LAFAYETTE, La. - The UT Arlington women's basketball team, riding a 5-game winning streak, will look to keep the momentum going as they hit the road to close out the regular season. UTA will face Louisiana on March 5 (6:00 p.m.) before heading to Monroe, La. to face ULM in the regular season finale on March 7 (12:00 p.m.).

Matchup: UTA (18-10, 12-4 SBC) at Louisiana (16-11, 9-7 SBC)
When: Thursday, March 5 | 6:00 p.m.
Where: Earl K. Long Gymnasium | Lafayette, La.
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Matchup: UTA (18-10, 12-4 SBC) at ULM (3-24, 1-15 SBC)
When: Saturday, March 7 | 12:00 p.m.
Where: Fant-Ewing Coliseum | Monroe, La.
Live Stats  | Live Video

UTA PROBABLE STARTERS
#12 Marie Benson | F
#20 Claire Chastain | G
#21 Terryn Milton | G
#24 Aysia Evans | G
#41 Katie Ferrell | G

STARTING 5 QUICK HITS
#12 Marie Benson (F)
- 2nd in the Sun Belt Conference in scoring (17.0 ppg)
- Ranked 6th in the league in rebounding (7.5 rpg)
- Named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week 4x this season
- Scored a career-high 30 points vs. Louisiana on Jan. 16
- Shooting .530 from the field this season, to rank 4th in the SBC
#20 Claire Chastain (G)
- Ranks 22nd in the Sun Belt in scoring (10.8)
- Ranks t-8th in the SBC in 3pt FG made per game (1.5)
#21 Terryn Milton (G)
- Ranks 1st in the Sun Belt in assists/turnover ratio (2.3)
- Ranks 3rd in the Sun Belt in assists per game (4.3)
- Dished out a career-high 12 assists s. Georgia Southern on Feb. 29
#24 Aysia Evans (G)
- Scored a career-high 24 points vs. Coastal Carolina on Feb. 8
- Dropped 20 points in a win on Senior Day (Feb. 29 vs. Georgia Southern)
- Ranks 3rd in the SBC in steals (2.0)
- Shooting .345 from 3-pt range to rank 10th in the SBC
#41 Katie Ferrell (F)
- Ranks in the top 15 in the conference in rebounds (15th; 6.3), assists (4th; 4.0), steals (12th; 1.6) and assist/turnover ratio (4th; 1.6)

­­THROWBACK GAME
UTA's matchup with the Ragin' Cajuns on Thursday night will be played at Historic Earl K. Long Gymnasium instead of the Cajundome, due to arena scheduling conflicts. Thursday's game will be Louisiana's first competitive game in the venue since March 26, 2016.

WE ARE HOSTING
Thanks to their 101-73 win over Georgia Southern on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 29) and losses by both Louisiana and Little Rock last weekend, the UT Arlington women's basketball team locked up the No. 3 seed in the Sun Belt Tournament.

The third-seeded Lady Mavs will host two 1st round games and also a quarterfinal round matchup at College Park Center March 10-11. The winner of the quarterfinal game will advance to play in the semifinals (March 14) and possibly the finals (March 15) at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.

UTA 3rd Seed (Host Site: College Park Center)
Gm 1 – 1st Rd – No. 3 UTA vs. No. 10 TBD | Mar. 10 | 6:00 p.m.
Gm 2 – 1st Rd – No. 6 TBD  vs. No. 7 TBD | Mar. 10 | 8:20 p.m.
Gm 3 – Quarterfinals – Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 | Mar. 11 | 7:00 p.m.

Tickets for the 1st round and quarterfinal games ($6-10) at CPC are now available for purchase. Fans can grab tickets by visiting UTATickets.com, calling the UTA Box Office at (817) 272-9595 or by stopping by the College Park Center during regular business hours. One ticket will be good for both games on Tuesday, March 11.

BREAKING RECORDS
Senior Day was a special day for the Lady Mavs for more than the obvious reason.

The Lady Mavericks shot 53.6 percent (37-of-69) from the floor and 50.0 percent (14-of-28) from three point range and registered 33 assists on their 37 made baskets. The 33 assists and the 14 triples were both program records.

DROPPIN' DIMES
UTA dished out 33 assists in their 101-73 win over Georgia Southern on Feb. 29. The 33 assists gave the Lady Mavericks one of the top 10 single-game assist performances in NCAA Division I women's basketball this season.

