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Arkansas women finish undefeated on European trip

Three games down, three victories. The Arkansas women enjoyed a fruitful trip to Europe and will return home to prepare for the 2023-24 season.

The Arkansas basketball ladies capped off a 3-0 mark in Europe on Sunday, defeating the University of Regina 100-61 in Athens, Greece.

Jenna Lawrence, the freshman from Farmington, led the team in scoring with 15 points while Maryam Dauda, Sasha Goforth and Makayla Daniels were all in double figures with 14, 13 and 12 points respectively.

Arkansas enjoyed a 50-23 advantage on the glass, with Jersey Wolfenbarger pulling down 7 of those rebounds, five of which came on the offensive end. The Razorbacks had 19 as a team.

Taliah Scott tallied five assists to lead the team. They made 14 of 39 3-pointers and went 10-of-12 at the charity stripe.

The team will take some time off when they return to Fayetteville before beginning practices in preparation for the season, which begins in November.

Arkansas women roll InCroatia All-Stars in first game overseas

Winning a basketball game by 112 points is impressive, no matter who it’s against.

The first results are in, and they’re pretty good.

Arkansas’ women’s basketball team is on its European tour, and Monday’s first game went well. Like really well.

The ladies led 43-1 after a quarter, 70-7 at halftime, 101-12 after three quarters and then outscored their opponent, InCroatia, 23-0 in the final stanza.

Freshman Jenna Lawrence had 13 points, 5 rebounds and 5 steals at halftime, while Sasha Goforth, who is back this year after sitting out 2022-23, had five points, four rebounds, three assists and three blocks in the first half.

They will be back in action Wednesday against ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica and then will trek to Greece and play University of Regina on Sunday in Athens.

She’s baaa-aack! Fayetteville native, Arkansas guard Sasha Goforth unretires

Fayetteville’s own Sasha Goforth is back for Arkansas after getting medical treatment. She was a McDonald’s All-American.

Just over a year ago, Fayetteville High grad and Arkansas women’s basketball player Sasha Goforth was forced to retire from the game. Her health problems were too much.

Almost exactly 12 months later, with treatment helping, Goforth is making her return to the court.

Goforth, a 6-foot-1 guard, will play as a junior next season. She averaged more than 10 points a game during her first year at Arkansas in 2021-22 after she transferred back to her hometown from Oregon State.

Her return provides coach Mike Neighbors with four McDonald’s All-Americans on the roster. Goforth joins forward Jersey Wolfenbarger, center Maryam Dauda, rising guard Taliah Scott. Also returning for ARkansas is All-SEC Samara Spencer, who set school records for games and minutes last year.

In addition to her 11.5 points per game two years ago, Goforth also averaged 4.8 rebounds and 2.1 blocks in starting every game of the season.

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Hogs pick up grad transfer from Syracuse

Carr has experience in the ACC and Big 12 both, plus familiar ties to the Arkansas program.

Only one spot remains on the Arkansas women’s basketball team.

Syracuse transfer [autotag]Christianna Carr[/autotag] announced her commitment via the transfer portal to the Razorbacks on Thursday. Carr averaged 11.7 points and 4.6 rebounds last year for Syracuse.

She is the first player landed via the portal this offseason, countering the transfer of two players from Arkansas. Center Destinee Oberg entered the portal last month and Elauna Eaton entered the portal on April 2. The Razorbacks also lost All-SEC performer [autotag]Amber Ramirez[/autotag] to exhausted eligibility and sophomore starter [autotag]Sasha Goforth[/autotag], who retired because of a medical condition.

Carr started her collegiate career in her hometown of Manhattan, Kansas, where she played three years for Kansas State. Arkansas coach Mike Neighbors’ wife, Jayci Stone, was an assistant at K-State when Carr was a freshman.

Arkansas has 12 scholarship players now on the roster for 2022-23. The NCAA maximum is 13.

Former McDonald’s All-American stepping away from Arkansas basketball

One of the best players in Fayetteville High School history is stepping away from basketball after diagnosis of a stomach malady.

Sasha Goforth’s high-school career was one of the best in Fayetteville High School history. When the local product decided to return to home to play for the Razorbacks, the future for Hogs basketball was promising.

Goforth averaged 11.5 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 2.1 blocks during his first year at Arkansas. But on Saturday night, she revealed she would stepping away from the team for an undetermined amount of time.

“This past year, with the combination of Gastroparesis and anxiety, basketball became too much,” Goforth tweeted. “The side effects affected my performance and kept me feeling miserable. Although this is incredibly hard for me, I know that the best thing for me to do right now is to step away from basketball.”

Goforth was a McDonald’s All-American coming out of FHS in 2019. She started her career at Oregon State, playing her freshman year with the Beavers before transferring to Arkansas where she sat our her first season.

“This year I was blessed enough to get the chance to a part of an amazing program with some amazing people in it,” Goforth said. “I can’t begin to describe how thankful I am that Coach Neighbors and the rest of the Arkansas staff was gracious enough to let me come back this year and be a part of this team.”

Razorbacks clinch No. 8-seed for SEC Tournament after beating Mississippi State

Arkansas will get Mizzou in the first round on Thursday. The Hogs took both games from the Tigers this year.

Arkansas clinched the No. 8-seed for the SEC Tournament on Sunday by beating Mississippi State, 87-79, in Starkville.

