Preview - No. 13 Arkansas vs. No. 8 Texas A&M

Mario Bravante January 9, 2021

INFO
Date: Sunday, Jan. 10
Time: 3 p.m.
Opponent: No. 8/7 Texas A&M
Location: Bud Walton Arena
TV: SEC Network
Tickets: Click HERE
Game Program: Click HERE

LAST TIME OUT

Arkansas (10-3, 1-2) fell to the Tennessee Lady Volunteers (7-1, 1-0), 88-73.
The Hogs grabbed an early lead, but with 5:13 to go in the second quarter, Tennessee grabbed a one-point advantage, one the Lady Vols would never surrender.
Redshirt senior guard Chelsea Dungee led the Hogs on the score sheet, going for 30, marking her ninth career game going for 30 or more points.
Destiny Slocum and Amber Ramirez also reached double figures, as both shot fifty percent from the field en route to 17 and 15 point games, respectively.
Dungee scored 30 points and pulled down seven rebounds, both season-highs.
It was Dungee’s 16th straight game scoring in double-figures.
Dungee also nabbed five steals in the game, a new season-high. It was the second five-steal performance from a Hog this season.
Slocum helped keep the Hogs afloat after the halftime intermission, scoring 14 of her 17 points in the second half.
The Razorbacks shot 83 percent from the charity stripe, knocking down 20 of their 24 free throw attempts.
It was the Hogs’ eighth game this season making 20+ free throws.

STORYLINES

No. 13 Arkansas is 1-2 over its first two games in SEC play, beating Missouri at home, while falling on the road to both then-No. 13 Kentucky and Tennessee.
As a result of their week one split, the Hogs dropped in both the polls, moving down to 13 in both the AP and Coaches Polls.
In the first NET Rankings, the Hogs came in at No. 15. They are now 4-3 against teams in the Top 100, including a win over No. 3 Baylor.
With the win against Missouri, Arkansas now has 10 victories on the season.
They are one of just four teams in the NCAA to have already reached double-digit wins, joining No. 3 NC State, No. 8 Texas A&M and Stephen F. Austin.
The win was also the third in a row for the Hogs over the Tigers, the first time they have beaten Mizzou three straight times since the 2014-15 seasons.
Chelsea Dungee has been on a tear to start conference play, averaging 25.0 points per game, good for second in the SEC (min. 2 games played), behind only Rhyne Howard.
She scored 20 against Kentucky, 25 against Mizzou, and a season-high 30 against Tennessee.
The tough open to the conference schedule doesn’t get any easier for Arkansas, as the Aggies are ranked eighth in the nation.
It will be Arkansas’ fourth game already this season against a top-15 opponent.
Amber Ramirez has kept it rolling during her second season on the Hill.
She has hit 34 of her 74 attempts from three, second most in the NCAA so far this season.
That 45.9 percent mark from deep leads the team (min. 15 attempts).
Ramirez was phenomenal against Wake Forest, going for a season-high 22 points.
She was unstoppable through much of that game, as she made her first eight shots.
She was even better in the biggest game of the season, going for a team-high 23 points against No. 4 Baylor.
She showed her big game ability against the Lady Bears, scoring 16 of those points in the second half.

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