Basketball (W)

WBB Preview: Arkansas at Georgia

February 8, 2025
SEC Network Game Notes

ATHENS, Ga. – The Razorback women’s basketball team (9-16, 2-8 SEC) will end its two-game road trip at Georgia (16-7, 2-9 SEC) on Sunday. Tipoff is set for 11:00 a.m. CT and the game will be televised on SEC Network with Brenda VanLengen (play-by-play) and Bria Goss (analyst) on the call.

Arkansas is coming off a 78-55 loss at Mississippi State on Thursday night in Starkville. Izzy Higginbottom added her 14th 25+-point game this season, and finished 13-13 from the free throw line.

The Bulldogs, on a seven-game losing streak, are coming off a 74-42 loss to No. 2 South Carolina.

Game Info

Opponent: Georgia (16-7, 1-9 SEC)
Tipoff: 11:00 a.m. CT
TV/Streaming: SEC Network
Radio: Listen | RSN Affiliates
Live Stats: Click here

Arkansas
Head Coach: Mike Neighbors
Record at Arkansas: 147-109 (8th season)
Career Record: 245-149 (12th)
Leading Scorer: Izzy Higginbottom (24.4 PPG)
Leading Rebounder: Vera Ojenuwa (6.8 RPG)

Georgia 
Head Coach: Katie Abrahamson-Henderson
Record at Georgia: 43-45 (3rd season)
Career Record: 415-202
Leading Scorer: De’Mauri Flournoy (12.3 PPG)
Leading Rebounder: Amiya Evans (6.8 RPG)

Game Notes

  • This is the 46th all-time meeting between Georgia and Arkansas. The Bulldogs lead it 38-7. The Razorbacks and Georgia last met in 2024 in Fayetteville, where Arkansas picked up a 83-43 win. The 40-point victory marked the third largest margin in an SEC game in school history Arkansas also snapped a four-game losing streak to the Bulldogs and tallied its seventh win against Georgia in the series.
  • Izzy Higginbottom has cemented herself as one of the best scorers in the NCAA through the first 25 games and ranks No. 3 in the country and first in the SEC in points per game (24.4) ahead of Vanderbilt’s Mikayla Blakes (22.1). She has been the Hogs’ leading scorer in 20 games (Fairfield, Little Rock, UTA, UCLA, ORU, OSU, BGSU, BC, TTU, LIB, Troy, UCA, LSU, Texas, AUB, TEN, KEN, A&M, FLA, MSST) this season
  • She also leads the team and the SEC in FT%, going 185-204 (.907) from the charity stripe. Higginbottom leads the SEC and ranks fourth in the NCAA in FTA (204) and leads the NCAA with 185 FTM. She’s been perfect from the line in 10 games (ETA&M, LR, UCLA, BGSU, SEMO, LU, Troy, LSU, VAN, FLA, MSST) this season.
  • In total points, Higginbottom leads the NCAA with 609.
  • Higginbottom exploded for a career-high 38 points against Boston College, then the most points by a Razorback since Chelsea Dungee dropped 41 against Auburn in 2019.
  • With the 38 points from the BC game and 18 points against SEMO, Higginbottom was named Co-SEC Player of the Week.
  • With 26 points against Tennessee, Higginbottom had 19 straight games in double figures and is the first Hog to accomplish the feat since Amber Ramirez did it in 2021-22. The streak ended after Higginbottom scored just five points against No. 19 Alabama on Jan. 19.
  • Higginbottom is tied for the most 25+ point games in the NCAA (14 games) with Florida State’s Ta’Niya Latson.
  • Izzy picked up her second 30+ point game of the season after she dropped 36 points at Auburn on Jan. 9. It was tied for the second most points in an SEC game this season. It’s also the seventh most by a Razorback player in an SEC game and was then the most since Erynn Barnum scored 37 points against Ole Miss.
  • Against No. 11 Kentucky, Higginbottom scored 32 points on the Wildcats and followed it up with a 33-point performance against Texas A&M on Jan. 30.
  • In the first game of February, against Florida, she scored her first 40 point game and became just the fourth Razorback to score 40 points in a game in program history and was four points shy of tying the single-game record. It’s tied for the third-most points in an SEC game this sesaon. She is one of 14 players in the NCAA to score at least 40 points in a game and one of 8 in the NCAA to score at least 40 points in a conference game this season. She’s also tied for the eighth-highest scoring game
    this year.
  • On a league scale, Higginbottom ranks second in the SEC in scoring average (25.5)
    behind Vanderbilt’s Mikayla Blakes (26.2) and ranks first in FT% at 91.8% (78-85)
  • Sophomore guard Kiki Smith has established herself as a consistent scoring threat for Arkansas. The Topeka, Kan. native has 10+ points in 11 of 21 games and has started every appearance this season.
  • Smith paced Arkansas with 22 points in its first win of the season against East Texas A&M.  She went 8-9 from FG and the lone miss was in the fourth quarter. Against Alabama, Smith scored a season and game high 23 points, going 8-15 from FG and 4-9 from 3.
  • Before being sidelined with an ankle injury, Kiki ranked ninth in the SEC and 90th in the NCAA with 47 3s
  • Freshman Phoenix Stotijn made her long awaited debut against Texas Tech. The Dutch native settled in in the second half and shot 3-6 from three and converted her lone free throw attempt. Stotijn finished with 12 points and played just over 20 minutes.
  • Vera Ojenuwa ranks No. 9 in the SEC with 171 rebounds.
  • The Hogs also added former Razorback soccer player Ella Rogers to the roster. Rogers, a Granville, Ohio native, was a first-team all district and first-team all-league guard for Granville High School. Rogers made her basketball debut on Feb. 3 against Florida.

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