BATON ROUGE, La. - Arkansas guard Patrick Beverley may be 6-foot-1, but the sophomore added to his reputation of being the Razorbacks' best rebounder in the 68-52 win at LSU on Saturday night.

Beverely grabbed a career-high, 15 rebounds - 14 of them on the defensive end - to go along with 14 points. It was his second double-double this season and helped the Hogs snap a two-game losing streak.

"He's a 6-foot, Mutombo," teammate Sonny Weems said, referring to NBA star Dikembe Mutombo. "He does that in practice all the time. He doesn't back down."

Each one of Beverley's rebounds was important in helping the Hogs hold off a second-half charge by the Tigers. He helped Arkansas outrebound the Tigers 42-37, but a deeper look at the numbers is even more impressive.

Beverley had as many defensive rebounds as the rest of Arkansas' lineup. He also had nearly as many as the Tigers, who finished with 18 defensive rebounds.

"I don't know if I've ever seen a guard doing what he's doing rebounding the basketball," Arkansas coach John Pelphrey said. "He sees every one of those things as game winners. I know when that guy goes into the pile or up for a rebound there's a real good chance of him getting it. Or somebody losing an arm. Or both."

Beverley has recorded 10 or more rebounds in three of Arkansas' past four games. His previous career-high was 13, which he recorded against Alabama on Jan. 13.

Beverley had no idea he had 15 rebounds against the Tigers, but credited his teammates.

"Practicing against the big guys we've got in practice, that makes it easy against another opponent," he said.

But Arkansas guard Gary Ervin said Beverley deserves the praise for his performance on the boards.

"He does the little things," Ervin said. "Every loose basketball that was up in the air he was going for it. That's a great job. That's what we need."

GOOD JOB, BAD JOB

Arkansas' defensive performance against one of the SEC's leading scorers, LSU guard Marcus Thornton, produced mixed results Saturday night.

The junior didn't score until the 8:39 mark in the first half, but finished with 20 points on 7 of 20 shooting. He got a big portion of his points during a five-minute stretch to open the second half, knocking down two 3-pointers and scoring an easy layup as part of a 12-2 LSU run.

Thornton entered the game as the SEC's fourth-leading scorer, averaging 18.7 points a game. He reached the 20-point mark for the 11th time this season.

"We gave him a lot of attention," Pelphrey said. "We've got a lot of respect for that guy."

STREAK SNAPPED

Arkansas' win snapped a six-game losing streak in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. Before Saturday, Arkansas hadn't won at LSU since 2001, when the Nolan Richardson-led Razorbacks beat the Tigers 59-52.

In addition, the 16-point win was Arkansas' second-largest margin of victory at LSU. The largest came in 1998, when Arkansas beat the Tigers 85-68.

NINE NOT ENOUGH

LSU, which has been hit with injuries and absences this season, played with just nine players in uniform.

Veteran forward Tasmin Mitchell is out for the season because of a stress fracture in his foot, while center Chris Johnson hasn't played since Jan. 2 because of a broken right hand. In addition, Dameon Mason will miss the rest of the season because of academic reasons.

Another player, forward Quintin Thornton, recently returned to the court after missing the first two months of the season with a torn left pectoral muscle.

ALEX WHO?

LSU coach John Brady found a secret weapon in guard Alex Farrar on Saturday night.

The sophomore, who was averaging 2.2 points a game before Saturday, notched a career-high 11 points off the bench against the Razorbacks. All of his offensive production came in the second half, helping the Tigers slice Arkansas' 17-point lead to single digits.

Farrar has played a bigger role with the Tigers because of LSU's depth problems. He started LSU's previous game against Vanderbilt and has two starts this season.