WATCH: Arkansas-Pine Bluff runs laps during timeout

During the second half of a 83-64 loss against Iowa State, Arkansas-Pine Bluff gave up six quick points to the Cyclones. Unhappy with the way his team was playing, Golden Lions head coach George Ivory called a timeout. In a bold – and unprecedented – move, he forced the Arkansas-Pine Bluff players to run laps before rejoining the huddle.

Evidently, the move paid off. Arkansas-Pine Bluff actually outscored Iowa State 40-39 in the final 18:19 after running laps. While a moral victory, the fact can provide some solace for a struggling team with a brutal schedule on the horizon.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff gave up six quick points to start the second half last night…

So their coach called a timeout and made his players run laps 😂

(🎥: @CurryHoff13) pic.twitter.com/cOWLqY5QEo

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) December 2, 2021

Already 1-8 with an 0-8 record on the road, Arkansas-Pine Bluff now prepares to face No. 4 Baylor and No. 7 Texas on the road over the next two weeks. The Golden Lions are undefeated at home, but played NJCAA school Arkansas Baptist.

Dick Vitale provides update on cancer treatments

Vitale shared on Twitter a very personal update on his upcoming cancer treatments, as he prepares to undergo chemotherapy. The veteran broadcaster plans to finish his treatments and get back to his passion of calling college basketball games.

“I have a big day Tuesday at the new oncology center at Sarasota Memorial Hospital where I will have my chemotherapy. If ALL goes well my doctors said that they would clear me to do what I LOVE, call games on ESPN. By the way Chemo treatments. Please [pray for me] as that would be my BEST medicine.”

The college basketball world was sent into shock at the news that Vitale had been diagnosed with a second form of cancer so soon after his melanoma diagnosis. The former NBA coach underwent multiple surgeries to remove melanoma, which is now clear. Vitale has been told by doctors that the two cancers are unrelated.

“The plan is to treat my lymphoma with steroids and six months of chemotherapy,” Dick Vitale previously wrote in a letter on ESPN explaining his treatments. “The medical experts tell me it has a 90% cure rate. They say I can continue to work so I will have to manage my work schedule around my chemo schedule as they will monitor my test results along the way.”

“I will fight with all my heart in dealing with the chemo.”

Vitale has worked to raise money for the fight against cancer, particularly for child forms. He joined ESPN as a personality in 1979 and covered every Duke vs. UNC basketball game up until 2015. He recently signed a contract with the network through the 2022–23 season.