ARLINGTON, Texas – The UT Arlington women's basketball team will look to extend its winning streak to five games when it hits the road to take on Coastal Carolina on Thursday night (Feb. 7). Tip-off for the Sun Belt Conference contest is set for 5 p.m. CT.

Matchup: UTA (16-5, 8-2 SBC) at Coastal Carolina (11-9, 3-6 SBC)
When: Thursday, Feb. 7 | 5 p.m. CT
Where: HTC Center | Conway, S.C.
Live Video (ESPN+) | Live Stats

LAST TIME OUT | UTA VS. TEXAS STATE (FEB. 2)
Three Lady Mavericks scored in double figures, led by career-highs from Claire Chastain and Aysia Evans, as the UTA women's basketball team defeated in-state rival Texas State, 68-53, and extended their winning streak to four games on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 2) at the College Park Center.

The Lady Mavs shot 51.2 percent (22-of-43) from the floor, 50 percent (4-of-8) from long distance and knocked down 20-of-34 shots (58.8 percent) from the charity stripe, while the Bobcats were bothered by the UTA defense and forced into a ton of turnovers (21) and tough shots all afternoon. Texas State was limited to just 16-of-51 (31.4 percent) shooting from the field and 2-of-14 (14.3 percent) from behind the arc. The Lady Mavs turned defense into offense all game, scoring 16 points off of Texas State's 21 turnovers.

Chastain finished with a career-high and game-high 21 points in 26 minutes. The freshman shot 7-of-8 from the floor, 2-of-2 from three-point range and 5-of-9 from the free-throw line. Evans played 19 minutes and recorded a career-high 19 points on 7-of-8 shooting from the field, 1-of-1 from long distance and 4-of-5 from the charity stripe. She also added two boards, a block and a game-high four steals, which tied her career-high. Cierra Johnson chipped in with 11 points, six boards and four assists. C. Johnson, who came into the contest one-point shy of 11th place, moved past Meghan Nelson and Kim (Cann) Pruitt and into the top 10 in scoring in UTA history (10th place; 1,205 points).

UTA jumped out to a 13-2 lead to start the game and held Texas St. to just six first-quarter points, tying a season-best for the Lady Mavericks. The Bobcats shot 20 percent from the field in the opening quarter. UTA would never look back after jumping out to the huge first quarter lead and went on to secure another SBC victory.
The Lady Mavs held Texas State's leading scorer, Toshua Leavitt scoreless until she knocked down a couple of free throws halfway through the third quarter. Leavitt finished the game with 10 points on 3-of-11 shooting.

COLLEGEINSIDER.COM MID_MAJOR POLL
The Lady Mavs received eight votes in this week's CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 Poll, marking the second time this season that UTA has appeared in any national poll.

UTA IN THE SUN BELT AND NATIONAL RANKINGS
The Lady Mavericks lead the Sun Belt in scoring margin (+14.6), field goal percentage (.470), three-point percentage (.397), assists (18.0), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.2) and opponent rebounding average (34.3), while also ranking in the top three in the conference in five other categories, including scoring (3rd; 74.5), opponent scoring (2nd; 59.9), steals (2nd; 10.1) and three-pointers made per game (t-3rd; 6.6).

In the national rankings, UTA ranks No. 7 in three-point field goal percentage (.397) and rank in the Top-20 nationally in assists per game (10th), total assists (17th) and field goal percentage (15th).

FILL IT UP
The Lady Mavs' 100 points in their 100-73 win at Arkansas State on Jan. 17, are the most points scored by a Sun Belt team in conference play so far this season.

KNOW YOUR OPPONENT | COASTAL CAROLINA
• Thursday's game will be the sixth all-time meeting between Coastal and UTA. The Lady Mavericks lead the series 4-1 following a 79-53 win over the Chants earlier this season (Jan. 12). Coastal, however, is 1-1 against UTA in a pair of games played inside the HTC Center. The Chants picked up an 89-76 win over the Lady Mavs the last time they squared off in the building on Dec. 29, 2017. Two of the games in the series have been decided by only two points, while the remaining three ended with double-digit margins.

• Coastal has won by double-digit margins in each of its three wins during their current streak, outscoring opponents by an average of 19.6 points. The Chants are shooting just over 50 percent (90-177) from the field in their last three games, up from their season average of 43 percent. The Chants have also hauled in over 40 rebounds in each of those games after being below that mark in their previous four.

• Junior guard Caitlin Roche has led Coastal in scoring in each of the last three games, including a career high of 28 points against Arkansas State (Jan. 26), 18 points at ULM (Jan. 31) and 24 points at Louisiana (Feb. 2). Roche has made 16 of Coastal's 24 3-pointers during the winning streak, and is shooting 49 percent from the field overall during that time. With its pair of wins last weekend, the Chants improved to 8-2 in games this season when Roche hits four or more 3-pointers. Roche has jumped up to sixth in the Sun Belt in scoring, averaging 14.8 ppg for the season.

FOLLOW THE LADY MAVS
For the latest news on UTA Women's Basketball, log on to UTAMavs.com or stay connected to the Lady Mavs on social media. Follow the Lady Mavericks on Twitter @LadyMavHoops, on Instagram @UTALadyMavs and on Facebook at Facebook.com/LadyMavHoops.