Erica Jackson lead Cats with 16 points.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (Feb. 6, 2000) — The University ofKentucky women’s basketball team lost its fifthstraight Southeastern Conference game, falling toArkansas, 83-70 on Sunday in Fayetteville.
The Cats (11-10, 3-6) were plagued by foultrouble in the first half, trailing 51-37 at intermission.Three starters Erica Jackson, Shantia Owens andLaTonya McDole, each picked up three fouls in thefirst half. Owens was then whistled for her final foulwith 19 minutes remaining in the game. Jackson andMcDole also fouled out of the game with twominutes to go.
“The major factor in this game was that I didn’t havemy post player,” UK Coach Bernadette Mattoxsaid. “She was the big factor in the game inLexington. We also allowed them to shoot threes inthis game that we didn’t allow at home. That wasmajor.” Mattox said.
The Razorbacks (14-7, 4-4) outrebounded theCats 38-22 and shot 59.6 percent >from the floorcompared to Kentucky’s 42.6 percent. WendiWillits and Karyn Karlin each scored 18 points tolead the Lady `Backs in scoring.
“Arkansas played some good defensive tonight,”Mattox said. ” We knew they would come out andtry to stop Tiffany Wait and that’s what they did.”
Wait, who averages 16.2 points against the Hogsand scored a season-high 24 points versusArkansas in January, was held to seven points.However, she needed only three points to move ahead of Belitta Croley forUK’s eighth all-time leading scorer. The senior guard has charted 1,344points in her five-year career and needs 14 more to move ahead of KristiCushenberry for the seventh position.
Jackson led the Cats with 16 points while Laura Meadows added 15. Alsoscoring in double digits was McDole with 13 and Natalie Martinez with 11.
UK returns to action next Sunday when it plays host to South Carolina at 2p.m. in Memorial Coliseum.
