Arkansas falls short at No. 17 Kentucky

Image from Arkansas' 75-72 loss to Auburn Sunday Feb. 10, 2019 at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville.

Arkansas guard Chelsea Dungee scored 20 points and Kiara Williams grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds, but Arkansas dropped its fifth straight SEC game on Sunday, losing 61-59 at No. 17 Kentucky.

Sunday marked the 13th time this season Dungee scored at least 20 points for the Razorbacks (16-10, 5-7 SEC). Williams, on top of her 17 rebounds, added 14 points for her fourth double-double of the season and a career-high seven blocks.

Senior guard Malica Monk was the only other Arkansas player in double figures with 10 points on 4-of-11 shooting.

Arkansas, which fell behind 22-14 after the first quarter, held the Wildcats to 2-of-16 from the floor and 1-of-8 from 3-point range in the second quarter and outscored Kentucky 19-8 to take a 33-30 lead into halftime.

Trailing 59-56 in the fourth quarter, Arkansas guard Raven Northcross-Baker hit a 3-pointer - her lone score of the game - with 22 seconds left to knot the score. Kentucky then hit the game winner with three seconds remaining and stole the ensuing inbounds pass to secure the win.

Kentucky guard Rhyne Howard led the Wildcats (21-5, 8-4 SEC) with an 18-point, 14-rebound double-double. Half of Howard's rebounds came on the offensive end, and Kentucky finished with a 21-11 edge in offensive rebounds. Guard Taylor Murray added 16 points and seven rebounds as well.

Arkansas returns to SEC play Thursday at Georgia.