GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Arkansas' shooting problems followed the Razorback women across state lines on the second leg of a Southeastern Conference road trip.
Arkansas' two leading scorers were blanked for the first 11 minutes of Sunday's 72-58 loss to Florida at O'Connell Center. This came on the heels of Thursday's 55-53 loss at Vanderbilt, when Arkansas missed its last 18 shots from the field and blew a 12-point lead in the last 10 minutes.
Arkansas fell to 11-8 overall, 1-6 in the SEC, while Florida improved to 10-10 and 2-5, respectively.
Sophomore Kelsey Brooks led the Arkansas scoring with 14 points, though she and Jessica Jackson (11 points) started slowly. Melissa Wolff added 12 points, Jhasmin Bowen nine and Calli Berna eight with seven assists for Arkansas.
Florida led 41-24 at halftime, shooting 53.1 percent from the floor while outrebounding Arkansas 19-12 and forcing 12 turnovers. The Razorbacks finished 20-for-55 shooting (36.4 percent) and were outboarded 41-33.
Arkansas plays Auburn at home Thursday night.
-- From staff reports
No. 5 Tennessee 59
No. 22 Georgia 51
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Jordan Reynolds scored a career-high 15 points and Tennessee came from behind in the second half for a victory over Georgia, which lost leading scorer Shacobia Barbee to an injury.
Barbee got hurt with less than three minutes left in the first half, was helped off the court and walked to the locker room on crutches just before halftime. She didn't return in the second half.
Tennessee (17-3, 7-0 SEC) won despite failing to score in the first eight-plus minutes of the second half, which allowed Georgia to take a 35-30 lead. Georgia (17-4, 5-3) had a scoring drought of its own that lasted nearly seven minutes later in the game.
Isabelle Harrison put Tennessee ahead for good at 47-45 by converting a three-point play with 5:51 remaining.
No. 14 Kentucky 83
Missouri 69
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Jennifer O'Neill scored 19 points to pace a balanced attack and Kentucky outlasted Missouri.
Kentucky led 43-40 at the break but Missouri responded and went up 50-48 with 14:07 left. The Wildcats scored the next 11 points, including a three-pointer by Bria Goss, and Missouri never got closer than six points the rest of the way.
Makayla Epps had 18 points and 10 rebounds for Kentucky (16-4, 5-2 SEC). Goss finished with 16, Linnae Harper had 15 points, 10 boards and four steals and Alexis Jennings contributed 10 points. The Wildcats had 12 steals and forced 22 Missouri turnovers.
Sierra Michaelis led Missouri (11-9, 1-6) with 16 points. Maddie Stock made four three-pointers and finished with 14 points. Morgan Eye added 13 points despite 3-of-12 shooting and Jordan Frericks had 10 points and 13 rebounds.
No. 2 Connecticut 96
Cincinnati 31
CINCINNATI -- Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored 12 of her 19 points in the first half, missing only one shot all game, and No. 2 Connecticut rolled to its 17th-straight victory, over Cincinnati and former Huskies star Jamelle Elliott.
The Huskies (18-1, 8-0 American Athletic) haven't loss since falling at Stanford 88-86 in overtime on Nov. 17. UConn's seven wins in January have come by 36, 38, 59, 34, 42, 55 and 65 points.
Mosqueda-Lewis went seven of eight from the field, playing only 16 minutes. Breanna Stewart also had 19 points in 16 minutes. Connecticut went to its bench midway through the first half of a game that was lopsided from the start.
The Bearcats (5-14, 2-6) fell behind 22-0 and went more than six minutes before getting their first basket on a putback. Cincinnati is 0-12 all-time against UConn.
No. 4 Louisville 68
Miami 55
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Myisha Hines-Allen scored a career-high 23 points, making 10 of her 11 shots, to help Louisville rally to beat Miami.
Louisville (18-2, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) held Miami to a single field goal in the first 10 1/2 minutes of the second half and built a 56-39 with 5:38 to play. The Cardinals trailed by 13 in the first half, falling behind early for the second straight game, but withstood a late charge to atone for Thursday's loss at Florida State.
Bria Smith added 13 points, seven rebounds and six assists.
Adrienne Motley led Miami (15-4, 5-1) with 18 points. The Hurricanes cut Louisville's lead to 60-53 with 3:07 to play but the Cardinals scored eight straight to cement the win.
No. 7 Maryland 84
Indiana 74
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Lexie Brown scored 21 points and Brionna Jones added 10 and 14 rebounds to help Maryland remain unbeaten in Big Ten play with a win over Indiana.
Maryland (17-2, 8-0 Big Ten) has won 11 straight since falling to Notre Dame on Dec. 3.
The Hoosiers (12-7, 2-6) led early and tied the Terrapins five times early in the first half. The game was tied at 15 with 12:44 left in the half before Maryland outscored Indiana 32-14 the rest of the half.
A late surge by Indiana closed the deficit to 10 with under a minute to play. That was the closest the Hoosiers would come to challenging the Terrapins, whose biggest lead was 24.
Tyra Buss scored 19 points to lead Indiana.
Iowa State 58
No. 8 Texas 57
AUSTIN, Texas -- Nikki Moody scored 14 points, including two free throws with 17. 5 seconds left, to help Iowa State upset Texas.
Texas guard Brooke McCarty then missed a jump shot with two seconds left.
Seanna Johnson added 13 points for Iowa State (15-4, 5-2 in Big 12).
Kelsey Lang led Texas (14-4, 3-4) with 12 points, but she attempted only one shot in the second half while surrounded by defenders. Texas, which has lost four of its last five games, took a 54-52 lead with 2:15 remaining on a three-point basket by freshman McCarty. Lang, swarmed by defenders inside, passed the ball out to McCarty.
After a missed jump shot by Moody, Texas forward Nekia Jones converted a three-point play with 55 seconds left.
Bryanna Ferstrom made a layup for Iowa State that left the Cyclones trailing by a point with 33 seconds left.
No. 9 Oregon State 67
No. 13 Arizona State 54
TEMPE, Ariz. --Jamie Weisner scored 21 points to help Oregon State beat Arizona State to take over sole possession of first place in the Pac-12.
Oregon State (18-1, 8-0 Pac-12) used a 14-0 run early in the second half to pull away from Arizona State (18-2, 7-1) to win its eighth in a row and end the Sun Devils' 14-game winning streak, one short of the school record.
Center Ruth Hamblin added 12 points for the Beavers, who scored 28 points in the lane, taking advantage of their height advantage. Weisner also hit 3-of-4 from beyond the arc for Oregon State.
Katie Hempen led Arizona State with 22 points, hitting 6-of-8 from outside the three-point line, but was the only Sun Devil in double figures. Oregon State led by as much as 20 in the second half, never allowing the Sun Devils closer than 11 after that.
No. 15 Duke 74
No. 12 N. Carolina 67, OT
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Elizabeth Williams scored a career-high 33 points to help Duke beat North Carolina.
Rebecca Greenwell added 14 points and a career-best 14 rebounds for the Blue Devils (14-6, 5-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who shot just 39 percent but snapped a five-game road losing streak -- their longest in two decades.
Williams finished 14-for-25 from the field and carried the load as her team struggled for consistent offense. The 6-foot-3 senior also had 10 rebounds and four blocks, including one on Latifah Coleman's layup on the final play of regulation.
Williams scored the go-ahead basket in the post to start overtime, then kicked out to Greenwell for a three-pointer off an offensive rebound that put Duke in control.
Allisha Gray scored 20 points to lead the Tar Heels (17-4, 4-3), who shot just 30 percent and went 5-for-30 from three-point range.
Sports on 01/26/2015