ARLINGTON, Texas – The Lady Mavs will honor five seniors, manager Ashley Hammond and student-athletes Lauren Billie, Daiane Machado, Laurynn McGowen and Cierra Johnson, prior to tip-off at 2 p.m. against Troy in what will serve as the final regular season home game for UTA.

Matchup: UTA (21-6, 13-3 SBC) vs. Troy (20-6, 11-4 SBC)
Series: Troy leads 7-4
When: Saturday, March 1 | 2 p.m.
Where: College Park Center | Arlington, Texas
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SERIES NOTES   
Troy is 7-4 all-time vs. UTA, but the Lady Mavs are 3-2 vs. Troy in Arlington. In the last meeting between the two teams, UTA defeated the Trojans, 76-57 (in Arlington)

KNOW YOUR OPPONENT | TROY
• The Trojans (20-6, 11-4) won their 20th game of the season Thursday at Texas State behind a barrage of three-pointers. Harriet Winchester led the way knocking down 6-of-9 attempts from beyond the arc, she finished with a game-high 18 points. The team converted 13 of 26 attempts in the game.

• Eight different Troy players have made three or more 3-pointers in a game this season. Two players - Tyra Johnson and Harriet Winchester have made six 3s in a game.

• On Thursday, Troy earned its fourth 20-win season under seventh year head coach Chanda Rigby. In the 37 seasons prior to Rigby's arrival, the Trojans had won 20 games in a season just three times.

20 DUBS
UTA's 60-56 OT win at ULM on Saturday, Feb. 23 secured the squad's 20th win of the season and made the Lady Mavs the first Sun Belt team to hit the 20-win plateau.

The Feb. 23rd win also gave the Lady Mavericks the 10th 20-win season in program history and the 2nd of Coach Gerlich's UTA tenure.

COLLEGEINSIDER.COM MID-MAJOR POLL
The UTA women's basketball team received 14 votes in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top-25 Poll that was released on Tuesday, Feb. 26.

This marks the fifth straight week that the Lady Mavericks have received votes in the Mid-Major Poll. UTA is one of three Sun Belt Conference schools to appear in the Mid-Major Poll along with Troy (RV, 10) and Little Rock (RV; 7).

Gonzaga moved into the top spot in the poll with 17 first-place votes and 746 points, while South Dakota State moved up two spots into the No. 2 position. FGCU (723 points), South Dakota (671 points) and Drake (639 points) rounded out the top-five.

STATS ON STATS ON STATS
UTA does it on both ends of the court, ranking as one of the top-3 offensive and defensive teams in the Sun Belt Conference. The Lady Mavs average 72.7 points per game and hold opponents to just 59.9 points per contest, to rank third and second in the league, respectively.

In 27 games this season, the Lady Mavericks have held 12 opponents below 60 points.

In the national rankings, UTA ranks No. 8 in three-point field goal percentage (.385) and rank in the Top-20 nationally in assists per game (15th) and total assists (19).

LAST TIME OUT | LADY MAVS' DEFENSE LEADS THE WAY IN HOME WIN (FEB 28)
were able to stay close by forcing eight Jaguars turnovers in the first quarter.

UTA started the second quarter on an 8-0 run and eventually pushed their lead to double digits behind improved shooting. Claire Chastain, who led UTA with a game-high 16 points and five rebounds, provided some offensive stability in the second quarter. She shot an efficient 7-of-15 from the field on the night.

UTA also got a spark from seniors Daiane Machado and Laurynn McGowen off the bench in the second quarter. Machado finished with six points and four rebounds, while McGowen added 11 points.

Chastain and McGowen were two of four Lady Mavs to score in double figures, as senior Cierra Johnson chipped in 12 points and Brooke Alexander finished with 10 points.'

"It's balanced. I love that. It's been one of our strengths all year," head coach Krista Gerlich said. "We have a very balanced attack and you've got to defend a lot of different people in a lot of different areas and positions to keep us from scoring."

UTA led by as many as 23 points in the second half, but a Jags (19-7, 8-7) run cut the lead down to 12 with seven minutes remaining in the fourth. Chastain cut that run short with a three-pointer on the next possession.

South Alabama was limited to just 36.4 percent (16-of-44) shooting from the field in the game. Johnson had a big part in harassing the Jags on that end of the floor, finishing the game with five steals. Her final steal moved her into a third-place tie on the Sun Belt's all-time steals list. She played a significant role in turning the Jags over 27 times, which UTA cashed in for 31 points.

"I thought that was one of our better defensive performances in a while," Gerlich said. "They just have a lot of weapons and I thought our kids really paid attention to the areas on defense that we wanted to stop."

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Cierra Johnson was named College Sports Madness Sun Belt Player of the Week on Monday, Feb. 11. The award marked the third Player of the Week honor for C. Johnson this season (2 College Sports Madness, 1 Sun Belt Conference).

>> College Sports Madness Sun Belt Player of the Week (Feb. 11)
>> Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week (Jan. 14)
>> College Sports Madness Sun Belt Player of the Week (Jan. 14)

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