Hogs Grab 54 Rebounds in Loss at No. 20 Tennessee

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Arkansas women’s basketball (11-7) fell to 0-4 in SEC play after an 85-50 loss at No. 20 Tennessee (12-3, 4-0 SEC) on Sunday afternoon in Knoxville.

Sophomore Jada Bates led the Hogs with  13 points for the second straight game and finished one rebound shy of her first collegiate double-double.

First Quarter – 18-29

• Arkansas started Taleyah Jones, Wyvette Mayberry, Bonnie Deas, Jada Bates and Ashlynn Chlarson. Bates picked up her first career start.
• Tennessee won the opening tip and Janiah Barker got a put-back layup for the first points.
• Bates answered with a wide-open corner three-pointer.
• Tennessee had more makes (9) than Arkansas had attempts (7) and led 20-9 by the first media timeout at 4:16.
• Bates led the Hogs with seven points in the first quarter.
• Tennessee scored 11 points off of Arkansas’ seven turnovers in the first quarter.
• Both teams shot 50% in the first quarter, but the Lady Vols had 16 more attempts.
• Arkansas was 6-6 from the free-throw line in the opening quarter.

Second Quarter – 30-43

• The Hogs were scoreless for the first 2:31 until Chlarson got a put-back to make it 20-31. Jones’ and-one right after made it 23-31 with 6:47 left in the quarter.
• Freshman Harmonie Ware hit a three at the 5:23 mark to make it 33-26 Tennessee at the media timeout.
• Chlarson cut it to 5 points out of the timeout and the Lady Vols were scoreless for the last 2:01 and 1 for its last 7 from the field.
• Tennessee went on an 8-0 run to get it back to a 13-point game.
• The Razorbacks finished the half 1 for their last 10 from the field.

Third Quarter – 41-65

• Tennessee opened the half with an and-one from Mia Pauldo for its largest lead to this point, 16 points.
• Arkansas was held scoreless for over two minutes midway through the third quarter and the Lady Vols jumped out to a 21-point lead.
• The Hogs were held to a game-low 11 points in the third quarter.

Fourth Quarter – 50-85

• The Lady Vols hit a three from Janiah Barker to open the quarter.
• Tennessee’s 17-2 run gave them a 37-point lead with under three minutes to play.

Game Notes

• The Hogs committed 26 turnovers and the Lady Vols scored 25 points off the errors.
• Tennessee, which entered the game taking the second most threes nationally, went 11-41 from beyond the arc.
• Arkansas’ 54 rebounds were the most in SEC play this season and the most in an SEC game since the 2008-09 season.

Up Next

The Hogs will stay on the road and face Missouri on Thursday, Jan. 15 in Columbia.

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