FAYETTEVILLE The University of Arkansas women's basketball team staggered the University of Arkansas-Little Rock with a 14-2 run to end the first half, then applied the knockout punch with a red-hot third quarter en route to a 73-39 win on Sunday evening.
Sali Kourouma has been the hot name for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock women's basketball, and rightly so. Entering the week averaging more than 23 points per game, the junior college transfer has been one of the top scorers in the nation.
There was a bit of a suprise when Arkansas State announced its starters Sunday at First National Bank Arena against Missouri-Kansas City: Sun Belt Conference Preseason Player of the Year Norchad Omier was not among the Red Wolves' first five.