Preview - Arkansas @ Alabama

Mario Bravante January 19, 2022

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Date: Thursday, Jan. 20
Time: 8 p.m. CT
Opponent: Alabama
Location: Coleman Coliseum
TV: SEC Network
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LAST TIME OUT

Arkansas Women’s Basketball trimmed what was a 20-point advantage down to four with 4:20 to play, but fell to No. 1 South Carolin, 61-52.
The Hogs were led by Makayla Daniels and Amber Ramirez, who scored 17 and 14 points, respectively.
Sunday’s contest was a defensive battle, with neither team topping 18 points in any of the four quarters played. The two teams traded 15-0 runs in the second half, but it was the experience of the country’s top team that helped South Carolina pull away in the final minutes. The Gamecocks received big performances from Destanni Henderson and Aliyah Boston, who each went for 19 points. Boston added 13 rebounds in her double-double game.
Arkansas traded punches with South Carolina in the opening frame. Ramirez and Henderson was the matchup to watch early, with Ramirez scoring 8 and Henderson 7 in the first quarter. The nation’s top team started to find Boston in the second quarter, as the dominant forward tallied 11 points and six rebounds in the frame. Arkansas trailed by nine heading into halftime.
The Gamecocks started to show their dominance in the third quarter, stretching their lead out to 20 and appeared to be on cruise control to a fifth-straight win. But the Hogs stuck to the fight, climbing back into the game with a 15-0 run that started in the fourth quarter and ended with just under seven minutes in the fourth. Arkansas applied a lot of defensive pressure on Boston in the game’s waning minutes, holding her to just four points in the second half. While Arkansas, on the shoulders of Daniels, brought it back to a four-point game, the Razorbacks ran low on steam and fell by nine.
Arkansas held South Carolina to its second-lowest scoring effort of the season, with Duke being the only team to hold the Gamecocks to fewer than 61 points (55).
South Carolina committed 19 turnovers as a result of the Razorbacks swarming defense.
Jersey Wolfenbarger made a difference on the defensive side, helping lock down Boston in the second half and finishing with a team high +13.

STORYLINES

With 2022 in full swing, Arkansas is 11-6, splitting their last two SEC games.
Neighbors’ squad continues to hover towards the top of the NET rankings, and are 32nd currently.
Most recently, Arkansas nearly completed a furious comeback against No. 1 South Carolina, but ultimately fell short, losing 61-52 to the Gamecocks at home.
Down as many as 20, the Hogs cut the deficit to just four with 4:20 remaining in the game.
Makayla Daniels led the way in the fourth, scoring 13 of her team-high 17 points in the frame.
Last Sunday, the Hogs downed Mizzou 83-73 in Bud Walton Arena.
Amber Ramirez led the way, dropping in 21 points, including 11 made free throws.
The Hogs only turned the ball over two times against Mizzou, a new program record.
Rylee Langerman played the best game of her career to date, scoring 17 big points vs. the Tigers.
She hit five of her six threes in the contest, a new career-best.
Arkansas now heads back out on the road, traveling to take on the Crimson Tide Thursday.
Neighbors’ squad has yet to grab an SEC road win – the Hogs’ SEC opener at Ole Miss was postponed, and the Hogs fell at Vanderbilt on January 6, 54-51.

SCOUTING ALABAMA

The Crimson Tide is coming off a 85-77 loss to Florida at home on Jan. 16, its fourth straight loss.
Five of the Tide’s seven losses this season have come by just eight points or less.
Furthermore, in six of its seven losses this season, it has led its opponents in the second half.
In conference action, the Crimson Tide is shooting 35.8 percent from the field and 32.1 percent from long range, averaging 60.5 points per game.
In conference action, the Tide is holding its opponents to shooting 43.9 percent shooting from the field and 28.4 percent from long range, averaging 70.5 points per game.
In SEC games, two players are averaging double-figure scoring in Brittany Davis (15.0) and Hannah Barber (10.2).
Both Davis and Barber are ranked in the SEC top five in three-point field goals made with 39 and 36, respectively.
In SEC games, Brittany Davis is leading Alabama in rebounds per game (7.8), followed closely by Jada Rice (6.3).

MORE INFORMATION

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