Dungee, Slocum get All-SEC awards from league’s coaches

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Dungee, Slocum get All-SEC awards from league’s coaches

Chelsea Dungee and Destiny Slocum both earned All-SEC Honors, the league office announced today.

Dungee was named to the first team, while Slocum was named to the second team by the league’s coaches.

Dungee, a three-time All-SEC selection, cemented her legacy in her final season at Arkansas, putting together her best season on the Hill.

Dungee is averaging career-highs in several categories this season, including points per game (22.2), field goal percentage (43.0 percent), and three-point percentage (39.1 percent).

She has scored 20+ in 16 of her 25 games played this season, and has gone for 30 or more points in four contests. Dungee’s consistency this season has been remarkable.

The Sapulpa, Okla.. native has scored in double figures in all 25 games this season, and has scored 10 or more in 30 games dating back to the end of last season, the longest such streak of her career.

All that scoring added up, as Dungee now has 2,098 career points, the highest collegiate total of any Razorback women’s player ever.

When looking at the numbers in SEC play, Dungee was somehow even better. She averaged 23.1 points per game, the most in the league in conference only games, scored 20 or more in 12 of Arkansas’ 15 league games, and dropped 30+ against Ole Miss, Florida and Tennessee.

She also showed her defensive chops this season, often guarding the other team’s best or second best player, with the ability to guard perimeter players and bigs.

She’s also averaging 1.5 steals per game, the highest mark of her career.

When the lights were brightest, Dungee always seemed to be at her best.

Against teams currently in the top-10 of the AP Poll this season, Dungee has been electric, averaging 22.0 points per game on 45.7 percent shooting and 43.3 percent from deep.

In the Hogs’ two ranked wins this season, Dungee has been nearly unstoppable, averaging 29.5 points per game, while shooting 56 percent from the field and 44 percent from three.

In a year full of memorable performances from the Arkansas guard, her showing against UConn stands out, as she dropped 37 points on the Huskies, the most by any single player against them this century.

Slocum, meanwhile, has had a huge on-court impact during her lone season at Arkansas. Slocum, who has now earned All-Conference honors in the Big 10 (Maryland), the Pac-12 (Oregon State 2x) and the SEC, was second on the team in scoring (15.6 points per game), while leading the Hogs in assists (4.0 assists per game).

She has scored in double-figures in 22 of her 25 games played this season, and has gone for 20+ in five games this season, including three times in her final six games of the regular season.

Like Dungee, Slocum was even better in SEC play, upping her scoring average (15.9) and her assists per game average (4.5). The Oregon State transfer’s elite decision making was also on display during league play, as her 2.3 assist-to-turnover ratio was the third best mark in the SEC.

As the regular season has winded down, Slocum has started to find her rhythm, as she has averaged 18.3 points per game over her last six contests.

Slocum has had quite a few memorable showings in her lone season under coach Mike Neighbors, including her 22-point 10-assists showing against Missouri, the first 20-point 10-assist showing by a Hog since Kimberly Wilson back in 1996.

She also put on a clinic in Baton Rouge, dropping 29 on LSU on 11 of 15 shooting.

Bud Light Seltzer Morning Rush Podcast: Extend current streak

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Bud Light Seltzer Morning Rush Podcast: Extend current streak

Tye & Tommy on big basketball news, worst sportsmanship moments in sports, Moses freshman of the year and more!

 

Only one team under par on windy start to Cabo Collegiate

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Only one team under par on windy start to Cabo Collegiate

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — TPC San Antonio’s Oaks Course, one of the toughest on the PGA TOUR, showed its teeth today and a cold, windy day led to just one of the 116 teams being under par after one day one of the 11th annual Cabo Collegiate at TPC San Antonio.

Host and No. 31 Arkansas is tied for seventh, posting a 13-over-par 301 on the par 72, 7.034-yard track. Oklahoma leads the 116-team field, featuring 12 of the top 30 teams in the country.

The Sooners, ranked seventh, turned in a 1-under-par 287 and leads second place #15 Texas A&M (297) by 10 strokes.

Texas, ranked 10th, and Florida State, ranked fourth are tied for third (298).

Rounding out the top 10 are No. 8 Oklahoma State (299), No. 27 Baylor (300), Arkansas (301), No. 2 Arizona State (301), California (302) and top-ranked Arizona (305).

Only four players broke par on day one. Patrick Walsh (Oklahoma) carded a 3-under 69 to lead after 18 holes.

A trio of players are tied for second at -1 including John Pak (Florida State), Johnny Keefer (Baylor) and Pierceson Coody (Texas).

The winner of this year’s event will earn an exemption to play on the PGA Tour’s Valero Texas Open on the same course at the end of the month.

Tyson Reeder leads Arkansas after round one. The graduate senior it tied for eighth after a 1-over-par round.  Reeder stood at 3-over after a double on the par-3, 13th but rallied with birdies on holes 14 and 17 to record his 73.

