Southern Illinois 31, Arkansas 26 — 4:11, 2Q

Arkansas is starting to make a push, thanks to Taleyah Jones. She has scored 8 points over the past 59 seconds after the Razorbacks faced a deficit as large as 12.

The Salukis took a 21-11 lead with a layup by Carmen Morales on their opening possession of the second quarter. Jeniah Thompson stretched the lead to 12 with a tough make their next trip down the court.

Jenna Lawrence trimmed the deficit to 23-13 with a 2 of 2 trip to the foul line.

A layup by Indya Green stretched the lead to 25-13 less than 3 minutes into the quarter.

Harmonie Ware made a driving layup to cut the lead to 10 at the 7-minute mark. Ware then hit a contested 3-pointer to get Arkansas within 25-18.

Alayna Kraus had a response for the Salukis with a 3 of her own tha

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