up going 5-of-9 in the second half and was the floor general the Aggies needed.

He and several others attacked downhill and were able to get into the paint on the offensive end.

“That’s what we harp on every day, we’ve got to be the best downhill team in the country,” Coleman said. “Credit to Wade Taylor and even the guys that came off the bench like (Andre Gordon), they came with such good energy and everything, and that’s just Texas A&M basketball.”