FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas switched its defenses throughout the fourth quarter, and it unexpectedly relied on transition offense from sophomore Taylah Thomas.
The recipe worked to give the Razorbacks a 72-61 victory over Alabama on Thursday.
“We started getting stops that we were able to turn into some transition buckets, and then I think we started playing a little bit harder,” Arkansas coach Mike Neighbors said. “We made enough shots to pull away, and I thought we got a lot of good efforts from a lot of different kids.”
The Razorbacks (15-5, 4-2 SEC) opened the game in a zone defense to better match up with Alabama’s forward tandem of Ariyah Copeland and Jasmine Walker.