Amber Ramirez was Arkansas’ best player on a day she was honored pre-game during Senior Day, but her 18 points weren’t enough as the Razorbacks dropped a second game in a row, falling to Kentucky, 78-55.
The loss dropped Arkansas (16-10, 6-7) below .500 in the SEC with three games remaining. The Hogs are tied for seventh in the league with Mississippi State, a team they close the season with in Starkville.
Kentucky has won four straight games to move just a game back of the Razorbacks and Bulldogs. And the Wildcats dominated from the jump, leading by nine points after the first quarter. Rhyne Howard entered the game as the SEC’s leading scorer, averaging 19.6 points per game. She beat that average by 10, dropping 29 on 9 of 16 shooting, including five 3-pointers.
Ramirez, Arkansas’ lone senior, went 4 from 9 from deep, but she was the only Razorbacks player in double figures. Makayla Daniels, who missed the last four games with injury, had seven points in her return.
Arkansas plays at Ole Miss on Tuesday, home against Georgia on Thursday and closes the season at Mississippi State on Sunday.