Alabama
Arkansas
Women's Basketball Edged by No. 20 Arkansas 57-53
1/16/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 16, 2011
Final Stats | Quotes | Photo Gallery 
| Alabama 53, No. 20 Arkansas 57 [Box Score] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jasmine Robinson chipped in a team-high 12 points against the Razorbacks. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Crimson Tide Basketball Central | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basketball Home | Season Statistics | Roster | Media Guide TideTV - Watch the games online! | SEC Basketball | NCAA Basketball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The women's basketball team fell to No. 20 Arkansas on Sunday, 57-53, in Coleman Coliseum. The loss drops the Crimson Tide to 11-7 overall and 0-5 against Southeastern Conference opponents, while the Razorbacks improve to 15-2 on the season and 3-2 versus league foes.
"Today was disappointing, no question about it," Alabama head coach Wendell Hudson said. "When you get open passes and good shots and you don't convert, that is the most discouraging thing about the game of basketball. Arkansas turned the ball over 28 times, and down the stretch in the last few minutes we rebounded the ball, we had them taking the shots we wanted them to take, we were forcing turnovers, and we didn't get a basket out of that. That is discouraging."
Leading Alabama in scoring was freshman Jasmine Robinson with 12 points. She was followed by senior Tierney Jenkins and sophomore Celiscia Farmer, who added eight points apiece. Jenkins also recorded a game-high seven rebounds.
Arkansas led the entire first half, but Alabama kept close allowing the Razorback lead to not reach more than six until late. During the final three minutes, Arkansas used a 10-3 run, including a three-pointer at the buzzer, for the 32-23 lead at the half.
Robinson led Alabama in points at the break with eight.
The Tide cut its nine-point halftime deficit to four with 90 seconds played. Freshman Kaneisha Horn scored all five of Alabama's points during that stretch.
"We tried to stay positive at halftime, and that worked for us because we came out ready," Horn said. "Coach (Hudson) told us we had to compete more than we did in the first half."
The Razorbacks remained in front by at least two until a pair of free throws by Robinson provided the fifth tie of the game with 7:31 to go. From there, the Tide went cold from the floor missing seven of its final nine shots.
"I think there were a lot of times that we had people open at the basket, and we threw it too high," Hudson said. "On the fast break in that stretch that I was talking about earlier, how we had opportunity after opportunity, that's when we were passing it off each other's feet and throwing it a little bit too high because they were thinking of how open their teammate was."
For the game, the Tide shot 40.0 percent (18-45) from the floor, while the Razorbacks hit 39.1 percent of their attempts (18-46). Arkansas was able to collect five more three pointers than Alabama and collected five more rebounds.
Next up, the Tide hosts Georgia on Thursday, Jan. 20, at 8 p.m. CT. The game will air live on CSS.
