TU Hosts Lady'Backs On Saturday

The University of Tulsa women's basketball team hits the hardwood on Saturday to face #25 Arkansas. <br/><br/>Tulsa (4-5) has been off for a week, the Lady'Backs (10-1) are coming off a 70-58

Friday, December 15th 2006, 5:02 pm

By: News On 6

The University of Tulsa women's basketball team hits the hardwood on Saturday to face #25 Arkansas.

Tulsa (4-5) has been off for a week, the Lady'Backs (10-1) are coming off a 70-58 win over SMU on Wednesday.

Senior All-American candidate Jillian Robbins leads the Golden Hurricane. Robbins is averaging 17.8 ppg and 12.3 rebounds per game. On the season Robbins has 32 steals and 15 blocks. Lauren Ervin and Donica Cosby are leading the way for Arkansas, both are scoring in the double-digits, Ervin is averaging 12.4 ppg and Cosby's netted 10.3 ppg.

Arkansas leads the series with Tulsa 14-2, but Tulsa is hoping for a repeat of last year, TU narrowly defeated the Lady'Backs 66-64 in Fayetteville. Tulsa faces Arkansas on Saturday, tip off is at 8:30 p.m. at the Donald W. Reynolds Center.