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Dykes says Jackson back after benching

FAYETTEVILLE -- The Arkansas women's basketball team set a season high for points in an SEC game without its leading scorer Sunday.

Jessica Jackson, a 6-3 senior forward from Jacksonville, sat out the Razorbacks' 68-50 victory at Alabama.

But Arkansas Coach Jimmy Dykes said Jackson will play against Vanderbilt when the Razorbacks (12-6, 1-4 SEC) take on the Commodores (10-8, 0-5) at 7 tonight in Walton Arena.

Jackson, averaging team highs of 15.8 points and 6.4 rebounds, dressed out for the Alabama game and went through warmups, but she never got off of the bench.

"It was just a one-game decision by me not to play her based upon what I know she's capable of doing," Dykes said Wednesday.