Jan. 18, 2012

Final Stats

Arlington, Texas - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at UT Arlington (Saturday, January 18, 2012)

The Mavericks loss their fourth conference game of the season in a tough battle to the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders, 61-51.

Despite the 10-point deficit for the final score, the Mavericks led the Islanders at four different points throughout the game.

UT Arlington started the game strong scoring the first six points of the game.

The Mavericks headed to the locker room down by seven with a score of 32-25 after the first half of play.

"I thought we came out and played extremely hard. I thought we fought back," head coach Samantha Morrow said. "We just couldn't hit a shot for the last six minutes of the game and it wasn't because of lack of effort."

The Maverick's Bianca Sauls and Desherra Nwanguma each had 10 points while picking up a combined 16 rebounds.

Sophomore Briana Walker led UTA with 11 points and nine rebounds.

UT Arlington won the rebound battle, 41-40 and also outscored the Islanders with second chance points, 12-2.

"When you haven't won games and it comes down to the end like that it's just tough," Morrow said.

The Mavericks head to Nacogdoches, Texas Saturday to take on the Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks at 6 p.m. in the William R. Johnson Coliseum.