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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The University of Arkansas womens basketball team opened the game on a 10-0 run and never trailed, cruising to a 68-50 win over Butler on Wednesday night in Bud Walton Arena. The Razorbacks improve to 9-0, their best start under head coach Jimmy Dykes.Jessica Jackson led all scorers with 19 points, her ninth straight game in double figures to begin the season. She was joined in double figures by Keiryn Swenson with a career-best 15 points, followed by Devin Cosper with a season-best 13 points and Malica Monk with 11 points, her sixth game in double digits. Arkansas shot 49.0 percent from the floor and was 6-of-12 from 3-point range.The Razorbacks used first-half runs of 10-0 and 9-0 to build a 34-21 halftime lead. Keiryn Swenson led the way hitting her first five shots for 12 first-half points. After Butler pulled within single digits, 44-36, midway through the third quarter, Arkansas answered with a 12-0 run to end the frame on the way to the 68-50 win.Arkansas travels to Springfield, Missouri, to take on Missouri State on Sunday afternoon with a tip-off set for 2 p.m. in JQH Arena.Arkansas opened the game on a 10-0 run, holding Butler without a point for the first 4:57 of the game. During that stretch, Arkansas held the Bulldogs to 0-of-4 shooting and forced four turnovers, scoring five points off those miscues.Keiryn Swenson knocked down a timely 3-pointer to halt an 8-0 Butler run that saw the Bulldogs pull within 10, 31-21, in the final minute of the first half. It was her second 3-pointer of the half, as she went 5-of-5 from the floor and 2-of-2 from 3-point range for a game-high 12 points in the first 20 minutes. It also gave Arkansas a 34-21 halftime lead.Arkansas shot nearly 50 percent from the floor but also won the battle on the glass, outrebounding Butler by a 34-23 margin. The Razorbacks held a decisive advantage on both the offensive glass (11-7) and defensive glass (23-16). Arkansas has won the rebounding battle in eight of the first nine games this season, improving to 31-7 when outrebounding its opponents under head coach Jimmy Dykes. Jonny Flynn Jersey . "Thank you for the warm welcome," Beckham said on an 80-degree February morning. In this case, it was soccer weather. The sport moved a step closer to returning to South Florida on Wednesday, when Beckham confirmed he has exercised his option to purchase a Major League Soccer expansion franchise in Miami. Cheap Timberwolves Jerseys . Listen to the game live on TSN Radio 1050 at 7pm et. The Raptors traded Rudy Gay, Quincy Acy and Aaron Gray to the Sacramento Kings on Monday, in exchange for Greivis Vasquez, John Salmons, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes. https://www.cheaptimberwolves.com/ .com) - The Calgary Flames aim to bounce back from their first regulation home loss of the campaign on Friday night when they host a Detroit Red Wings club that they swept in three meetings a season ago. Keita Bates-Diop Jersey . Laudrup revealed Thursday he was notified of his dismissal in "the briefest of letters which gave no reasons why such hasty and final action was deemed necessary. Jordan Bell Jersey . The Vancouver coach and an announced sellout crowd of 18,910 watched in dismay as the Canucks lost 7-4 to the New York Islanders on Monday night by squandering a 3-0 lead in the third period. Former Wales and British and Irish Lions fullback Lee Byrne is switching codes after being appointed director of rugby at South Wales Ironmen RL.Officials say Byrnes appointment will signal the dawn of a new era for the Kingstone Press League 1 club who will change their name after competing for the past decade as South Wales Scorpions and relocate to Wern Sports Park, home of Merthyr RFC.Byrne will be formally unveiled at a media launch at Merthyr RFC on Tuesday attended by Sir Stan Thomas, the main benefactor behind Merthyr RFCs rise to the pinnacle of Welsh club rugby union.The Ironmen describe it as a hugely significant day in Welsh rugby league history and say Byrnes aarrival will be the first of a number of new faces, including players from Australia, New Zealand and a returning Welsh rugby league international, ahead of the 2017 season.ddddddddddddBridgend-born Byrne was capped 46 times by his country, playing his best rugby as Wales claimed the Six Nations Grand Slam in 2008, and was also first-choice fullback for the Lions in South Africa in 2009.The former Scarlets, Ospreys, Newport Gwent Dragons and Clermont Auvergne retired after failing to recover from a shoulder injury in April 2015 at the age of 34. ' ' '