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Razorbacks start slow cold from floor, season crashes to end against Kansas
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Arkansas’ (24-13) season came to an end in the Postseason WNIT Great 8, as the Razorbacks fell to Kansas (23-11), 78-64.
The Hogs were down by as many as 21 points but clawed back to make it an eight-point game with under a minute to go in the third quarter. The Razorbacks outscored the Jayhawks 31-22 in third quarter but could not close in deeper on the lead. Makayla Daniels led Arkansas with 21 points as one of four Razorbacks in double figures.
With an 139-day season, the longest in program history, the Razorbacks finish the season with 24 wins.
The Hogs came up empty on their first two possessions, as Kansas jumped out to a 5-0 lead, but Chrissy Carr knocked down a midrange jumper to get the Razorbacks on the board.
The Razorbacks went cold, going 0-for-6 from the field and not scoring for five minutes, as the Jayhawks went on a 10-0 run. Arkansas called a timeout, trailing 15-2 with 3:47 left in the frame. Makayla Daniels came up with an and-1 to end the Razorbacks’ drought and continued to score with a 3-pointer and layup to go on a 10-0 run herself.
Just before the end of the quarter, Daniels delivered a layup and got fouled in the process. She missed the free throw, as Arkansas trailed 20-12 at the end of the first quarter.
The Razorbacks fell in another scoring drought to begin the second quarter, going into the media timeout taken at 3:53 without scoring a basket. This allowed the Jayhawks to go on a 10-0 run, leading 30-12 with less than four minutes left in the quarter.
Coming off the bench, Jersey Wolfenbager delivered Arkansas’ first score of the quarter with a layup off a dish from Erynn Barnum, but Kansas answered on their next possessions with a 3-pointer to take a 21-point lead, their largest of the game.
Barnum came up with an and-1, but Kansas continued to catch fire from deep with their fourth triple of the game. Arkansas went 0-for-5 from the field to end the half, behind 38-19.
Barnum got the Razorbacks on the board first in the second half with a tough layup, but Arkansas could not find a stop on the other end, as Kansas responded with a layup.
Carr drained a 3-pointer, but the Jayhawks went on a 4-0 run. Daniels delivered a 3-pointer off a second-chance opportunity and Samara Spencer came up with a layup, as Arkansas cut the deficit to 13. As Arkansas went on a 7-0 run, Kansas took a timeout, while the Razorbacks clawed their way back in, down 44-33 with 6:07 remaining in the quarter.
Arkansas got called for a tough foul on a 3-pointer, but Spencer answered with a layup. Daniels logged her third 3-pointer of the game with the Razorbacks trailing 49-38. Kansas went on another 4-0 run, but Daniels had a response with a jumper to help Arkansas go 8-of-9 from the field during a stretch late in the quarter.
A Spencer layup cut the Jayhawk lead to single digits at eight, but Kansas got a layup with five seconds left in the frame. Arkansas outscored Kansas 31-22 in the third quarter, while the Jayhawks owned a 60-50 edge going into the fourth quarter.
Kansas opened the fourth quarter on a 7-0 run, forcing Arkansas to call a timeout, down 67-50, with 7:53 left in the game. Saylor Poffenbarger registered Arkansas’ first points of the quarter off an and-1 out of the timeout, but Kansas answered with a layup.
Carr brought the energy with an and-1 and Daniels registered a 3-pointer to climb the Razorbacks back to a 10-point deficit, down 72-62 with 4:08 left in the game. Spencer then made a layup to cut the deficit to nine with less than three minutes remaining, while Kansas could not score a field goal for six minutes.
That was the closet Arkansas would get to the lead, as Kansas made big stops down the stretch. Arkansas fell, 78-64 in their final game of the season at the WNIT Great 8.
Hogs Highlights
• Daniels recorded her second consecutive 20-point game, leading Arkansas with 21 points off 8-of-13 shooting from the field
• Barnum registered 13 points, while going 7-of-7 from the free throw line. She finished just shy of a double-double with eight rebounds, while also adding two assists and one block
• Spencer delivered 12 points and four rebounds
• Carr recorded 10 points in her final collegiate basketball game
• Poffenbarger finished the season with 255 rebounds after pulling down six on the day. Those 255 rebounds is the second most in an individual season by a Razorback
• Emrie Ellis pulled down four rebounds and Wolfenbarger had five points and three boards off the bench
• Arkansas went 4-of-4 from 3-point land in the third quarter, finishing the day with seven triples
Information from Arkansas Communications is included in this story.
