Out of the 349 teams across 49 states in NCAA Division I women’s basketball, two of the top five scoring defenses reside in Arkansas.
There’s the University of Central Arkansas and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, ranked second and fourth in between top-ranked Wisconsin-Green Bay (an NCAA Tournament team in each of the past three seasons) and No. 5 UConn (an NCAA champion in four of the past five seasons).
UALR (18-9, 15-1 Sun Belt Conference) clinched its ninth regular-season conference championship after holding Appalachian State to a season-low point total in a 61-35 victory Saturday.