Lady Tigers overcome poor first half for road victory
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- After a sluggish first half where both teams combined for 30 turnovers, the 11th-ranked LSU women's basketball team erupted with 15-0 second-half run to pull away from Arkansas and win its fourth straight game, 65-38, on Thursday night at Bud Walton Arena.The Lady Tigers (13-1, 2-0 SEC) won their seventh consecutive Southeastern Conference game dating back to last season and captured their third straight road game for the first time since 2008.The Lady Razorbacks fell to 8-7 overall and dropped to 0-2 in league play. Arkansas lost its 15th consecutive game to LSU and its seventh straight to the Lady Tigers on its home floor. The last 12 meetings have now seen LSU win by a double-digit margin. Arkansas' 38 points were also the fewest by the Razorbacks in the series history."That was a tale of two halves," LSU head coach Van Chancellor said. "In the first half we uncharacteristically continued to turn the ball over. We tried every option, but we went in halftime and erased everything. We came out in the second half and played as well as we could. Anytime you can win three in a row on the road, you have to feel happy, especially when you are 2-0 in the SEC."Four Lady Tigers scored in double-digits, including 13 points apiece from senior guard Allison Hightower and sophomore forward LaSondra Barrett. Barrett scored all 13 of her points in the second half and point guard Latear Eason added 11 points.
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