#3 LSU WBB vs #22 Arkansas Preview: 8PM tonight at the PMAC

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The No. 22 Arkansas women’s basketball team (17-3, 4-1 in SEC) is riding into Thursday night’s game at No. 3/4 LSU (18-0) on a four-game winning streak and looking for a different outcome than the last time these two teams met three weeks ago. Arkansas, who is 5-0 in road games this year, is off to its best 20-game start since 2007-08 and best start in league play since 2005-06. Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center with coverage of the game being broadcast on SEC Network.

The Razorbacks have won their last four games by an average margin of 18.5 points per game. Two of those games were on the road, as Arkansas is 5-0 in true road contests

Arkansas is one of the few teams in the country to have all five starters average double digits in scoring. Erynn Barnum paces the Razorbacks with 15.8 points per game, while leading the SEC in field goal percentage at .619. She also leads the team in blocks with 23 and steals with 27.

In the SEC, Arkansas leads in 3-point attempts per game (26.6) and is No. 2 in 3-pointers per game (8.4).

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LSU is leading the country in scoring offense (88.7 PPG) and is second in rebounds per game (50.89).

Angel Reese is having herself a year, averaging 23.9 points and 15.4 rebounds per game, while earning a double-double in all 18 games this season.

Alexis Morris is having another great season, averaging 12.8 points per game, and leading the way with 89 assists.

Jasmine Carson also averages double digits with 10.8 points per game while shooting 37% from 3.

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Kim Mulkey is in her second season at LSU, and has led the Tigers to a 44-6 mark across two seasons, including an unblemished 18-0 mark thus far.

LSU is off to the program's best start at 18-0 and is riding the longest win streak in the program's history. The streak includes the 30-point home win over Auburn Sunday. But as Mulkey and her players have said, far more questions need to be answered.

"We haven't done anything, really," Mulkey said. "We've won 18 games. That's impressive, I get it. We've beaten those we're supposed to beat and we've beat them handily. But this is my only second year here. We've got a long way to go."

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