January 27, 2002

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) _ India Lewis and Dana Cherry keyed first-half runs and finished with 17 points each Sunday, leading Arkansas to a 74-46 victory over No. 7 South Carolina.

The Lady Gamecocks (17-3, 5-2 Southeastern Conference) were missing star forward Teresa Geter, who is sidelined with a stress fracture in her left foot.

No South Carolina player scored in double figures, and the team made only 15 of 57 field goals. The Lady Gamecocks also made less than half of their free throws.

Arkansas (11-8, 2-5) forced 16 turnovers in the first half and 10 in the second half.

After being down 7-0, Arkansas went on a 17-point run to lead 17-7. Lewis scored seven points during the run.

South Carolina drew to 22-21, helped by 3-pointers from Tatyana Troina, Kelly Morrone and Ines Ajanovic. The Lady Razorbacks finished the half with a 13-3 run, including a layup and a jumper by Shameka Christon, another 3 by Lewis and a couple of layups by Cherry for a 35-24 halftime lead.

Christon and Lewis each scored 10 points in the first half, and Cherry scored 8. Christon finished the game with 13.

In the second half, South Carolina twice trimmed Arkansas’ lead to 7 _ both on shots by Shaunzinski Gortman _ but came no closer.