FAYETTEVILLE – The Arkansas ladies’s basketball crew (24-12) gutted out a 71-66 victory over former Southwest Convention Texas Tech (20-15) in entrance of an energized residence crowd within the Postseason WNIT Tremendous 16. Arkansas got here out with the fireplace, beginning the sport off with a 15-0 lead. Texas Tech settled in, proudly owning the lead for eight minutes of the competition that noticed six lead adjustments and 4 ties, however the Razorbacks owned a 19-14 benefit within the third quarter, which was the distinction within the sport. Makayla Daniels led the Razorbacks with 21 factors and eight rebounds, whereas Chrissy Carr added 17 factors. Arkansas will journey to Kansas to play the Jayhawks within the Nice Eight on Sunday afternoon, marking Arkansas’ fourth look within the fourth spherical of the WNIT, first since 2011.

Texas Tech received the tip, however Samara Spencer took a cost to pressure an early Girl Raider turnover. The Razorbacks capitalized with a second-chance 3-pointer courtesy of Saylor Poffenbarger. Carr then knocked down a 3-pointer and Erynn Barnum got here up with a steal to ship a layup, as Arkansas was up early, 8-0, simply 1:16 into the sport, forcing Texas Tech to take an early timeout. Arkansas continued to get the job executed on protection, capitalizing with one other Poffenbarger triple. Texas Tech scored its first basket after almost six minutes with a jumper, however Spencer answered with one other jumper of her personal. With three minutes to go within the quarter, Arkansas led 17-4. Texas Tech started to choose it up and went on a 5-0 run, whereas Arkansas was in a scoring drought for almost three minutes. The Girl Raiders then knocked down a triple, and after one quarter, the Razorbacks held an 18-12 benefit. After Arkansas’ 15-0 begin, the Girl Raiders outscoring the Razorbacks 12-3 within the second half of the quarter.

Texas Tech capitalized on a gradual begin for the Razorbacks within the second quarter, because the Girl Raiders began the body on a 4-0 run. It took almost 6.5 minutes, however Carr knocked down a triple to take the Razorbacks out of their drought. Texas Tech responded with a layup and obtained fouled within the course of however couldn’t convert the 3-point play. On the media timeout, Arkansas had the slight edge, 21-18, however out of the break, Texas Tech drained a triple to tie the sport at 21 with lower than 4 minutes remaining within the half. The Girl Raiders then took their first lead of the sport on their subsequent possession with one other 3-pointer, whereas Arkansas was held scoreless for 4 minutes. With the Girl Raiders on a 10-0 run, Arkansas took a timeout, as Texas Tech led 26-21 with 2:17 left within the quarter. Out of the break, Makayla Daniels broke the Razorbacks’ drought with a much-needed triple and Carr tied the sport at 26 with a layup. Daniels made her personal miss with a layup to assist the Razorbacks go up by two, however Texas Tech tied the sport on the buzzer with the sport tangled up at 28 on the half.

The Girl Raiders obtained the primary basket of the second half with a layup because the shot clock expired, following that up with a jumper for a 4-0 run. Daniels then knocked down her second 3-pointer of the sport to chop it again to a one-point sport. Spencer knocked down a 3-pointer to offer the lead again to the Razorbacks, 36-35, with below six minutes to play within the quarter. The Girl Raiders didn’t make a area purpose for six minutes however benefited from getting fouled and obtained majority of their third quarter factors from the free throw line, taking the lead once more off freebies. Jersey Wolfenbarger delivered a jumper and Daniels obtained one on their subsequent possession to offer the Razorbacks the lead again, 40-39, with 2:28 left within the quarter. Arkansas then began to make their solution to the road, making two of 4 free throws, and after a Spencer miss, the Razorbacks got here up with the offensive board, resulting in a Maryam Dauda layup off a Wolfenbarger dish. Wolfenbarger then knocked down a 3-pointer, which capped off an 11-0 run, however Texas Tech nailed a 3-poitner on the buzzer to finish their scoring drought and path the Razorbacks, 47-42, going into the fourth quarter.

Texas Tech missed two free throws to start the quarter however obtained the rebound and made a jumper because the shot clock expired. The Girl Raiders obtained one other fortunate look, as they banked in a shot on the buzzer, however Daniels answered with a 3-pointer of her personal. Arkansas went on a 6-0 run, benefiting from Texas Tech’s coach getting a technical foul and Wolfenbarger drawing a foul as nicely. With 6:33 left within the sport, Arkansas held the 55-49 benefit. Texas Tech then went on a 5-0 run to make it a 56-54 sport with 5:50 remaining within the contest. With no Arkansas area objectives for over three minutes, Carr delivered back-to-back triples, however Texas Tech responded on each with baskets of their very own. Daniels drew a foul and made two photographs, as Arkansas led 66-59 with 2:05 left within the sport. Arkansas got here up with stops on protection, forcing Texas Tech to foul. The Razorbacks made 7-of-10 photographs from the road down the stretch, delivering stops after they wanted to as a way to intestine out the 71-66 win over the Girl Raiders.

HOG HIGHLIGHTS

• Daniels paced the Razorbacks with 21 factors, whereas scoring 16 of her factors within the second half. She knocked down three 3-pointers and went 8-of-10 from the free throw line, whereas flattening eight boards and doling out three assists. She performed almost 38 minutes.
• Now at No. 11 on the all-time scoring checklist, Daniels has 1,442 profession factors
• Carr adopted with 17 factors, delivering 4 3-pointers, together with pivotal ones down the stretch within the fourth quarter
• Spencer registered 10 factors, three rebounds, three assists and two steals in 37 minutes
• Wolfenbarger recorded eight factors off 3-of-5 from the sector
• Poffenbarger had a close to double-double of eight factors and 9 boards. She moved as much as No. 3 on the person season rebounding checklist (249)
• Barnum logged 5 factors, 10 rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block. She is now No. 23 on the profession rebounding checklist at Arkansas (571)
• The Razorbacks knocked down 11 3-pointers. On the season, Arkansas has 298 3-pointers, which is the second most in a person season in program historical past
• Arkansas is now an ideal 12-0 over the Girl Raiders in Fayetteville
• Arkansas outscored Texas Tech 15-2 in fastbreak factors and 16-8 in second-chance alternatives
• The Razorbacks advance to the fourth spherical of the Postseason WNIT for the fourth time in program historical past, first since 2011
• Arkansas’ 24 wins ties probably the most for this system since 2019-20, as that crew went 24-8

UP NEXT

The Razorbacks will head to Lawrence to face Kansas on Sunday, March 26 at 2 p.m. inside Allen Fieldhouse.