Julian Perico, the 20th-ranked player in the nation, and Mason Overstreet are tied for 21st after each turned in an opening-round, 3-over-par 75.

Segundo Oliva Pinto is one stroke behind Perico and Overstreet and the junior is tied for 57th. William Buhl is T77 and Manuel Lozada, playing as an individual, is T86 to round out the Razorback contingent.

Round two of three of the Cabo Collegiate is set for Tuesday. The 54-hole event will conclude Wednesday.

Information from Arkansas Communications is included in this story.

Hogs tied for 12th after first round at Gamecock Intercollegiate

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Hogs tied for 12th after first round at Gamecock Intercollegiate

COLUMBIA, S.C. — No. 13 Arkansas finished the first round at the Gamecock Intercollegiate at 299 (+11), good for a share of 12th place.

Duke currently leads the event at six-under, while six players are tied atop the individual leaderboard, all of whom shot 69 (-3) in round one.

The duo of Kajal Mistry and Cory Lopez led the Hogs on day one, as both fired rounds of 74 (+2), placing them tied for 35th on the leaderboard.

Lopez carded a team-high four birdies, but shot four bogeys along with a double on 17 to finish at two-over in the round. Mistry, meanwhile, played at even par on holes one through nine, but bogeyed hole 11 and hole 14 on the back.

Sophomore Julia Gregg is tied for 47th after day one, shooting a first round 75 (+3). While she was three-over on the back nine of the course, Gregg was one-under on the front nine, firing a birdie on hole one and paring holes two through nine to close out her round.

Finishing fourth in the Hog lineup was redshirt junior Brooke Matthews, who currently sits at four-over, good for a share of 61st place.

Like Gregg, Matthews played much better on the front of the course, recording three birdies and two bogeys on her way to a one-under score over those nine holes.

On the back, though, Matthews was +5, including back-to-back doubles on 13 and 14.

Sophomore Ela Anacona rounded out the lineup on day one, shooting a first round 78 (+6). She’s tied for 79th place headed into day two.

O’Gara on Razorbacks’ flying high in spring with high rankings

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O’Gara on Razorbacks’ flying high in spring with high rankings

As Arkansas’ active programs continue to rise in the rankings and win SEC titles, Saturday Down South’s Connor O’Gara is impressed.

Moody named top freshman in SEC for second time

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Moody named top freshman in SEC for second time

After wins over the top two teams in the SEC last week, Arkansas guard Moses Moody was named the SEC Freshman of the Week, the league announced today.

This is the second time Moody has earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors this season. He has also been named the overall SEC Player of the Week twice this season by College Sports Madness.

Moses Moody • Little Rock / Montverde (Fla.) Academy

• Averaged 21.0 points and 6.5 rebounds.

Set career highs in both games for assists and had a career-high for blocked shots:

• ALABAMA: 24 points – 5 rebounds – 4 assists – 3 blocked shots – 1 steal

• LSU: 18 points – 8 rebounds – 5 assists

• Was a combined 27-of-33 at the free throw line in the two games.

• Played all 20 minutes of the second half in both games and has done so a team-best 11 times this season, including six straight.

• Was 16-of-19 at the free throw line in the Alabama game (16 makes tie for 6th-most by a Hog in a game, 3rd-most in an SEC game; 19 attempts tie for 7th-most by a Hog in a game, 3rd most in an SEC game)

Against Alabama

• Moody scored 10 in the first half, thanks to 5-of-5 shooting at the free throw line, and had three of his then career-best four assists.

• In the second half, he scored 14 points, thanks to 11-of-14 at the line, as the Hogs out-scored the Tide 42-28 in the second half. Moody additionally had two of his career-high three blocked shots.

• With Arkansas up four in the second half (56-52 with 8:53 left) Moody was fouled shooting a 3-pointer. He made all three at the free throw line for a comfortable seven-point edge. Down the stretch, Moody scored seven of the team’s final 11 points.

Against LSU

Arkansas trailed by five at halftime and Moody helped the Hogs out-score the Tigers 51-38 in the second half.

• He scored 12 of his 18 points in the second half, making 7-of-10 free throws.

• He had four of his career-high five assists in the second half.

• With the game tied (46-46 with 15:38 left), Moody made five straight free throws to put the Hogs up five and Arkansas never relinquished the lead.

Information from Arkansas Communications is included in this story.

Halftime Pod Presented By Eastside Liquor — March 1, 2021

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Halftime Pod Presented By Eastside Liquor — March 1, 2021

Come on, not many of you expected this in January

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Come on, not many of you expected this in January

When Monday’s media poll dropped with Arkansas jumping eight spots to No. 12 there was a wave of excitement for a fan base needing something.

In the coaches’ poll they are 13th.

