Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

ARKANSAS WOMEN’S PLAYER CAPSULES

- BY PAUL BOYD

ERYNN BARNUM

CLASS R-Junior HEIGHT 6-2 POSITION Forward HOMETOWN Little Rock HIGH SCHOOL Little Rock Central High School LAST SEASON Averaged 7.7 points and 4.6 rebounds in a little more than 16 minutes per game off the bench THE SKINNY: Barnum has been productive off the bench each of her first two seasons, but could see her role continue to increase this season. … Led the Razorbacks in blocked shots in each of the last two seasons despite not starting. … Scored career-high 17 points in win over Louisiana-Monroe last season. … Notched her second career double-double against Arkansas-Pine Bluff a year ago.

MARQUESHA DAVIS

CLASS Junior HEIGHT 6-0 POSITION Guard HOMETOWN McGehee HIGH SCHOOL Springdale High School LAST SEASON: Averaged 4.6 points, 2.1 rebounds and nearly 1 steal and 12 minutes per game. THE SKINNY: Davis broke through to play valuable minutes off the bench a year ago and that role could increase even more this season. … Registered a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds to go with a career-high five steals against Oral Roberts last season. … Scored a career-high 15 points twice last season, but also came up bit in the Razorbacks’ historic wins over Baylor and Connecticu­t.

AVERY HUGHES

CLASS Junior HEIGHT 5-7 POSITION Guard HOMETOWN Bentonvill­e HIGH SCHOOL Bentonvill­e High School LAST SEASON: Averaged 1.7 points and appeared in seven games. THE SKINNY: Put on scholarshi­p this year after walking on and should provide depth off the bench at the guard spot. … Finished her high school career as Bentonvill­e’s secondlead­ing scorer and set single-game records for points (34) and free throws made (20).

AMBER RAMIREZ

CLASS R-Senior HEIGHT 5-9 POSITION Guard HOMETOWN San Antonio HIGH SCHOOL Wagner High School LAST SEASON Averaged 13.5 points per game, along with 2.9 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.1 steals per game and hit 77 threepoint­ers, which ranks eighth in program history. THE SKINNY Ramirez will be counted on to provide valuable leadership as the lone senior on the roster. … Ranks among the best three-point shooters in school history as she owns two of the top single-season three-point shooting percentage­s and has the single-season school record for three-pointers made with 106 two years ago. … Exploded on senior day, scoring a career-high 35 points and hit 8 of 14 shots from three-point range. … Transferre­d to Arkansas after playing two seasons at TCU. … Has surpassed 1,000 career points. … Earned McDonald’s All American honors in high school.

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