GREENVILLE, S.C. – No. 9 seed Arkansas comes again within the fourth quarter to beat No. 8 seed Missouri, 85-74, on Thursday within the second spherical of the SEC Event inside Bon Secours Wellness Area.

Mizzou’s Chrissy Carr opened the sport with a triple earlier than a back-and-forth battle for the lead. A layup by Carr adopted up by a Makayla Daniels 3-pointer pulled the Hogs away, 16-9, with just below three minutes remaining within the first quarter.

The Tigers labored again in entrance, 21-20, with a layup and pair of free throws by Jayla Kelly earlier than the primary quarter ended.

The Razorbacks responded with out hesitation as Carr cashed in 10 factors, together with two triples, inside the first two minutes of the second quarter to drag away once more, 30-24.

Nonetheless, within the last minutes of the half, Frank and Ashton Judd drilled back-to-back threes to grab the lead, 35-32.

Each groups traded buckets for the rest of the second quarter, however a layup by Samara Spencer put the Hogs forward earlier than the halftime buzzer, 41-40.

On the half, the Tigers marked eight 3-pointers on 16 makes an attempt from past the arc in comparison with the Razorbacks’ six of 13, 4 of which Carr contributed.

The Hogs gave up their one-point lead early within the third as a pair of free throws from Sara-Rose Smith shifted the momentum.

Arkansas did not again down, tying it up at 53 with 4:31 left within the third, shortly earlier than Mizzou’s Frank nailed a 3-pointer and Katlyn Gilbert dropped in a layup, 58-53.

The Razorbacks ran away for the remainder of the third quarter on a 11-3 run to take an eight-point lead into the fourth quarter, 64-56.

A rejuvenated Arkansas kicked off the fourth to shortly carry it inside three, 64-41. Mizzou’s Hansen hit a triple however one other 3-pointer by Carr would maintain it shut, 67-64.

After a Hogs timeout, Daniels tacked on a clean three to match Mizzou at 67 with 5:06 remaining. Spencer’s layup pushes Arkansas forward for the primary time for the reason that second quarter earlier than Daniels drops one other in from past the arc to stretch the lead, 72-67.

Arkansas refused to let up, outscoring the Tigers 24 to 10 within the fourth quarter, to say the 85-74 victory within the second spherical of the SEC event.

Up Subsequent

9-seed Arkansas will face 1-seed South Carolina within the quarterfinals of the SEC Ladies’s Basketball Event on Friday at 12:00 P.M. ET.