1. DePaul vs. Arkansas St. (11/22/2019) – 39
2. Baylor vs. Arkansas St. (12/18/2019) – 37
3. San Jose St. vs. La Verne (12/14/2019) – 36
4. Iowa vs. Illinois (12/31/2019) – 34
4. Texas Tech vs. UTSA (12/29/2019) – 34
4. Oregon vs. Corban (12/28/2019) – 34
4. Santa Clara vs. UC Santa Cruz (11/05/2019) – 34
8. UT Arlington vs. Ga. Southern (2/29/2020) – 33
8. Baylor vs. Oklahoma (2/22/2020) – 33
8. Coastal Carolina vs. Wesleyan (GA) (12/12/2019) – 33
8. Drake vs. Waldorf (12/05/2019) – 33
8. Indiana vs. Nicholls St. (11/10/2019) - 33

100
The Lady Mavs scored 100 points for the first time this season in their 101-73 win over Georgia Southern Saturday afternoon (Feb. 29) at College Park Center.
UTA eclipsed the 100-point mark for just the seventh time in school history and the first time since scoring 100 vs. Arkansas State last season (Jan. 19, 2019). UTA's 101 points ranks tied-4th in program history.

COLLEGEINSIDER.COM MID-MAJOR TOP 25
The UTA women's basketball team earned 10 votes in the latest CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top-25 Poll that was released on Tuesday, March 3. UTA is one of three Sun Belt Conference squads to appear in the poll, as Troy was ranked No. 14 and Coastal Carolina was ranked No. 9 this week.

South Dakota held down the top spot in the poll (17 first-place votes; 760 points), while Princeton took the No. 2 position. Gonzaga (724 points), James Madison (647 points) and Marist (607 points) rounded out the top-five.

The CollegeInsider.com Women's Mid-Major Top-25 is now in its 10th season of existence. The poll is made up of teams from the following conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt, West Coast, Western Athletic and is voted on by a panel of 31 coaches.

NATIONAL RANKINGS
The Lady Mavericks are limiting opponents to just 36.0 percent shooting, which ranks 27th in the country. UTA also ranks in the top 100 nationally in Assists (12th; 17.3), field goal percentage (39th; 43.9%), assist/turnover ratio (49th; 1.09) and scoring defense (60th; 59.4).

Individually, Terryn Milton ranks 24th in the nation in assist/turnover ratio (2.33), total assists (82nd; 121) and assists per game (94th; 4.3), while Marie Benson ranks in the top 100 in field goals made (46th; 185), field goal percentage (44th; 53.0%) and points per game (82nd; 17.0 ppg).

DROPPIN' DIMES AND MAKING HISTORY
Katie Ferrell currently has 255 career assists, which ranks her No. 7 in program history. She has done this in less than two seasons with the Lady Mavs.

UTA Career Assists List
1. Krystal Buchanan (2001-05) – 562
2. Terra Wallace (2003-07) – 408
3. Tamara Simmons (2007-11) – 341
4. Shalyn Martin (2007-11) – 334
5. Gale Haynes (1993-97) – 332
6. Cierra Johnson (2014-2019) – 315
7. Katie Ferrell (2018-Pres) – 255
8. Stacie Terry (1994-98) – 250
Allison Gray (1980-84) – 250
10. Melissa Nix (1989-92) – 215

DYNAMIC DUO
Senior Marie Benson and sophomore Claire Chastain give UTA a top-5 top scoring tandem in the Sun Belt Conference. The duo is averaging a combined 27.8 points and 11.3 rebounds per game.

Sun Belt Top Scoring Tandems
Blount/Williams (Coastal Carolina) – 33.7 ppg
Kines/Jones (South Ala.) - 29.5 ppg
Collier/Battle (Little Rock) - 28.4 ppg
M. Benson/Chastain (UTA) – 27.8 ppg
Stanley/Polacek (App State) & Washington/Martin (Ark. State) - 25.4 ppg

UTA'S BIG 3
Marie Benson, Claire Chastain and Aysia Evans have combined to account for 55.5 percent (37.1 points per game) of UTA's scoring. The trio is also combining to shoot .448 (388-of-867) from the floor.

DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Minus the three games against a pair of top-10 opponents (#1 Oregon, #8 Louisville) and a Big XII opponent (Okla. St.) at the 2019 Paradise Jam, UTA has allowed 1,436 total points this season, holding the opposition to just 57.4 points per game, which would rank 36th nationally.

The Lady Mavs have held opponents below 65 points 19 times this season, while also holding this year's opposition below 55 points or fewer on 13 occasions.

UTA has also limited 11 opponents to less than 31 percent shooting from the floor, while forcing 22 of their 28 opponents into 14+ turnovers.

WE'LL TAKE THE COMPLIMENT
Despite going 0-3 at the 2019 Paradise Jam, the Lady Mavs played hard and left an impression on fans and opponents during the event.

Louisville head coach Jeff Walz was very complimentary of UTA in his postgame interview..."I expected this. I told our kids that UTA played a physical brand of basketball. I was very impressed with watching them in film study."

He followed those comments up with a tweet to Coach Gerlich following the Lady Mavs' matchup with the Cardinals..."I will be following your team all season long! Love the spirit and passion they play with. It's good for our game and something that fans will come watch."

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