Wilson Has Career High
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The University of Arkansas dropped the first of two Southeastern Conference road games this week with a 90-65 loss at Texas A&M in College Station, Texas, on Thursday.
Arkansas (11-6, 0-4 SEC) struggled offensively in the first half getting behind early and having to play catch-up in front of the Aggies’ (13-4, 3-1 SEC) largest crowd of the year.
Razorback freshman Aaliyah Wilson dropped in a career-best 20 while sophomores Malica Monk and Keiryn Swenson were also in double figures with 16 and 10, respectively. Senior Jessica Jackson was held to single digits for the second consecutive game with 5 points,
Key Run
Texas A&M opened the game on a 10-2 run that put the Razorbacks behind early. Arkansas opened the game with a two-point basket from Jessica Jackson at the 8:26 mark and got its second field goal from Malica Monk at 5:43 in the first frame. That deficit proved difficult to overcome.
Key Stat: 66%
Arkansas struggled against a hot-shooting Texas A&M team. The Aggies shot 66% in the game going 35-for-53 from the floor. Forty-six of those points came in the paint against and undersized Razorback team.
Notable
• All Time: 21-8 | Fayetteville: 11-2 | College Station: 8-5 | Neutral: 2-1
• Arkansas is 8-20 in road games under head coach Jimmy Dykes. That mark includes a 1-3 record this season and a 3-15 record in conference road games.
• Arkansas had a 12-point halftime deficit, the second largest margin of the season.
Looking Ahead
Arkansas remains on the road, traveling to Alabama (Jan. 15) for the second of back-to-back road games next week. The Razorbacks return home on Jan. 19 for a matchup with Vanderbilt.
Other future home games include Missouri (Jan. 23), Georgia (Feb. 2), No. 5 South Carolina (Feb. 5), No. 24 Kentucky (Feb. 16) and Auburn (Feb. 26).
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