The last time the Razorbacks were that high in a poll was 1998.

Coming on the same day the baseball team is ranked No. 1 in the country and the women’s team likely to be highly ranked later in the day, spirits are high.

Oh, and before we forget, both track teams took SEC Indoor league titles over the weekend and will be hosting the NCAA Championships in a few weeks.

But for the men, let’s not forget there was the Lunatic Fringe of the Razorbacks’ fan base back in mid-January that were ready to pack up the Muss Bus, aim it out of town and put the hammer down (sorry, couldn’t resist that).

We cautioned you then to just calm down and relax because there were a lot of games left and the guess was Eric Musselman would have it straightened out pretty quick.

It’s called coaching and that’s why college sports sells the coaches, who are the most consistent face of any sport at any school. Players come and go, but coaches either win or the face of the program changes … quickly these days.

The Hogs may be the hottest basketball programs in the SEC and maybe the country.

Last week they ran away late from sixth-ranked (eighth in today’s poll) Alabama, then rallied from a halftime deficit to sail past LSU in a second half that wasn’t as close as the final 83-75 score indicated.

Musselman knows how to coach and there is a segment of folks that race to be first on social media to declare the program is in shambles and changes have to be made.

One sports radio talking head even brought up the idea over the weekend that Musselman might be headed to another job in Minnesota where he spent part of his youth with his dad coaching there.

Maybe it’s good speculation, but there hasn’t been any indication Musselman is looking to go anywhere else.

The knee-jerk reaction is he really wants to be back in the NBA or in the Big Ten or anywhere other than Fayetteville. Okay, Eddie Sutton crawled to Kentucky back in 1985 but no other coach has left for another job.

That’s a combination of a different Northwest Arkansas and higher expectations. Having the financial resources helps keep good coaches in Fayetteville … as long as they are winning games and staying off Harleys on the Elkins highway.

As of now there is zero evidence Musselman viewed Arkansas a stepping-stone to something else. With Sutton there was always the feeling it wasn’t big enough.

Nolan Richardson wasn’t going anywhere even after things fell apart in 2001.

The feeling is Musselman won’t, either.

Especially considering he’s gotten the Hogs back in the national conversation with nothing approaching two normal seasons. Covid has been an issue for a year and has thrown college basketball with curve balls and changeups all year long.

How Musselman has handled it probably speaks as much to why he’s have success. He has that “it” factor. Knows it, gets it, understands it … whatever you want to call it.

But for now he has the Hogs No. 12 in the country.

And he knows it won’t mean a lot if he doesn’t win games this month.

 

Hogs move to No. 1 in polls, but Van Horn probably doesn’t care

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Hogs move to No. 1 in polls, but Van Horn probably doesn’t care

It’s a good bet Dave Van Horn knows Arkansas was moved to the top spot in Monday morning’s college baseball polls and probably shrugged it off.

Fans will care about a March poll that means nothing in May.

Van Horn probably doesn’t.

“I’ll be more than happy to comment if it happens,” he said after finishing the sweep of Southeast Missouri over the weekend. “I don’t have anything to say about it because it hasn’t happened.”

He was smiling when he said that, by the way. Van Horn knew.

But the truth is he knows it’s a long way to May.

“We need to work on some things,” Van Horn said Sunday. “I feel good about where we’re at.”

The latest edition of both the D1 Baseball and Baseball America Top 25 polls has the Hogs ranked No. 1 in the country after Ole Miss lost two of three games over the weekend to Central Florida.

Arkansas was ranked No. 8 in the preseason by D1 Baseball and slotted in at sixth by Baseball America but has earned a spot at the top of the rankings quickly after an impressive opening weekend at the State Farm College Baseball Showdown.

Van Horn, who is building what has become probably the most consistently strong team in college baseball over the last few years and the last piece to the puzzle is closing out a national championship.

Right now, though, he’s just trying to figure out this team.

“I feel good about our team, where we’re at,” Van Horn said. “Obviously, the bottom line is you need to win games, and we’ve been winning them. Whether we played real well or just OK, we found a way to win a couple games where were were behind these first seven.”

Arkansas will play next against Murray State in a three-game series starting Friday at Baum-Walker Stadium.

The Hogs travel to Louisiana Tech for a weekend series March 12-14 and play a single game on Tuesday, March 16, at home against Oklahoma before opening SEC play at Alabama March 19-21.

Murphy expects Hogs to move up in week’s hoops polls

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Murphy expects Hogs to move up in week’s hoops polls

Democrat-Gazette writer Tom Murphy doesn’t have a vote in the writer’s poll for college basketball, but expects the Hogs to move up.

Go back to Baton Rouge and take your Corn Dogs with you

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Go back to Baton Rouge and take your Corn Dogs with you

Tye & Tommy on the win over LSU, sweeping SEMO, best Bachelor trip locations and more!

 

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