NCAA Women's Basketball Recap (Arkansas-Geo Washington)
Posted: Sat December 5, 1998 at 7:48 p.m. EST
GEO WASHINGTON 74, (13) ARKANSAS 56
WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- Noelia Gomez scored 14 of her 21 points
in the first half as George Washington stunned 13th-ranked
Arkansas, 74-56.
Gomez also pulled down 10 rebounds while Khadija Deas came off
the bench to contribute 12 points and 12 rebounds for the
Colonials (5-1), who held Arkansas to 26 percent shooting in the
second half and outscored the Lady'Backs 37-26 in the final 20
minutes.
"These guys play with a lot of confidence," Colonials coach Joe
McKeown said. "They think they can play with the best teams in
the country. I'm just concerned about keeping everybody healthy
and playing one game at a time. It's still early, and at this
time of the year, you're going to be a little up and down. We
just have to be consistent."
Elisa Aguilar scored 12 points despite making only 3-of-16 shots
and Petra Dubovcova added 11 for George Washington, which shot
50 percent (26-of-52) from the floor but only 3-of-15 from
three-point range.
Amy Wright scored 16 points and Sytia Messer added 12 for
Arkansas (6-3), which has lost consecutive games after a
five-game winning streak. The Lady'Backs shot only 32 percent
(19-of-60) and committed 19 turnovers.
When we played Memphis, we did not play hard and we did not play
smart," said Lady'Backs coach Gary Blair. "Tonight, we played
hard, but we played a team that was a lot smarter than us."
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