Arkansas
Women’s Basketball Uses 31-Point Third Quarter to Top Auburn
FAYETTEVILLE – The Arkansas women’s basketball team (17-7, 5-4 SEC) used a 31-point third quarter and two big stops on defense at the end of the game to defeat Auburn (14-8, 3-6 SEC), 74-72, on the Hogs’ Play4Kay game. Arkansas outscored Auburn 31-11 in the third quarter, as Taliah Scott tallied 17 of her 33 points in that quarter alone to pace the Hogs to their third straight one possession win over the Tigers.
Auburn got off to a quick 6-0 lead, as the Hogs had back-to-back turnovers converted into points for the Tigers. Maryam Dauda then got Arkansas on the board after its fourth possession with a layup. Arkansas and Auburn then fell in scoring droughts that both lasted over two minutes until Auburn picked off another Arkansas pass and turned it into points. After a scoring drought of over three minutes, Scott took it to the lane for a layup. At the media timeout taken at the 4:42 mark, Arkansas trailed 10-4. Auburn went on a 7-0 run that started before the media timeout, while Arkansas was held in a scoring drought for nearly 3.5 minutes. Dauda then helped the Hogs get out of the drought with a layup, but Auburn led the way after the first quarter, 17-6.
The Hogs and Tigers exchanged baskets to begin the second quarter. Arkansas cut the deficit to eight with 7:49 left in the first half after Spencer made one of two free throws, but Auburn went on a 6-0 run, leading to Arkansas calling a timeout. The Hogs trailed 27-13 with 5:49 left in the quarter. After a scoring drought for nearly four minutes, Makayla Daniels took it to the rack for two, and after the Hogs started the game 0-for-9 from beyond the arc, Scott knocked down a triple. A Daniels layup and Scott jumper cut the deficit to seven until Auburn broke their 2.5-minute scoring skid with a jumper. After outscoring the Tigers 19-17 in the second quarter, Arkansas trailed 34-25 at the half.
Scott knocked down a jumper to begin the second half, but Auburn answered with four straight points. Daniels and Scott then responded with back-to-back triples in just 20 seconds to climb the Hogs within five. The Tigers called a timeout, as the Hogs trailed, 38-33, with 7:51 left in the third quarter. Scott then drained her third 3-pointer to cut the deficit to two, but Auburn made one of two free throws to put the lead back to three. Scott then knocked down her fourth 3-pointer of the game to tie the game at 41 with under five minutes to play in the third. A Scott and-1 pulled the Hogs ahead by three, Arkansas’ first lead of the game, which started an 15-0 run for the Hogs, while Auburn was in a scoring drought for over 4.5 minutes and had no field goals for nearly eight minutes. Daniels then delivered a 3-point play to extend Arkansas’ run to an 18-1 one. Auburn hit a 3-pointer just before the end of the quarter, but the Hogs outscored the Tigers 31-11 in the third to take a 56-45 lead into the fourth quarter.
To begin the fourth quarter, Scott hit her sixth 3-pointer of the game to extend the Hogs lead to 14. Auburn responded with a 4-0 run and then Scott made two freebies. Auburn then knocked down two triples to cut the deficit to seven, but Scott went to the rack for a floater to put the Hogs back up by nine. The Tigers knocked down a jumper, and at the media timeout taken at the 4:48 mark, Arkansas led, 64-57. The Tigers, who were starting to press, picked off a pass to convert to a layup and cut the Arkansas lead to four until Daniels made one of two free throws. Auburn went on a 9-1 run, but Samara Spencer came up with a layup in response to put the Hogs back up by three. The Tigers tied the game after making 3-of-4 shots from the line. With 1:24 left in the game, the game was knotted at 67. Daniels made two free throws to pull the Hogs back ahead, but Auburn responded with a layup.
Spencer converted a 3-point play after drawing a foul off a layup, which was a huge play for the Hogs, and with 37 seconds left, Arkansas led 72-69, as Auburn called a timeout. After a stop on defense, Scott got fouled and made both free throws. Auburn then made a 3-pointer off a second-chance opportunity, as the Hogs led by two with 17 seconds left. Auburn then had to have a quick foul and found Daniels, who missed both to give Auburn another chance. The Tigers missed a layup with two seconds left but came up with a team rebound with two seconds left on the clock. Auburn lobbed the ball for a jumper, but the Tigers missed the game-tying basket at the buzzer, as Arkansas pulled out the 74-72 victory.
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Arkansas will go back to the Sunshine State for the fourth time this season, set to place Florida on Feb. 8 at 5 p.m. CT. The game from Exatech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center will be broadcast on SECN+.
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Here’s a look at Monday, June 22, 2026 results for each game:
Winning Powerball numbers from June 22 drawing
17-19-21-45-48, Powerball: 13, Power Play: 2
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Winning Cash 3 numbers from June 22 drawing
Midday: 8-6-8
Evening: 4-9-7
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Winning Cash 4 numbers from June 22 drawing
Midday: 4-4-6-9
Evening: 6-4-1-4
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Winning Natural State Jackpot numbers from June 22 drawing
07-17-23-28-32
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Winning Millionaire for Life numbers from June 22 drawing
07-08-20-24-42, Bonus: 05
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When are the Arkansas Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 9:59 p.m. CT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 10 p.m. CT on Tuesday and Friday.
