IN THE LANE: Tech time arrives for Musselman.

WACO, Texas — It took 21 games, but University of Arkansas Coach Eric Musselman finally picked up his first technical foul of the season.

It happened with 5:44 left in the first half of No. 17 Baylor’s 67-64 victory over the Razorbacks on Saturday at the Ferrell Center.

Bears freshman guard Keyonte George drove the lane and scored as he knocked down Arkansas center Makhel Mitchell.

A replay showed Mitchell in good position to draw a charge, and when he was called for blocking, Musselman argued with officials and Kipp Kissinger hit him with a technical.

Baylor guard LJ Cryer hit both technical free throws and George completed his three-point play with a free throw to put the Bears ahead 25-20.

“I don’t want to comment on the refs because it’s not worth it,” Musselman said.

The Razorbacks played inspired after the technical and went on a 13-2 run the rest of the half to take a 33-27 lead.

Arkansas’ bench was called for a technical foul in the fifth game this season when Creighton beat the Razorbacks 90-87 in the Maui Invitational, but Musselman has insisted the technical wasn’t called on him. He added he wasn’t sure who drew the technical with 13:57 left in the Creighton game.

“It was someone on our bench. I don’t know if it was identified in the heat of the moment of who it was,” Musselman said earlier this season. “It wasn’t me, but I don’t know if it was an assistant coach or a player. They kind of pointed in a direction and we just tried to refocus on the game at that point.”

When Arkansas beat Rogers (Okla.) State 84-49 in an exhibition game on Oct. 24, Musselman drew a technical foul with 7:33 left in the first half with the Razorbacks leading 2611 when he went onto the court, arguing a charging call on Mitchell that negated a basket.

“I’m in midseason form,” Musselman said at the time.

Saturday’s game marked the first technical foul called on Musselman since the regular-season finale at Tennessee last year, according to Hogstats.com, when the Volunteers beat the Razorbacks 78-74 on March 5, 2022.