Arkansas Pulls Away in Fourth Quarter to Defeat Missouri

GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Arkansas women’s basketball team (21-11) never wavered to Missouri (17-13) to earn their 10th straight win over the Tigers with an 85-74 victory in the opening round of the SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament. Arkansas trailed by as many as 11 with 51 seconds in the third quarter, but the Razorbacks charged on a 16-0 run in the fourth quarter to outscore the Tigers 29-10 in the fourth quarter. Chrissy Carr went off for a career-high 34 points off 11-of-14 shooting from the field. The win marks the eighth SEC Tournament victory in the Mike Neighbors era in just six years. Arkansas is set for a rematch with No. 1 South Carolina for a quarterfinal matchup at 11 a.m. CT.

Carr wasted no time, burying a 3-pointer on Arkansas’ first possession. Missouri went on a 5-0 run to retake the lead, but Arkansas quickly took it back with a Samara Spencer jumper. The Tigers went back up on their next possession, but Spencer found an open Erynn Barnum beneath the basket for a layup. After another Carr triple, Missouri called a timeout with Arkansas ahead, 11-7, with 5:48 left in the first quarter. Saylor Poffenbarger came up with a block on the defensive end to set up the Razorbacks on the other side for a Makayla Daniels 3-pointer. The Tigers closed out the final three minutes of the quarter with a 12-4 run to retake the lead just before the end of the quarter. Missouri led 21-20 after the first quarter.