Hogs have no answers for LSU’s offense in doubleheader loss
BATON ROUGE, La. — No. 5 Arkansas (20-4, 4-2 SEC) had no answers for the potent offense of No. 1 LSU (21-3, 4-2 SEC) on Saturday at Alex Box Stadium, losing both games of the day-night doubleheader to snap its 15-game winning streak and drop a series to the Tigers for the first time since 2018.
LSU defeated Arkansas, 12-2, in seven innings in game one of the doubleheader before clinching the series with a 14-5 win in the nightcap. The Razorbacks had won three consecutive series against the Tigers and were seeking back-to-back series wins in Baton Rouge for the first time in program history.
Arkansas returns home next week to host Omaha at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, in a midweek clash at Baum-Walker Stadium. The Razorbacks are 17-1 at at home this season with a current 14-game winning streak.
Game 1: LSU 12, Arkansas 2 (7)
The Razorbacks carried Friday’s momentum into the very first inning of Saturday, jumping out to an early 2-0 thanks to Jared Wegner’s two-run homer. Wegner’s 10th home run of the year gave Arkansas starter Will McEntire a two-run lead to work with, but it would not hold up.
LSU scored four in the bottom half of the second before adding one in the third, two in the fifth, two in the sixth and three more in the seventh. The Tigers tagged McEntire for seven runs on nine hits and a walk in 4 1/3 innings of work.
The bullpen did not fare much better in relief of McEntire. LSU scored five runs on six hits and a pair of walks against Razorback relievers Austin Ledbetter and Gage Wood, invoking the run rule with a 12-2 lead in the seventh.
Arkansas had only three hits, including Wegner’s first-inning home run, in the loss. Kendall Diggs and Hudson Polk also recorded hits in game one of the doubleheader.
Game 2: LSU 15, Arkansas 5
Once again, Arkansas jumped out to a first-inning lead with a pair of runs in the opening frame. Jared Wegner’s solo home run and Caleb Cali’s bases-loaded walk put the Razorbacks up, 2-0. Wegner, who has a team-leading 11 home runs and 38 RBI, raised his season slash line to .384/.514/.826 in Saturday’s doubleheader.
For the second game in a row, however, an early Arkansas lead would not hold up. LSU tied the game at two apiece with two runs of their own against Razorback starter Cody Adcock in the bottom half of the first.
A two-run double by Cali in the top of the third gave the Hogs a 4-2 lead, but the Tigers continued to mash. LSU tied it back up with two in the bottom half before breaking it open with six runs in the fourth and four more in the sixth.
All told, the Tigers tagged the Razorback pitching staff for 14 runs (10 earned) on 11 hits, six walks and two errors. On the mound, LSU limited Arkansas to just one run over the final six innings en route to its series-clinching 14-5 win.
Information from Arkansas Communications is included in this story.
Razorbacks blow big start, but manage to recover for win over Texas Tech
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas (24-12) gutted out a 71-66 victory over former Southwest Conference foe Texas Tech (20-15) in front of an energized home crowd in the Postseason WNIT Super 16.
The Razorbacks came out with the fire, starting the game off with a 15-0 lead. Texas Tech settled in, owning the lead for eight minutes of the contest that saw six lead changes and four ties, but owned a 19-14 advantage in the third quarter, which was the difference in the game.
Makayla Daniels led the Razorbacks with 21 points and eight rebounds, while Chrissy Carr added 17 points. The Hogs will travel to Kansas to play the Jayhawks in the Great Eight on Sunday afternoon, marking Arkansas’ fourth appearance in the fourth round of the WNIT, first since 2011.
Texas Tech won the tip, but Samara Spencer took a charge to force an early Lady Raider turnover. The Razorbacks capitalized with a second-chance 3-pointer courtesy of Saylor Poffenbarger.
Carr then knocked down a 3-pointer and Erynn Barnum came up with a steal to deliver a layup, as Arkansas was up early, 8-0, just 1:16 into the game, forcing Texas Tech to take an early timeout.
Arkansas continued to get the job done on defense, capitalizing with another Poffenbarger triple. Texas Tech scored its first basket after nearly six minutes with a jumper, but Spencer answered with another jumper of her own.
With three minutes to go in the quarter, Arkansas led 17-4. Texas Tech began to pick it up and went on a 5-0 run, while Arkansas was in a scoring drought for nearly three minutes.
The Lady Raiders then knocked down a triple, and after one quarter, the Razorbacks held an 18-12 advantage. After Arkansas’ 15-0 start, the Lady Raiders outscoring the Razorbacks 12-3 in the second half of the quarter.
