Women's Basketball
Monk, Dungee look to lead Razorbacks against ranked South Carolina
Chelsea Dungee and Malica Monk return to the court with Arkansas’ women’s basketball team in SEC action against No. 16 South Carolina on Sunday in Bud Walton Arena.
FAYETTEVILLE — Chelsea Dungee and Malica Monk return to the court with Arkansas’ women’s basketball team in SEC action against No. 16 South Carolina on Sunday in Bud Walton Arena.
The Razorbacks (16-6, 5-3 SEC) host the Gamecocks (15-5, 7-1 SEC) in a 4 p.m. tip on the SEC Network.
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Date: Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019
Time: 4 p.m.
Broadcast: SECN: https://es.pn/2WCNc5p
Live Scoring: http://statb.us/e/233642
Promotions: Junior Spirit Day Clinic, pregame autographs with the spirit team, Sunday Funday, Educator Appreciation Day ($2 tickets with ID).
Arkansas has been led by Dungee and Monk all season with both players in the midst of career-best years. Dungee has had back-to-back 25+ point games with 25 at Florida and 28 against Georgia.
She has had 19 games in double figures and 10 with 20 or more points this season.
Monk surpassed the 1,000-point mark earlier this season and the North Little Rock, Arkansas, native has been in double figures 17 times this year. She has scored 20 or more points three times this season including twice in the last five games.
While the Arkansas offense runs through its two leaders, South Carolina throws a balanced attack at its opponents on both sides of the ball. The Gamecocks have four players averaging double figures led by Te’a Cooper with 13.1 points per game.
South Carolina is equally sound on the boards with three players averaging around 5 rebounds per contest.
Sunday’s game is the second of two consecutive home contests for the Razorbacks. Arkansas next travels to LSU on Feb. 7 and returns home hosting Auburn on Feb. 10.
