BasketBlog: Coppin State

8:50 p.m. — Razorbacks dribble it out here in Fayetteville to secure a 21-point win over CSU, 72-51.

8:46 p.m. — Townsenddraws the foul and drains both of ’em from the line, Hogs up 72-51.

8:42 p.m. — Rees gets called for the foul heading into the final media timeout of the night, Hogs lead it by 19 with 2:51 to play.

8:40 p.m. — Another lookinside for McCray leads to another 2 for the Razorbacks,Hogs lead it 68-51.

8:38 p.m. — McCray again works her defender down low and gets the 2-point shot to give the Hogs a 15 point advantage over the Eagles at 66-51.

8:36 p.m. — 15 points on the night now for Ricketts who once again drives the lane and gets 2, UA up 62-49.

8:35 p.m. — Ford pulls up and drops off the mid-range jumper to give the Razorbacks a 13-point advantage with 6:40 to play.

8:32 p.m. — Another lay-up goes for Robinson as the Hogs are now sitting out in front by 9, 58-47,at the 3rd media timeout of the2nd.

8:31 p.m. — Ricketts delivers on the front end of the 1-and-1 to put the Hogs up 54-45.

8:29 p.m. — Whittington draws the foul for CSU as the Razorbacks are really starting to heat up offensively, UA up 53-43.

8:26 p.m. — Robinson hits UA’s 2nd 3-pointer in a row and then hits a lay-up off a nice assist by Ricketts on the next trip down the floor, Razorbacks up 51-43.

8:22 p.m. — Harris gets the lucky bounce off the rim and the 3-pointer falls to give the Hogs their biggest lead of the night.

8:20 p.m. — McCray and Townsend run into each other while hustling for the defensive board, giving CSU another look off of the turnover.

8:18 p.m. — Razorbacks have gone on an quickoffensive streak here in Bud Walton, up 41-34 as McCray draws the foul.

8:16 p.m. — Again Ricketts leads the charge coming out of the timeout, stealing the rock and taking it to the basket, UA up 37-32.

8:12 p.m. — Ricketts makes a nice move to her left and then cuts back to the right and drives the lane for the uncontested lay-up, Hogs up 3, 35-32.

8:10 p.m. — Cummings hits on the lay-up for the Eagles, 33-31 UA out in front.

8:09 p.m. — Coppin State helping the Hogs out again, this time sending Ford to the stripe for the Razorbacks where she sinks both, UA up 33-29.

8:08 p.m. — Daniels draws the foul andheads to the line for the Razorbacks where she drains both freebies to make it 31-29,Hogs on top.

8:07 p.m. — Downing hits the jumper for the Eagles to knot it back up at 29.

8:03 p.m — Razorbacks push it back up the floor after Manley’s missed lay-up and Daniels sinks her lay-up to give the Hogs their 1st lead of the night, 29-27.

8:02 p.m. — McCray draws the foul and goes to the line where she sinks 1 of 2 to make it a tie ballgame at 27 all.

8:01 p.m. — Both teams take the floor to start the 2nd half, Ricketts controls the in-bounds for the Hogs.

–HALF–

7:44 p.m. — Ricketts hits another shot and again Watkins blocks an Eagle shot as the Razorbacks close out the 1st here in Bud Walton, UA down 1 at the half, 27-26.

7:42 p.m. — Watkins is really coming alive defensively as she swats another Eagle on her way up to the hoop.

7:38 p.m. — UA’s inside presence starting to be felt as Watkins grabs yet another board and then pushes it down court where McCray gets it up and in again, UA down 25-19.

7:37 p.m. — Whittington starting to hit her stride for CSU as she grabs the offensive board and sinks another lay-up to put the Eagles up 6 on the Hogs.

7:34 p.m. — Eagles force the Hogs to take a quick timeout after a quick 4-0 swing, Coppin State up 4, 21-17.

7:33 p.m. — The Razorbacks again find McCray underneath who makes a nice move to split 2 Eagles and get the basket to fall, 17 all.

7:30 p.m. — Heading into the 3rd media timeout, CSU still leading the Hogs 17-15.

7:29 p.m. — Crowd gets loud here in Bud Walton as Richardson hits the jumper, draws the foul, andsinks on the and-1 to make it a 15-17 ballgame, Eagles still on top.

7:28 p.m. — UA gets a lay-up from Williams to pull to within 3.

7:25 p.m. — Hogs slip up on defense and give Whittington a wide open look underneath and she capitalizes with the lay-in, CSU leads it by 5, 15-10.

7:23 p.m. — Watkins refuses to let Manley get the easy basket underneath and swats it out of bounds to get credited with the block.

7:21 p.m. — 2nd media timeout of the half here in Bud Walton,Eagles stillup 12-10.

7:18 p.m. — Razorbacks get a lay-up from Rees to cut it to 2, CSU up 12-10.

7:17 p.m. — Downing hits a long 2 to extend the Eagles’ lead to 4, Hogs turn it overon a shotclock violation their next trip down the floor.

7:15 p.m. — Manley sinks a pair of freebies off of McCray’s foul to put the Eagles back out in front 8-6.

7:12 p.m. — Now McCray gets in on the offensive action for the Hogs evening it up at 6-6.

7:10 p.m. — Ford hits the jumper to give the Razorbacks their 2nd bucket of the game, UA down 6-4.

7:09 p.m. — Hogs get their first points of the night from Ricketts, 2-2 all.

7:08 p.m. — Irving opens up the scoring on the night sinking a short-range jumper for the Eagles.

7:06 p.m. — Both teams take the floor for the tip, controlled by the Hogs.

7:01 p.m. — Starting line-ups being introduced here at Bud Walton as the crowd loudly welcomes the Razorbacks back home.

6:55 p.m. — The Razorback band has cranked it up as the crowd continues to grow asboth teams continue warming up and preparing for tip, now only 5 minutes away.

6:41 p.m. — Hogs take the court for warm-ups to a round of cheers from the fans here in Fayetteville.

6:30 p.m. — Crowd starts to file into Bud Walton as the clock winds within 30 minutes of the opening tip, both teams now back in the locker rooms.

6:20 p.m. — With 40 minutes until tip, Collen has taken his Hogs to the locker room for pre-game as CSU continues to run warm-up drills.

6:00 p.m. — Just an hour away from tip here at Bud Walton, both the Hogs and the Eagles out shooting around on the floor.