Texas Tech capitalized on a slow start for the Razorbacks in the second quarter, as the Lady Raiders started the frame on a 4-0 run. It took nearly 6.5 minutes, but Carr knocked down a triple to take the Razorbacks out of their drought.
Texas Tech responded with a layup and got fouled in the process but could not convert the 3-point play. At the media timeout, Arkansas had the slight edge, 21-18, but out of the break, Texas Tech drained a triple to tie the game at 21 with less than four minutes remaining in the half.
The Lady Raiders then took their first lead of the game on their next possession with another 3-pointer, while Arkansas was held scoreless for four minutes. With the Lady Raiders on a 10-0 run, Arkansas took a timeout, as Texas Tech led 26-21 with 2:17 left in the quarter.
Out of the break, Daniels broke the Razorbacks’ drought with a much-needed triple and Carr tied the game at 26 with a layup. Daniels made her own miss with a layup to help the Razorbacks go up by two, but Texas Tech tied the game at the buzzer with the game knotted up at 28 at the half.
The Lady Raiders got the first basket of the second half with a layup as the shot clock expired, following that up with a jumper for a 4-0 run. Daniels then knocked down her second 3-pointer of the game to cut it back to a one-point game.
Spencer knocked down a 3-pointer to give the lead back to the Razorbacks, 36-35, with under six minutes to play in the quarter. The Lady Raiders did not make a field goal for six minutes but benefited from getting fouled and got majority of their third quarter points from the free throw line, taking the lead again off freebies.
Jersey Wolfenbarger delivered a jumper and Daniels got one on their next possession to give the Razorbacks the lead back, 40-39, with 2:28 left in the quarter. Arkansas then started to make their way to the line, making two of four free throws, and after a Spencer miss, the Razorbacks came up with the offensive board, leading to a Maryam Dauda layup off a Wolfenbarger dish.
Wolfenbarger then knocked down a 3-pointer, which capped off an 11-0 run, but Texas Tech nailed a 3-poitner at the buzzer to end their scoring drought and trail the Razorbacks, 47-42, going into the fourth quarter.
Texas Tech missed two free throws to begin the quarter but got the rebound and made a jumper as the shot clock expired. The Lady Raiders got another lucky look, as they banked in a shot at the buzzer, but Daniels answered with a 3-pointer of her own.
Arkansas went on a 6-0 run, benefiting from Texas Tech’s coach getting a technical foul and Wolfenbarger drawing a foul as well. With 6:33 left in the game, Arkansas held the 55-49 advantage.
Texas Tech then went on a 5-0 run to make it a 56-54 game with 5:50 remaining in the contest. With no Arkansas field goals for over three minutes, Carr delivered back-to-back triples, but Texas Tech responded on both with baskets of their own.
Daniels drew a foul and made two shots, as Arkansas led 66-59 with 2:05 left in the game. Arkansas came up with stops on defense, forcing Texas Tech to foul. The Razorbacks made 7-of-10 shots from the line down the stretch, delivering stops when they needed to in order to gut out the 71-66 win over the Lady Raiders.
Hogs Highlights
• Daniels paced the Razorbacks with 21 points, while scoring 16 of her points in the second half. She knocked down three 3-pointers and went 8-of-10 from the free throw line, while pulling down eight boards and dishing out three assists. She played nearly 38 minutes
• Now at No. 11 on the all-time scoring list, Daniels has 1,442 career points
• Carr followed with 17 points, delivering four 3-pointers, including pivotal ones down the stretch in the fourth quarter
• Spencer registered 10 points, three rebounds, three assists and two steals in 37 minutes
• Wolfenbarger recorded eight points off 3-of-5 from the field
• Poffenbarger had a near double-double of eight points and nine boards. She moved up to No. 3 on the individual season rebounding list (249)
• Barnum logged five points, 10 rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block. She is now No. 23 on the career rebounding list at Arkansas (571)
• The Razorbacks knocked down 11 3-pointers. On the season, Arkansas has 298 3-pointers, which is the second most in an individual season in program history
• Arkansas is now a perfect 12-0 over the Lady Raiders in Fayetteville
• Arkansas outscored Texas Tech 15-2 in fastbreak points and 16-8 in second-chance opportunities
• The Razorbacks advance to the fourth round of the Postseason WNIT for the fourth time in program history, first since 2011
• Arkansas’ 24 wins ties the most for the program since 2019-20, as that team went 24-8
Next Game
The Razorbacks will head to Lawrence to face Kansas on Sunday, March 26 at 2 p.m. inside Allen Fieldhouse.
Information from Arkansas Communications is included in this story.
