FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — It is gut-check time for Arkansas and Mike Neighbors in all probability is aware of it higher than anyone.

“A few of our conduct in all probability wants to begin lining up with our expectations,” he stated after the Razorbacks blew a 19-point halftime lead in opposition to Ole Miss earlier than a rowdy Bud Walton crowd in a 76-73 loss.

Some might name it an upset, however that may be principally people that hadn’t appeared on the Rebels’ 6-2 report coming into the sport and figured the Hogs’ three straight losses have been in opposition to three of the perfect groups within the SEC (LSU, South Carolina and Alabama).

Then once more, you bought the thought from Neighbors later he might need had an thought they have been headed for one thing like this.

“It is not an upset to me,” he stated. “I’ll be certain they know that. It is nothing greater than a possibility that we cannot get again. Should you preserve letting alternatives go, later in life you will have regrets.

“I do not need them to have regrets. So long as we’re doing all the pieces we will do in shedding, advantageous.”

That leads again to the entire conduct and expectations factor. The underside-line translate to that’s they should observe higher to be pretty much as good as they suppose they’re.

Neighbors did not say that. It is taking a stab at studying between the traces.

“If we wish to deal with the ball, we have to work on our ball-handling,” he stated. “If we wish to shoot the ball, we in all probability must be capturing further. If we wish to be the lockdown defensive participant, you in all probability must be watching greater than 11 minutes of movie that week.”

The coaches know, as they need to. If the gamers did not know this, they’re in all probability conscious by now.

“We have these little units that inform us how a lot movie they’re watching,” Neighbors stated.

This loss might have left him with questions on what he is been doing. With simply seven video games left on the schedule and shrinking probabilities to impove their post-season potentialities they cannot slip up any extra.

“Possibly I over-estimated our capability to assault,” he stated, clearly second and third-guessing nearly all the pieces proper now. “Our decision-making could also be at fault. It may very well be the performs we’re calling.

“Possibly we’re not in a position to perform as quick as now we have been previously. I’ll be open to all choices.”

Arkansas (17-7, 4-5 SEC) could not end the job in opposition to Ole Miss (18-4, 7-2 SEC) on Sunday, falling to the Rebels in extra time, 76-73.

Within the first half, Arkansas led 39-20 going into halftime, holding the Rebels to 26.5 % from the sector.

“We set basketball again 15 years within the first half,” Ole Miss coach Yollett McPhee-McCuin stated later.

The story was completely different within the second half, as Ole Miss outscored Arkansas 44-25, whereas outrebounding the Razorbacks 25-8.

In extra time, Ole Miss outscored the Razorbacks 12-9 to clinch the 76-73 win.

Erynn Barnum went on a tear within the loss, scoring a career-high 37 factors, which matches down because the seventh most factors scored by a Razorback in a recreation in class historical past.

Arkansas acquired rolling early because of aggressive play from Barnum underneath the basket to offer the Razorbacks seven of their first 9 factors of the sport, main 9-2 underneath three minutes into the sport. On the media timeout, Arkansas led 12-4.

The Razorbacks have been held scoreless from the sector for almost 4 minutes, which allowed the Rebels to get on an 8-0 run out of the timeout to tie the sport at 12-12.

Barnum dug the Razorbacks out of their scoring drought with a second-chance layup and some minutes later, Ole Miss took their first lead of the sport off a jumper. With lower than a minute left within the quarter, Barnum knocked down a triple, because the Razorbacks led 18-16 after one quarter.

After an Ole Miss basket, Samara Spencer earned her first factors of the sport off a 3-pointer, because the Razorbacks retook the lead, 21-18. Barnum stored her scorching capturing going with one other triple and after a Spencer layup, Arkansas went up 26-18 with 6:22 left within the second, forcing Ole Miss to take a timeout.

The Rebels scored out of the timeout, however that may be their final basket of the quarter with 6:06 to go within the second body. Arkansas stored pouring it on, closing out the quarter on a 13-0 run, as Spencer knocked down her second 3-pointer of the sport.

Barnum got here up with one other layup and following a nasty cross by Ole Miss, Makayla Daniels capitalized with a layup to assist Arkansas tally 4 factors in 4 seconds. The Razorbacks held Ole Miss to simply 4 factors within the second quarter, a season low for opponents in 1 / 4. Arkansas went into the locker room up 39-20.

Ole Miss scored its first factors in over six minutes with two free throws and adopted that up with layups on back-to-back possessions.

Barnum acquired the Razorbacks their first factors of the second half with a layup to convey her level whole as much as 20.

On the media timeout with 4:58 left within the third, Arkansas led 45-33. Ole Miss minimize the result in 10, however with a Spencer floater, Arkansas led 47-35 with three minutes left within the third.

Barnum hit her third 3-pointer of the sport to raise the Razorbacks forward by 15, however Ole Miss scored two baskets to chop the lead, as Arkansas led 50-39 going into the ultimate 10 minutes of play.

The Rebels capitalized on their first two possessions with layups to make it a seven factors recreation, 50-43, with 8:55 remaining within the contest.

Ole Miss got here up with one other layup out of the timeout, however Spencer delivered a layup for the Razorbacks’ first factors of the fourth quarter. Barnum tied her career-high with 27 factors off a wide-open layup. Ole Miss made it a three-point recreation, 54-51 with a bit of greater than 5 minutes left within the recreation.

Barnum then made two free throws and one other layup to increase her level whole to 31. Ole Miss went on a 9-0 run to tie the sport at 58 after which led with 2:31 left within the recreation.

A Chrissy Carr free throw and two from Daniels helped Arkansas retake the lead, 61-60, with lower than two minutes left within the recreation.

Arkansas didn’t rating a area aim for 4 minutes, and located themselves down, 62-61, with 1:14 left within the recreation. Barnum acquired fouled within the technique of getting a layup to place the Razorbacks again forward, 63-62 with seven seconds left.

After a defensive cease by the Razorbacks, Barnum was fouled and made one among two free throws to guide by two. With seven seconds left, Ole Miss made a layup as time expired, forcing extra time with the sport tied at 64.

After Ole Miss acquired a bucket to begin extra time, Barnum answered on the opposite finish with an and-1. A Daniels floater helped the Razorbacks retake the lead, 71-70 with 2:11 left in extra time.

That was the one lead Arkansas would have for the rest of the sport, as Ole Miss retook the lead with a layup, which began a 6-2 run to finish the sport. Arkansas fell in a heartbreaker, 76-73.

Hogs Highlights

• Barnum scored a career-high 37 factors, which is the seventh most in a recreation in class historical past. She additionally added six rebounds and three assists, in addition to tied a career-high three 3-pointers

• Spencer logged 16 factors, six assists, 5 rebounds and three steals

• Daniels recorded 12 factors, six rebounds, three assists and three steals

• Arkansas held Ole Miss to 1-for-11, 9.1 %, from past the arc

• Arkansas held Ole Miss to 4 factors within the second quarter, which is a season greatest for Arkansas in 1 / 4

Subsequent Recreation

Subsequent on the docket is at Auburn on Sunday at 2 p.m. The sport shall be broadcast on SEC Community from Neville Enviornment.

Info from Arkansas Communications is included on this story.

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