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Who: Arkansas Razorbacks (16-5, 8-4 SEC) vs. Florida Gators (10-5, 6-4 SEC)
What: Razorbacks first time in the AP top 25 since Jan. 6, 2018.
When: Tuesday, Feb. 16, 6 p.m. (pregame starts at 5:30 p.m.)
Where: Nolan Richardson Court at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville
• TV: ESPN2 (Karl Ravech and Jimmy Dykes) CLICK HERE
ONLINE: HitThatLine.com LISTEN HERE
• Radio: ESPN Arkansas 95.3 in the River Valley, 96.3 in Hot Springs and 104.3 in Harrison-Mountain Home (Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman)

Arkansas, ranked No. 24 in the country, hosts Florida tonight at 6 p.m. on ESPN2.

Pregame coverage starts at 5:30 p.m. and you can LISTEN HERE or on the radio at ESPN Arkansas 95.3 in the River Valley, 96.3 in Hot Springs and 104.3 in Harrison-Mountain Home.

Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman will have all the coverage.

• This will be the 39th meeting in the series. The Gators are the Razorbacks’ second-most, infrequently played team in the SEC (behind South Carolina at 35).

The Gators own a 26-12 advantage in the series with all meetings coming since Arkansas joined the SEC. However, the Hogs own a slight 8-7 advantage in games played in Fayetteville.

• Arkansas has lost three straight in the series, 11 of the last 12 and 17 of the last 19.

• With six straight SEC wins, Arkansas shot up the national polls this week, landing at #24 in the Associated Press poll and “ No. 28” in the USA Today-Coaches poll.

It marks the first time Arkansas has been ranked since Jan. 6, 2018 when the Razorbacks were No. 22 in the AP.

• This is Arkansas’ first six-game, SEC win streak since winning seven-straight SEC games in February 2015. The Hogs also won seven-straight SEC games to end the 1994-95 regular season.

• After wins at Kentucky and Missouri, Moses Moody was named the College Sports Madness SEC Player of the Week for a second time this season.

• In 6-of-the-last-7 games, Arkansas shot over 43 percent from the field each time and has combined to shoot 48.4% (182-376) in those six contests.

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Arkansas signee Jersey Wolfenbarger earned arguably the most prestigious honor a high school hooper can earn on Tuesday afternoon, as she was one of 24 high school girls basketball players selected to play in the McDonald’s All-American Game.

The 24 selections were announced on ESPN’s The Jump. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, the game will not be played.

Wolfenbarger, who is a senior at Northside High School in Fort Smith has started to pile up the recognition as of late, including a spot in the Naismith Girls National High School Player of the Year Top Five.

The spotlight has been well deserved: the 2019-20 Arkansas Gatorade Player of the Year has had a great year, and a great career, playing for Lady Bears.

Last season, before the pandemic hit, Wolfenbarger was averaging 18.7 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.5 steals per game.

During her sophomore season, one in which she won the 6A State Title on a buzzer beater, she averaged 22.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.3 steals.

With the honor, Wolfenbarger is the first incoming Arkansas freshman to be selected since 2016.

That said, though, two current Razorbacks, Amber Ramirez and Destiny Slocum, both played in the game before they started their freshman years at TCU and Maryland, respectively.

Information from Arkansas Communications is included in this story.

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