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Women’s basketball national scoring leaders as of Jan. 21 (and steals)

Thankfully, the person at the top of this list is OK.

Sunday brought the attention on the top women’s scorer in the country for all the wrong reasons. She collided with a fan who had stormed the court at the end of the game and was knocked down. Fortunately, she wasn’t injured. Here’s how far ahead she is among the other top scorers on the list and their steals numbers, including Notre Dame’s representative, who also leads the country in steals:

Still without SEC’s top scorer, Arkansas women fall big to LSU

Playing without SEC scoring leader Taliah Scott, the Arkansas women’s basketball team fell behind early and never made a threat in a 99-68 loss at No. 10 LSU.

After falling behind 18-0 in the first six minutes of the game Sunday, the Arkansas women’s basketball team was unable to put up much of a fight against No. 10 LSU in a 99-68 loss in Baton Rouge,

The Lady Razorbacks (14-6, 2-3 SEC) shot 28 percent from the field and made just 12 of 47 attempts from beyond the arc, falling behind by 27 at the half.

Junior Samara Spencer finished with a team-high 20 points, along with seven assists, five rebounds and three steals, but went just 5-of-22 from the field. That was the kind of day it was for a hampered team that had just nine players available to take the court.

LSU standout junior Angel Reese was again dominant in the game, finishing with 16 points and 17 rebounds.

Arkansas was again playing without the SEC’s leading scorer, freshman sensation Taliah Scott, who missed her fourth straight game with a back injury. The Lady Hogs are 2-2 since Scott – averaging 22.3 points per game – got hurt against Kentucky on Jan. 4.

Arkansas has now lost three straight to LUS, since defeating the No. 12 Lady Tigers’ 90-76 at Bud Walton Arena in 2022.

The Lady Razorbacks must now try to heal up and prepare to host Kentucky at home on Thursday night,

Women’s basketball national scoring leaders as of Jan. 14 (and steals)

Hannah Hidalgo is her.

[autotag]Hannah Hidalgo[/autotag] is getting to the point where she’s breaking Notre Dame records. It’s only a matter of time before she starts threatening national records, too. She’s been that good, and she has no concerns about slowing down anytime soon. So let’s see how she ranks among the national scoring leaders and add in the steals averages that Hidalgo continues to impress with:

Women’s basketball national scoring leaders as of Jan. 7 (and steals)

See how Notre Dame’s rep on this list is doing.

[autotag]Hannah Hidalgo[/autotag] continues to do her best on a Notre Dame team that has hit a wall. The Irish have lost two of three since ACC play got underway as the lack of enough healthy bodies seems to be catching up to them. We’ll see if that will improve in the coming days and weeks. For now, here’s Hidalgo among the national scoring leaders and those leaders’ steals numbers:

Women’s basketball national scoring leaders as of Dec. 31 (and steals)

Check out where Notre Dame’s freshman phenom ranks.

[autotag]Hannah Hidalgo[/autotag] clearly is Notre Dame’s best player as we enter 2024. There’s no other way to put it given that she leads the country in steals and is one of its top scorers. One only can imagine what she’ll do over the next couple of months. For now, here’s how she ranks among the top scorers in the country along with their steals figures:

Arkansas women’s basketball closes out 2023 with victory

Arkansas finished off 2023 with a 19-point victory over Incarnate Word. SEC play begins Thursday at Kentucky.

The final day of 2023 saw the Arkansas women get a victory over Incarnate Word at Bud Walton Arena, 67-48.

Taliah Scott continued her torrid scoring stretch, dropping 24 on the visiting Cardinals, while tallying a career high four assists and grabbed three rebounds.

Arkansas outrebounded UIW, 42-35, and logged 16 points off of turnovers compared to UIW’s nine.

“It wasn’t going to be pretty, for lots of reasons,” Arkansas head coach Mike Neighbors said. “We set them up for adversity with a really long break. They (UIW) had played some other teams close and we knew when we scheduled this game, it would be great to challenge our kids and see how they respond.”

Arkansas (12-3) will take a four-game winning streak into Thursday’s SEC opener at Kentucky.

These are the 10 Best Arkansas Athletes of 2023

Who was the best player for the Arkansas Razorbacks this season?

The calendar year of 2023 for Arkansas sports as a whole was a bit of a mixed bag.

But on an individual basis, several Hogs athletes made the most of things and had seasons to remember.

Our annual Top 10 Arkansas Athletes list this year includes one baseball player, one softball player, two football players, one women’s basketball player, two men’s basketball players, two volleyball players and a soccer player.

On the honorable mention list: two softball players, one soccer player, one baseball player, one volleyball player, one basketball player.

Check out the complete list of our honorees for the 2023 calendar year below.

Arkansas’ Taliah Scott officially the most decorated freshman in history

Only two players in Arkansas history have done what Taliah Scott has done. And she has three months, basically, of the season left.

Arkansas has never seen a player like Taliah Scott. Actually, few in the entire Southeastern Conference have ever seen a player like Taliah Scott.

The Razorbacks’ freshman guard was named SEC Freshman of the Week on Tuesday. Impressive in and of itself, but the wildest thing? It’s her fifth time earning the honor this year.

By the way, conference play hasn’t even begun yet.

Scott tied Arkansas’ record for most weekly freshman honors in women’s basketball history. She is coming off a week in which she averaged 21.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists in helping the Razorbacks to a perfect two-game showing in the West Palm Beach tournament.

The five-time record ties her teammate Saylor Poffenbarger and former Arkansas basketballer C’eria Ricketts.

Scott leads the SEC in scoring and is second in the nation in total points, third in free-throw makes and attempts, third in field-goal attempts and 3-point attempts and sixth in points per game.

Arkansas has won three straight games since a shock defeat at the hands of Arkansas-Pine Bluff on December 10. The Razorbacks have a final nonconference game New Year’s Eve at home against Incarnate Word before SEC play begins January 4 at Kentucky.

Women’s basketball national scoring leaders as of Dec. 24 (and steals)

See where Hannah Hidalgo ranks.

Notre Dame got an early Christmas present this year in freshman phenom [autotag]Hannah Hidalgo[/autotag]. She not only is the national steals leader, but she’s among the top scorers in the country. At this point, one only can imagine what her Irish legacy will be by the time she’s through in South Bend. In the meantime, here’s how she ranks among those scoring leaders and how their steals averages compare with hers:

Arkansas wins second game of West Palm Beach trip

Arkansas was 2-0 against teams from Illinois in West Palm Beach before Christmas.

It didn’t take a buzzer beater to dispatch Illinois-Chicago on Thursday at the Massimino Center.

The Razorbacks got 26 points from superstar Taliah Scott and a superb effort from Saylor Poffenbarger to defeat UIC by 8.

Poffenbarger’s double-double (17 points and 11 rebounds) helped Arkansas return home with a 2-0 mark in the Sunshine State. It was Poffenbarger’s fifth of the season.

Scott hit 6 3-pointers, a career high, in the victory, which improved the team’s record to 11-3 on the year.

Samara Spencer had 13 points to contribute to the cause.

Arkansas will be back in action in over a week, when Incarnate Word comes to town for the final nonconference game of the year on December 31.

Tipoff is at 1:30 p.m. and will be streamed on SEC Network+.