Arkansas Falls to No. 1/1 South Carolina

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Arkansas ladies’s basketball (21-12) confirmed huge enchancment towards No. 1/1 South Carolina (30-0), however in the end fell to the defending NCAA Girls’s Basketball Champions, 93-66. The Razorbacks pressured 13 turnovers and made the Gamecocks earn the whole lot they obtained offensively. Arkansas was led by Saylor Poffenbarger who put up 22 factors, whereas breaking the single-season defensive rebound report, whereas Samara Spencer logged 16.

Arkansas gained the tip, which might then arrange Chrissy Carr to earn a visit to the road to knock down two free throws. South Carolina would then go on a 5-0 run, however Spencer made a pleasant transfer to the basket for a layup, Arkansas’ first discipline purpose of the sport. Erynn Barnum tied the sport at 7-7 with a 3-pointer, however then the Gamecocks went on a 10-0 run. Arkansas would flip it up, as Makayla Daniels knocked down back-to-back 3-pointers to make it a 17-13 recreation with 4:43 left within the first quarter. South Carolina benefited from a third-chance alternative, which arrange an and-1, however then Jersey Wolfenbarger got here off the bench with a pleasant minimize to the basket for a layup. South Carolina scored two extra discipline objectives, and Arkansas broke a three-minute scoring drought with a Saylor Poffenbarger jumper. Arkansas got here up with an awesome cease on protection, and on the finish of the primary quarter, the Razorbacks trailed 24-17.

Arkansas started the quarter with turnovers on back-to-back possessions, however Spencer knocked down the Razorbacks first discipline purpose of the quarter with a 3-pointer. Arkansas made a pair of stops on protection, however South Carolina made back-to-back baskets to raise forward by 11. The Razorbacks had been in a drought for over two minutes, however Spencer stopped it with a jumper. On the media timeout, Arkansas was behind 32-23. Out of the break, South Carolina went on a 6-2 run, as Arkansas trailed 38-25 with 2:35 left within the quarter. Poffenbarger then knocked down a 3-pointer and adopted that up with a pullup jumper to chop the lead again all the way down to 10. Arkansas had bother stopping South Carolina of their remaining possessions, because the Gamecocks made 5-of-5 discipline objectives down the stretch, together with a 3-pointer. Arkansas was behind 45-30 at halftime.

South Carolina capitalized on their first possession of the second half with a jumper, however Poffenbarger responded with a jumper. The Gamecocks went on a 5-0 run, however Poffenbarger responded but once more with a 3-pointer. Arkansas referred to as a timeout, and with 7:35 left within the quarter, as Arkansas trailed 52-35. Arkansas pressured a pair of turnovers, however couldn’t capitalize till Poffenbarger knocked down one other jumper. Arkansas then fell in a two-minute scoring drought of their very own till Spencer delivered back-to-back layups. One other Spencer layup from Maryam Dauda made it a 12-point recreation, as South Carolina was in a drought for over three minutes. The Gamecocks rapidly dug out of the outlet with a 4-0 run. Spencer knocked down a 3-pointer, however South Carolina responded with one other layup as time expired. Arkansas fell down 62-47. The Razorbacks outrebounded the Gamecocks, 11-9 within the third, with each groups scoring 17 factors.

Barnum drew a foul and made two free throws, reducing it again to 13, however the Gamecocks charged on a 9-0 run in simply two minutes, whereas Arkansas fell in a scoring drought. Poffenbarger dug Arkansas out of the outlet with a 3-pointer. South Carolina continued to remain sizzling within the paint, going 6-of-6 on their subsequent discipline objectives. Arkansas responded on a pair of possessions by attending to the free throw line, as Poffenbarger went 4-of-4 from the charity stripe. Daniels then made a 3-pointer, as Arkansas trailed 83-62 with underneath 4 minutes left within the recreation. South Carolina went on one other run, 8-0, as Arkansas dropped the sport, 93-66.

HOG HIGHLIGHTS

• Freshman Poffenbarger led the Razorbacks with 22 factors off 7-of-11 capturing, Her 22 factors marks the second 20-point recreation of the season, whereas additionally tallying 4 rebounds, 4 assists and one block
• Spencer adopted with 16 factors and two steals
• Daniels added 12 factors and two boards
• The Razorbacks improved remarkably on the boards from their first trip towards South Carolina. Rylee Langerman was an enormous contributor to that, because the junior pulled down seven rebounds, which led the crew
• Barnum has eight factors, three assists, two blocks and three steals
• The Razorbacks logged 10 3-pointers, marking their eleventh recreation with 10+ triples

UP NEXT

The Razorbacks will wait their destiny for his or her probabilities to earn an enormous to the NCAA Match, because the crew sits on the bubble.

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