COLLEGE BASKETBALL / NCAA MEN’S TOURNAMENT : Arkansas Moves On; Hoyas Fall After Brawl : Midwest: Razorbacks win, 85-73, in game marred by the ejection of two players involved in first-half scuffle.

With an elbow and a kick, Arkansas jumped into the NCAA tournament’s round of 16 by outgunning Georgetown, 85-73, Sunday in a second-round game at the Myriad marred by the ejection of two players.

Corliss Williamson had 21 points in a Razorback attack that featured a too-tall front of 6-foot-11, 250-pound Darnell Robinson, 6-9, 260-pound Dwight Stewart and, occasionally, 6-11, 250-pound Lee Wilson.

“They deserved to win,” said Georgetown Coach John Thompson. “They deserved to win.”

Williamson dominated the game once Arkansas established control with its too-tall lineup after a first-half incident that ended with Don Reid of Georgetown and Scotty Thurman of Arkansas being ejected.

The pair were tossed when they left their benches during a scuffle involving Clint McDaniel of Arkansas and Robert Churchwell of the Hoyas.

It began when McDaniel and Churchwell both got their hands on the ball and Churchwell fell with McDaniel to the court.

McDaniel elbowed Churchwell in the head, then kicked him in the hip as the referees intervened. McDaniel was assessed a technical foul, Churchwell a personal foul.

Thurman’s foul in leaving the bench was not judged a fighting foul, which calls for a one-game suspension, so he will available for Friday’s game against Tulsa in the regional semifinals at Dallas.

The Razorbacks (27-3) led by only four points at the half, but assumed control with Georgetown’s big people either in foul trouble (Othella Harrington) or ejected (Reid).

“Emotions were flying high,” Churchwell said. “It was just a little altercation . . . nothing to it.”

Thompson, whose Hoyas finished the season 19-12, said it is too early to assume Arkansas is the favorite to win the NCAA title.

“I don’t think anyone’s the favorite,” he said. “In a one-game series, anybody can win.”