- Cash 3 Midday: 12:59 p.m. CT daily except Sunday.
- Cash 3 Evening: 6:59 p.m. CT daily.
- Cash 4 Midday: 12:59 p.m. CT daily except Sunday.
- Cash 4 Evening: 6:59 p.m. CT daily.
- Lucky For Life: 9:30 p.m. CT daily.
- Natural State Jackpot: 8 p.m. CT daily except Sunday.
- LOTTO: 9 p.m. CT on Wednesday and Saturday.
- Millionaire for Life: 10:15 p.m. CT daily.
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Arkansas
Latest Peppermint Hippo court filing alleges misconduct by Arkansas officials, asks for liquor license reinstatement
Video: Peppermint Hippo appeals liquor license revocation before Alcoholic Beverage Control board
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The latest court filing by a lawyer representing the Peppermint Hippo gentlemen’s club alleges misconduct by an Arkansas agency and its department head.
The filing asks that the club’s liquor license be reinstated pending judicial review of the January 2026 decision to revoke it. It alleges that Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Director Christy Bjornson “tainted the entire administrative proceedings.”
The filing alleges Bjornson had ex parte, or single-sided, conversations with Peter Riberiro about the death of his brother, John Riberiro. John Riberiro was killed in November 2021 after being ejected from the club and climbing a fence alongside Interstate 40, where he was hit by a car.
Peter Riberiro contacted ABC by email in February 2025, calling for the club’s license to be revoked. Bjornson replied to the email personally, and she and ABC Director of Enforcement David Potter then had a series of phone conferences with Peter Riberiro and his attorney through January 2026, ex parte communications since Peppermint Hippo representatives were not included, the filing alleges.
The filing also alleges that Bjornson acted with “extreme bias” in the club’s list of violations, including those that had previously been investigated and found unfounded. Bjornson determined the club was in violation, then looked for evidence substantiating her views, the filing alleges.
The state maintains, in a separate filing, that Bjornson’s communications were not ex parte under Arkansas law because she was acting as an administrator and the final decision was made by the ABC board, not her. Even if she was, the state’s filing continues, the decision to revoke was due to “substantial evidence and was neither arbitrary, capricious, nor an abuse of discretion.”
A hearing about the reinstatement is scheduled for Aug. 3 in Pulaski County Circuit Court.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — It may be hard to believe in the present day, but Arkansas did beat a Nick Saban-coached team once upon a time. Twice, actually.
Of course, it occurred when Saban was the head coach at LSU, not Alabama, where his Crimson Tide squads beat Arkansas 17 times in a row.
But all the way back in 2000, just months after Nolan Richardson’s Hoop Hogs delivered an SEC Tournament title, the Razorbacks beat LSU 14-3 at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock in Saban’s first campaign in Baton Rouge.
Do those circumstances sound familiar?
Yes, they might just be coincidences, but John Calipari’s team did cut down the nets in Bridgestone Arena on March 15 after winning the SEC Tournament.
Arkansas football is preparing to host LSU this fall (albeit in Fayetteville, not Little Rock) and the Tigers have a first-year head coach of their own in Saban protege Lane Kiffin.
Kiffin, of course, isn’t new to the SEC or Arkansas fans. The Razorbacks went 2-4 against Kiffin during his six years as the head coach at Ole Miss.
However, he does give the Razorbacks an opportunity, while a seemingly small one, to do something they haven’t done since beating the Tigers with Saban calling the shots in 2000: beat an LSU team led by a first-year head coach.
Teams led by first-year head coaches are supposedly more vulnerable and susceptible to defeat, though that trend has been largely nullified in the modern era due to the transfer portal and NIL.
Arkansas didn’t seem to get that memo, however. In its last three games against LSU when the Tigers had a first-year head coach, it lost all three.
Les Miles’ first LSU team beat the Hogs in a 19-17 nailbiter in Baton Rouge in 2005, though the 4-6 Razorbacks were surprisingly competitive against a 9-1 LSU squad.
In 2017, Ed Orgeron’s maiden voyage as LSU’s HC included a 33-10 rout of the Razorbacks at Tiger Stadium against a wounded Austin Allen.
In 2022, Arkansas gave LSU, the eventual SEC West champions, all it could handle in a 13-10 loss in Brian Kelly’s first tussle with the Hogs on what resembled more of a frozen tundra than Razorback Stadium.
Is there much hope for Arkansas and Ryan Silverfield to beat LSU on Nov. 28? Not really, and understandably so. Kiffin is not your average first-year head coach.
He’ll have an immensely talented QB in Sam Leavitt under center and a roster that could contend for a College Football Playoff berth or even an SEC title.
But depending on how Arkansas’ first 11 games of 2026 go, the Hogs could be playing for more than pride. There is potential for Arkansas to be fighting for bowl eligibility in Week 13 should it find victories against the likes of Utah, Auburn and South Carolina.
A win would be the Razorbacks’ first over their border rival at home since 2014. That’s not to mention the inherent nostalgia that will come with the Battle for the Golden Boot returning to its rightful place on the college football schedule as a Thanksgiving weekend rivalry game.
All that’s left for Silverfield to do is to dial up some 2000 magic and try and become the first man since Houston Nutt to beat the LSU Tigers with a first-year head coach on the opposite sideline.
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