Musick Picks Up First Road Win at Arkansas

December 13, 2025

SPRINGFIELD – Arkansas women’s basketball (9-3) picked up its first true road win under first-year head coach Kelsi Musick on Saturday at Missouri State (7-4), 73-58.

The Hogs never trailed and were led by junior Jenna Lawrence with 17 points off the bench.

First Quarter – 17-6

Bonnie Deas scored the first points of the game at the 8:55 mark.
The Hogs got out to a 10-1 lead before Missouri State made its first field goal 5:43 mark.
Ashlynn Chlarson led the Hogs with six points and a pair of rebounds before the first media timeout.
Arkansas went on a three-minute scoring drought halfway through the first before Harmonie Ware made a pair of free throws to put the Hogs up 12-3.
Three Hogs picked up two fouls in the first quarter: Ware, Mayberry and Deas.
Missouri State shot 7% (1-14) from the field in the first compared to Arkansas’ 36.8% (7-19).

Second Quarter – 29-17

The Bears’ leading scorer, Kaemyn Bekemeier, opened the quarter with just their second field goal.
Missouri State started the quarter 1 for their first 8 from the field.
Arkansas led 22-10 at the second quarter media timeout.
The Bears ended the quarter 2 for their last 12.
Bekemeier was held to just four points.
Emily Robinson led all scorers with seven points after the first half.

Third Quarter – 50-32

Ware, Chlarson and Deas picked up their third personal fouls in the opening three minutes of the second half.
Arkansas passed the 40-point mark and led by 18, its largest of the game, after a jumper in the paint from Maryn Archer.
Missouri State hit its first three-pointer of the game at the 5:50 mark.
The Bears went on a 6-0 run to cut the Razorbacks’ lead to 12.
Arkansas responded with back-to-back buckets and the Bears called a timeout.
The Hogs went on an 8-0 run to go up 20 points with two minutes left in the third quarter.
The Razorbacks scored a game-high 21 points in the third quarter and led by 18 points after 30 minutes.

Fourth Quarter – 73-58

Deas was the first Razorback to enter double figures at the 8:58 mark in the fourth quarter.
Missouri State opened the quarter with a 10-0 run with back-to-back threes from Bekemeier and Janyla Bush to cut Arkansas’ lead to 12 with seven minutes to play.
Lawrence ended the Bears’ lead with a jumper out of the timeout.
Bekemeier hit another three and made two free throws to cut the Hogs’ lead to 10. Chlarson fouled out with 3:48 to play.
The Bears got as close as eight before Robinson hit her first three of the game to end their run.
Missouri State outscored Arkansas 26-23 in the fourth.

Game Notes

Arkansas was without its leading scorer, Taleyah Jones (16.7 points per game), for the second straight game.
Six Razorbacks had at least three fouls before the end of the third quarter.
Deas picked up her 10th game in double-figures and finished with 12 points and 8 rebounds.
The Hogs outrebounded Missouri State, 53-36, the second-largest margin in a game this season.
Arkansas led by as many as 22 points with 8:31 left in the game.
Five Razorbacks scored in double-figures: Lawrence (17), Deas (12), Robinson (12), Ashlynn Chlarson (10) and Maria Anais Rodriguez (10). Both of Arkansas’ bigs (Rodriguez and Chlarson) scored in double-figures in the same game for the first time this season.
The Hogs finished shooting 40.8% (29-71) from the field and held Missouri State to 29.3% (17-58).
Both teams finished with 18 turnovers.

Up Next

The Hogs will host Stephen F. Austin on Wednesday, Dec. 17 at Bud Walton Arena. Tip-off is set for 6:30 p.m.

For more information on Arkansas women’s basketball, follow @RazorbackWBB on social media.