Tag: Taliah Scott

Scott drops 29 in collegiate debut, leads Arkansas to win in season opener

The Razorbacks should put up the points in 2023-24, but the wins won’t always come easily.

The words “Louisiana-Monroe” conjure bad memories for Arkansas fans and on Tuesday, they nearly added another.

The Razorbacks’ women’s basketball team had to fight off ULM in their season opener Tuesday night, 81-76, in a big season for Arkansas coach Mike Neighbors.

Arkansas led by 14 points in the fourth quarter before the Warhawks cut the lead to three with seconds remaining. Freshman Taliah Scott, in her college debut, was good enough from the free-throw line to hold off any further charge.

Actually, Scott was good in just about every respect. The prize in Neighbors’ Class of 2023, Scott scored 29 points and had six rebounds to led the Razorbacks. She was joined in double figured by Makayla Daniels (17) and Samara Spencer.

Saylor Poffenbarger had 21 rebounds for the Razorbacks and Sasha Goforth scored four points off the bench in her first game out of retirement.

Neighbors is in his seventh season at Arkansas, but the Hogs have just two NCAA Tournaments in his previous six. The Razorbacks are back at it Friday at 10:30 a.m. in Bud Walton Arena against Murray State.

Arkansas women’s basketball signee named Florida’s Gatorade POY

Taliah Scott is the first Arkansas signee since Jersey Wolfenbarger to be named a state’s Gatorade Player of the Year.

Arkansas future guard Taliah Scott was named Florida’s girl’s basketball Gatorade Player of the Year.

Scott is the first Arkansas signee since Jersey Wolfenbarger to be named a state’s Gatorade Player of the Year. Wolfenbarger won the award in 2020 and 2021 in the beautiful state of Arkansas.

The other players to win the honors during the Mike Neighbors era were players Sasha Goforth (Arkansas, 2019), as well as Destiny Slocum (Idaho, 2015 and 2016), and Chelsea Dungee (Oklahoma, 2014).

In her final season, Scott averaged 36.2 points, 9.2 rebounds, 4.8 assists, and 3.0 steals per game. Her scoring average led the state of Florida and was fourth in the country leading St. Johns Country Day to the Class 2A state semifinals in Florida. The final game of her high school career included a 47-point performance and 11 3-pointers.

The McDonald’s High School All-American selection and Class 2A Player of the Year finished her high school career with 2,733 points and maintained a 4.32 GPA.

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