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Arkansas Takes Down UAPB, 101-49, on Elementary Day
FAYETTEVILLE – Arkansas women’s basketball improved to 2-0 after a 101-49 win over UAPB (1-1) on Friday morning inside Bud Walton Arena.
The Hogs hosted their 15th Elementary Day game with nearly 70 schools and over 10,000 students from the Northwest Arkansas area. The crowd of 13,032 is the second largest for women’s basketball in Bud Walton Arena.
First Quarter – 24-13
- Arkansas controlled the tip and Maria Anais Rodriguez scored the first points of the game.
- An and-1 for Taleyah Jones put the Hogs up 7-2 early.
- UAPB cut into the Hogs’ lead with a pair of threes.
- Jenna Lawrence pushed the Arkansas lead to 10 points with back-to-back threes, her first of the season.
- The Hogs ended the period with three straight makes from the field and an 11-point lead
Second Quarter – 44-23
- Lawrence stayed hot with another pair of threes to stay perfect from beyond the arc (4-4) and bring her point total to 15.
- Both teams went on lengthy droughts to end the quarter. The Lions didn’t score for the final 3:11 of the quarter and Arkansas was scoreless in the last 2:11.
- UAPB shot 22.2% from the field in the second quarter and Arkansas extended its lead to 21 points by halftime.
Third Quarter – 77-41
- Emily Robinson opened the quarter with a pair of threes.
- The Hogs went on a 13-2 run over 3:11 and forced a timeout with back-to-back threes from Taleyah Jones and Bonnie Deas .
- The Lions entered another scoring drought 3+ minute scoring drought.
- Lawrence passed her previous career high of 21 with 17 seconds left in the quarter, her fifth three-pointer of the game.
- Arkansas finished the quarter 4-4 from the field and made 8 of its last 9.
Fourth Quarter – 101-49
- The Hogs opened the fourth with another three, this time from Deas, who entered double figures for the second straight game.
- Arkansas’ defense held UAPB to just 8 points in the fourth.
- Freshman Harmonie Ware exploded for 13 points and went 5-5 from the field in the final 10 minutes.
Game Notes
- Lawrence finished with a career high 26 points and tied her career high with 5 threes made.
- Deas picked up her first collegiate double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. She also led the team with six assists.
- Robinson scored in double figures for the second straight game. She had 11 in the opener against Louisiana Tech and finished with 15 against UAPB.
- The Razorbacks’ 15 three pointers were the most in a game since the 2021-22 season, when they had 15 at Alabama on Jan. 20, 2022.
- The Hogs shot nearly 50% from the field (33-68, 49%) compared to UAPB’s 29% mark (19-66).
- Arkansas improved to 14-1 in Elementary Day games and won its 14th straight Elementary Day game.
Up Next
Arkansas will host Central Arkansas on Monday, November 10 at 8:00 p.m. The game will be televised live on SEC Network with Sam Gore (play-by-play) and Tamika Catchings (analyst) on the call.
For more information on Arkansas women’s basketball, follow @RazorbackWBB on social media.
Temperatures will climb to the upper 90s today and heat index values will get close to 105° this afternoon. There are heat advisories today for part of west and southwest Arkansas.
Today will bring a slight chance of showers or thunderstorms late in the day in Central Arkansas.
Friday will also bring a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms with very hot weather.
Rain chances increase and temperatures drop this weekend when a cold front moves through Arkansas.
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A former Arkansas Tech University graduate and commander of the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command is being remembered with two posthumous honors recognizing his lasting influence on the nation’s military intelligence operations.
The late Maj. Gen. Gary W. Johnston, a 1987 Arkansas Tech graduate and Russellville native, was honored during a dedication ceremony June 25 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, where the Army officially named a newly consolidated military intelligence complex the Major General Gary W. Johnston Consolidated Mission Facility.
Johnston also was posthumously inducted into the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame for helping reshape Army intelligence through the integration of emerging technologies, including big data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning.
The new facility serves as a central hub for U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) operations at Fort Huachuca, known as the “Home of Army Intelligence.” It houses some of the Army’s most critical intelligence personnel and brings together units that had previously operated from aging buildings spread across the installation.
Army officials said the previous arrangement created operational challenges, including limited secure workspaces, outdated infrastructure and additional security requirements. Beginning in 2018, INSCOM launched an effort to consolidate those missions by renovating two existing buildings into a 16,300-square-foot intelligence operations center designed to improve collaboration and security.
The facility now houses INSCOM G3’s Detachment 52, elements of the U.S. Army Counterintelligence Command, representatives from the Ground Intelligence Support Activity, an emerging Foundry program element and other intelligence organizations.
Among those attending the dedication were Johnston’s wife, Brig. Gen. Amy Johnston, daughter Lauren Woodworth and granddaughter Arabella Woodworth.
Maj. Gen. Rhett R. Cox, commanding general of U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, said the building represents more than a new workplace.
“As we dedicate the U.S. Army INSCOM Major General Gary W. Johnston Consolidated Mission Facility, we do more than just open a new facility… we consecrate a tribute to his indelible legacy,” Cox said. “This facility will stand as a constant reminder of his service, his vision and his unwavering commitment to our nation and to the soldiers he led. It will inspire future generations of intelligence professionals to emulate his example of leadership and selfless service.”
Retired Chief Warrant Officer 5 Kevin Boughton, former INSCOM command chief warrant officer, said Johnston envisioned closer collaboration between the Army’s intelligence training and operational communities.
Boughton said Johnston believed the distance between the Intelligence Center of Excellence and INSCOM’s operational units “shouldn’t be measured in miles,” but instead by “a seamless flow of data, doctrine, and talent” where operational experience and institutional knowledge move freely between soldiers in the field and those training the next generation.
Johnston graduated from Russellville High School in 1983 before earning a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Arkansas Tech in 1987. Through the university’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program, he received his commission as a U.S. Army officer.
During a military career spanning more than 34 years, Johnston served in command and staff assignments ranging from platoon level to senior leadership within the Army and Department of Defense. He deployed in support of Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Joint Endeavor, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.
In 2015, Johnston became the seventh graduate of Arkansas Tech’s Army ROTC program to attain the rank of general officer. He was promoted to major general in 2017.
He concluded his military career as commanding general of U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, overseeing approximately 17,500 personnel operating in more than 40 countries.
Army leaders credited Johnston with helping modernize military intelligence by laying the groundwork for the establishment of the U.S. Army Counterintelligence Command, which was formally created in 2022 after his retirement. He also led development of what became the Army Intelligence Data Platform, designed to incorporate advanced data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning into intelligence operations while supporting future large-scale combat operations.
Johnston also promoted data science education within the military intelligence community by partnering with George Mason University to provide specialized training for Army warrant officers.
Colleagues remembered Johnston not only for his strategic vision but also for his leadership style. Despite working in one of the Army’s most demanding operational environments, they described him as a source of humor, kindness and encouragement whose focus remained on the soldiers, civilians and contractors carrying out the intelligence mission.
Johnston retired from active duty in 2021 and died in January 2022.
His latest recognitions add to previous honors from his alma mater. Johnston was a member of the inaugural Arkansas Tech Army ROTC Hall of Honor in 2017 and was inducted into the university’s Hall of Distinction in 2019.
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