Arkansas hammers Louisiana-Monroe
Women's Basketball
Derek Oxford
Issue date: 11/17/08 Section: Sports
Of those 24 turnovers, Arkansas turned them into 23 points, and there was a 14-2 margin in fast break opportunities against the Warhawks.
"Associate head coach Tim Eatman worked very hard getting our pressure in place," Collen said. "It will be better this year but it was pretty darn good today."
Shanita Arnold added seven points, seven assists and five rebounds working out of a point guard role.
"We came out playing hard and we wanted to set the tempo early," Arnold said.
Brereton earned the first two points of the season for Arkansas with a lay-in off a steal on a fast break for the Razorbacks.
Arnold's three-pointer at the 16:06 mark of the first half was the first of the season for Arkansas and gave the Hogs an early 10-5 advantage.
The Razorbacks mostly struggled from the field after that, however, connecting on only 12 of its 33 shot attempts in the first half.
Jones hit a jumper for Arkansas to give the Razorbacks their first double-digit lead at 22-12 with 7:53 remaining in the opening half.
Ricketts hit two free throws the next trip down to extend the lead to 12, but ULM answered and cut the lead to seven before Arkansas connected for two baskets - a layup by Jones and a jumper by Arnold - right before the buzzer sounded.
Arkansas led only 30-19 at the break, but outscored ULM 47-19 in the second half.
"They're an improved team over where they were last year," ULM head coach Mona Martin said. "We're very young and we shot the ball poorly but I don't want to take away from Arkansas because their defense had a lot to do with that."
Ricketts scored 10 of her game-high 14 in the second half, while Charity Ford, who had 10, scored eight during that period.
Lyndsay Harris was the fifth player for Arkansas in double figures with 10.
ULM didn't have a player reach double figures, but Sumar Leslie had eight for the Warhawks.
Arkansas will have three days off before it returns to the court to face High Point Wednesday night.
Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. from Bud Walton Arena.
"Associate head coach Tim Eatman worked very hard getting our pressure in place," Collen said. "It will be better this year but it was pretty darn good today."
Shanita Arnold added seven points, seven assists and five rebounds working out of a point guard role.
"We came out playing hard and we wanted to set the tempo early," Arnold said.
Brereton earned the first two points of the season for Arkansas with a lay-in off a steal on a fast break for the Razorbacks.
Arnold's three-pointer at the 16:06 mark of the first half was the first of the season for Arkansas and gave the Hogs an early 10-5 advantage.
The Razorbacks mostly struggled from the field after that, however, connecting on only 12 of its 33 shot attempts in the first half.
Jones hit a jumper for Arkansas to give the Razorbacks their first double-digit lead at 22-12 with 7:53 remaining in the opening half.
Ricketts hit two free throws the next trip down to extend the lead to 12, but ULM answered and cut the lead to seven before Arkansas connected for two baskets - a layup by Jones and a jumper by Arnold - right before the buzzer sounded.
Arkansas led only 30-19 at the break, but outscored ULM 47-19 in the second half.
"They're an improved team over where they were last year," ULM head coach Mona Martin said. "We're very young and we shot the ball poorly but I don't want to take away from Arkansas because their defense had a lot to do with that."
Ricketts scored 10 of her game-high 14 in the second half, while Charity Ford, who had 10, scored eight during that period.
Lyndsay Harris was the fifth player for Arkansas in double figures with 10.
ULM didn't have a player reach double figures, but Sumar Leslie had eight for the Warhawks.
Arkansas will have three days off before it returns to the court to face High Point Wednesday night.
Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. from Bud Walton Arena.
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