The Razorbacks snapped a four-game losing streak with the victory and finished the regular season with a record of 17-12 and 7-9 in SEC play. The record in league play was the same as Missouri, which Arkansas will play in the first round of the SEC Tournament on Thursday. The Hogs beat Missouri twice in the regular season.

Sunday’s win over Mississippi State was important in keeping the Razorbacks in the NCAA Tournament. ESPN’s Charlie Creme has Arkansas as a No. 10-seed for the Dance even before the SEC Tournament starts. A fifth straight loss may have sent them further down.

But Sasha Goforth’s 20 points led five Arkansas players in double figures. She shot 8 of 13 from the floor and blocked three shots, as well.

The key were turnovers. Arkansas committed just five, but scored 15 points off Mississippi State’s 12 turnovers.

Amber Ramirez had four steals and 15 points as Arkansas’ No. 2 scorer. Anastasia Hayes led Mississippi State with 20 points.

Arkansas falls in final seconds against UCF

Arkansas had a four-game winning streak snapped in the last eight seconds against Central Florida on Thursday.

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Diamond Battles’ lay-up with nine seconds left put Central Florida ahead by a point and her steal of Sasha Goforth with four seconds left ensured UCF’s victory over Arkansas on Thursday night in Orlando, 52-51.

The loss is Arkansas’ (6-2) first in its last five games. The Golden Knights (6-1) have won four straight games, including victories over Southern California and Virginia, as well. UCF’s only loss is to No. 11 Tennessee.

Battles had appeared to the be the scapegoat for a potential UCF loss when Erynn Barnum stole the ball from her with 30 seconds left. Goforth put the Razorbacks ahead on the ensuing possession. Battles and Tay Sanders were the only two Central Florida players who finished in double figures as Sanders had 15 points and Battles another 13.

Arkansas guard Makayla Daniels led all players with 18 points. Goforth also finished in double figures with 11.

The Razorbacks return to Bud Walton Arena on Sunday for a matinee against California.

Arkansas dispatches of UA-Pine Bluff women on Friday, 96-53

The Razorbacks improved to 2-0 before a showdown with No. 2 UConn on Sunday in Hartford, Connecticut.

Five Arkansas players finished in double figures as the Razorbacks steamrolled the UA-Pine Bluff women on Friday, 96-53.

Erynn Barnum and Elauna Eaton each had 15 to lead all scorers.

UA-Pine Bluff shot 25% from the field for the game.

Freshman Samara Spencer had 14 points, while Sasha Goforth and Amber Ramirez chipped in 11 each.

Arkansas forced 24 Golden Lions turnovers that they converted into 27 points, and the Razorback bench outscored UAPB 40-28.

The team will be back in action tomorrow at UConn, a team it defeated in Fayetteville a year ago.

Geno Auriemma’s bunch is the No. 2 team in the country, but has yet to play a regular-season game yet.

Tipoff is scheduled for noon from the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. SNY will televise the contest.

Arkansas women get exhibition win over UA-Fort Smith

Mike Neighbors’ team rolled over UAFS in an exhibition on Friday night at Bud Walton Arena, 114-55.

Oregon State transfer and former Fayetteville standout Sasha Goforth led all Razorbacks with 17 points as Arkansas rolled to an exhibition win over UA-Fort Smith on Friday night at Bud Walton Arena, 114-55

Freshman Samara Spencer added 16 in her debut, as the 114 points were the second-most ever scored by Arkansas in an exhibition.

2,639 attended the game, the most since 1999 for an exhibition game.

Amber Ramirez hit 4 3-pointers and had 14 points, while Marqueshia Davis and Makayla Daniels each tallied 11.

Jersey Wolfenbarger, a McDonald’s All-American signee, had 8 points and 9 rebounds in her first action.

Mike Neighbors’ team opens regular season play on Wednesday night against Tarleton State. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m. and will be streamed on SEC Network+.

No Chelsea Dungee? Arkansas replacing her with three McDonald’s All-Americans

Arkansas coach Mike Neighbors is breaking in a roster full of new faces.

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Much like their counterparts on the men’s side, the Arkansas women’s basketball team will have quite the new look when the season begins November 15 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

Senior guard Amber Ramirez is the only senior on the roster. She’s one of two starters back for coach Mike Neighbors. Junior guard Makayla Daniels is the other. They were two of the four double-digit scorers for Arkansas last year. Chelsea Dungee and Destiny Slocum, the other two, are now in the WNBA.

In their stead come Sasha Goforth, Jersey Wolfenbarger, Maryam Dauda and Samara Spencer. The last three are freshmen. The first three are all Arkansas natives. They’re all McDonald’s All-Americans, too.

“I don’t know what the end of this picture looks like with this team yet, but we have unique pieces,” Neighbors said. “We have unique pieces that I’ve never had all under the same roof or on the same team at the same time.”

Goforth is likely to take the biggest early jump as a newcomer. She transferred from Oregon State where she was an All-PAC 12 Freshman. The Fayetteville High grade gives Arkansas a third player who averaged in double figures last year.

Wolfenbarger and Stephens are guaranteed to play, too. Stephens will apprentice under Daniels, to whom Neighbors compared her. Wolfenbarger is a unicorn. She’s 6-foot-6, but listed as a guard.

In time, the scoring and leadership Dungee and Slocum brought will sort itself out, Neighbors said.

“New challenges for them as players to get it together and build it into a cohesive puzzle that we all know what it can and should look like,” he said. “We’re going to have some work to do on role development and shot distribution and playing time but that’s what is fun about this.”