GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Arkansas 71, Kentucky 50
Associated Press
LEXINGTON, Kent. - Erynn Barnum and Saylor Poffenbarger scored 17 points apiece and No. 24 Arkansas ended a three-game losing streak with a rare win at Kentucky, topping the Wildcats 71-50.
Makayla Daniels added 11 points for the Razorbacks (14-3, 1-1 Southeastern Conference), who are now 4-13 in Lexington, last winning there in 2003.
Barnum was 7-of-11 shooting, grabbed eight rebounds, dished a career-high seven assists and had three blocks for Arkansas, which lost to ranked Oregon and LSU after a win over No. 16 Creighton had them at 13-0 to start the season.
Blair Green scored 14 to lead the Wildcats (8-6, 0-2) and Jada Walker added 13. Maddie Scherr had 10 rebounds and eight points.
Poffenbarger's three-point play kicked off a 10-0 run to close the first quarter for a 16-8 Arkansas lead and Barnum scored the first six points of the second quarter as the Razorbacks took a 24-19 lead into intermission.
Arkansas put together an 18-2 run in the third quarter, increasing their lead to 52-25 when Daniels nailed her third triple of the period.
Kentucky was 2 of 14 from 3-point range and shot 26% overall. The Wildcats also had 23 turnovers that the Razorbacks turned into 33 points.
Arkansas is home against Florida on Thursday, while Kentucky goes to Georgia.
January 1, 2023
| Arkansas | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| E. Barnum | F | 29 | 7-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4-8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| S. Poffenbarger | G | 34 | 8-17 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 2-7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| S. Spencer | G | 33 | 1-8 | 3-4 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| M. Daniels | G | 26 | 3-8 | 2-2 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| C. Carr | G | 25 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 2-8 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| R. Langerman | 23 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 2-7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| J. Wolfenbarger | 15 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| M. Dauda | 11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| E. Ellis | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| A. Hughes | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 27-64 (.422) |
9-11 (.818) |
8-25 (.320) |
12-41 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 71 | |
| Kentucky | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| N. Leveretter | F | 19 | 1-4 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 6-9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| M. Scherr | G | 38 | 1-11 | 6-7 | 0-5 | 4-10 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| B. Green | G | 33 | 5-19 | 2-2 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| J. Walker | G | 33 | 6-14 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| E. King | G | 18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| A. Adeyeye | 14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| A. Petty | 14 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| A. Jenkins | 13 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| E. Russell | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| K. Cambridge | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 17-65 (.262) |
14-19 (.737) |
2-14 (.143) |
19-41 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 18 | 50 | |
Officials: Gina Cross, Karen Preato, Frank Steratore
Attendance: 3,284
