Preview – No. 16 Arkansas vs. ULM

No. 16 Arkansas returns home to face off against Louisiana Monroe.

INFO
Date: Thursday, December 3
Opponent: Louisiana Monroe
Location: Bud Walton Arena
TV: SEC Network
Tickets: $5 adults | Kids $3 (17 & under)

LAST TIME OUT

• Then-no. 14 Arkansas fell in its fourth game in five nights, losing to then-No. 12 Maryland, 115-96, on Sunday night inside Alico Arena. Arkansas was doubled-up at the three-point line (16 to 8) and outrebounded (51 to 31) by the Terrapins.
• Sophomore Makayla Daniels, a Maryland native, led the Razorbacks on the scoresheet, going for 21 points against the Terps. She also chipped in with four rebounds, three assists and a steal.
• Redshirt senior guard Chelsea Dungee had 18, Destiny Slocum had 16 against her former team, and Marquesha Davis had a career-high 15 points in the loss.
• Maryland came out of the gates hot early, opening up a 27-17 lead in the first quarter. The second quarter was even better for the Terps, as they scored 30 in the frame on 55 percent shooting from the field, while making four of their five threes attempted in the frame.
• However, the third frame turned out to be the knockout punch, as the Terps dropped 41 in the period, shooting 57 percent on their 23 shots attempted, while making five triples in the frame. Katie Benzan had 11 in that quarter alone, while Diamond Miller had eight.
• Daniels’ 21-point game was her first 20+ point game of the season, and the third such game of her career.
• Davis had another solid game against the Terps, notching a team-high three steals to go along with her career-best 15 points.
• Slocum once again led the Hogs in assists, dishing four of them.

STORYLINES

• Arkansas is 3-1 through four games in the 2020-21 schedule.
• The Razorbacks are one of just two teams in the NCAA to have played four games so far, joining Florida Gulf Coast, who they just faced off against at the Gulf Coast Showcase.
• They are the only Division I team to play four Division I opponents.
• Arkansas started the season out with a dominant win over Oral Roberts, beating the Golden Eagles 96-49 at home.
• Arkansas won its first two games at the Gulf Coast Showcase, beating Wake Forest handily, 98-82, before coming back from 11 down to beat host FGCU, 86-80.
• Arkansas dropped a 37-point third quarter on Wake Forest, a program record for most points in a single quarter.
• Arkansas suffered its first loss of the season to then-No. 12 Maryland, losing 115-96.
• As a result, Arkansas dropped in the polls, moving down to 16 in the AP Poll. There was no Coaches Poll released this week.
• Arkansas has a two-headed monster in its backcourt, as Makayla Daniels and Destiny Slocum have formed a dynamic lead guard duo for Coach Neighbors.
• Daniels is averaging 17 points per game, and has scored in double figures in all four of Arkansas’ games thus far.
• For perspective, she only scored in double figures in 10 games all of last season.
• She has been well rounded from the point guard spot, though, as she is second on the team in points (17.0), rebounds (5.0), assists (2.8) and steals (1.8) per game.
• Destiny Slocum, meanwhile, has been excellent in her own right through her first four games with the Hogs.
• She is averaging 16.5 points per game, good for third on the team, and leads Arkansas in assists, dishing 14 of them so far this season.
• Slocum has also made a team-high nine triples, shooting 39 percent from beyond the arc.
• The Oregon State transfer also leads Arkansas in minutes played, averaging 29.0 per game.

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