ARLINGTON - The No. 3 UT Arlington women's basketball team, riding a 7-game winning streak, will open Sun Belt Conference Tournament play on Tuesday night (March 10) at College Park Center. The third-seeded Lady Mavs will host two 1st round games and also a quarterfinal round matchup at CPC 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.

1ST ROUND – GAME 1
Matchup: No. 3 UTA (20-10) vs. No. 10 Texas State (13-16)
When: Tuesday, March 10 | 6:00 p.m.
Where: College Park Center | Arlington, Texas
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Promo: UTA Faculty & Staff can claim up to six complimentary tickets at the CPC Box Office on gameday

1ST ROUND – GAME 2
Matchup: No. 6 South Alabama (14-16) vs. No. 7 Arkansas State (11-18)
When: Tuesday, March 10 | 8:20 p.m.
Where: College Park Center | Arlington, Texas
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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)
- 2020 Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year
- 2020 All-Sun Belt First Team selection
- 2nd in the Sun Belt Conference in scoring (17.4 ppg)
- Ranked 6th in the league in rebounding (7.6 rpg)
- Named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week 5x this season
- Scored a career-high 30 points vs. Louisiana on Jan. 16
- Shooting .538 from the field this season, to rank 3rd in the SBC
#20 Claire Chastain (G)
- Ranks 22nd in the Sun Belt in scoring (10.9)
- Ranks 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 (2.4)
- Ranks 3rd in the Sun Belt in assists per game (4.4)
- 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 .328 from 3-pt range to rank 14th in the SBC
#41 Katie Ferrell (F)
- Ranks in the top 15 in the conference in rebounds (10th; 6.5), assists (4th; 4.0), steals (10th; 1.6) and assist/turnover ratio (4th; 1.6)

SBC CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE – 1ST ROUND AND QUARTERFINALS
UTA 3rd Seed (Host Site: College Park Center)
Gm 1 – 1st Rd – No. 3 UTA vs. No. 10 Texas State | Mar. 10 | 6:00 p.m.
Gm 2 – 1st Rd – No. 6 South Alabama  vs. No. 7 Arkansas State | Mar. 10 | 8:20 p.m.
Gm 3 – Quarterfinals – Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 | Mar. 11 | 7:00 p.m.

TOURNAMENT TICKETS
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.

LEAVING HER MARK ON THE PROGRAM
The Lady Mavs' 74-67 win over ULM Saturday afternoon (March 7) at ULM marked head coach Krista Gerlich's 120th as UTA head coach, breaking a tie with Donna Capps for the most in program history.

Gerlich also secured her third 20-win season in Arlington and the 11th overall for the Lady Mavs.

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

DROPPIN' DIMES PART TWO
Terryn Milton and Katie Ferrell have both recorded 100+ assists this season. Milton's 142 assists rank her 7th on UTA's single-season assists list, while Ferrell, who is already on the list for her 142 assists as a freshman (4th), is 5 assists shy of tying for 10th place on the list.

UTA Single-Season Assists List
1. Krystal Buchanan (2003-04) - 167
2. Krystal Buchanan (2001-02) - 149
3. Terra Wallace (2005-06) - 145
4. Katie Ferrell (2018-19) - 142
5. Theresa White (1981-82) - 139
6. Kathy Wilson (1991-92) - 135
7. Terryn Milton (2019-20) - 133
8. Terra Wallace (2006-07) - 128
9. Krystal Buchanan (2002-03) - 125
10. Page Smithers-Wojciak (1985-86) - 124
Tamara Simmons (2008-09) - 124

In the hunt...
Katie Ferrell (2019-20) - 119

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 36.4 percent shooting, which ranks 39th in the country. UTA also ranks in the top 100 nationally in Assists (14th; 17.1), field goal percentage (33rd; 44.2%), assist/turnover ratio (49th; 1.08), steals (84th; 9.1) and scoring defense (68th; 59.9).

Individually, Terryn Milton ranks 19th in the nation in assist/turnover ratio (2.42), total assists (72nd; 133) and assists per game (81st; 4.4). Aysia Evans is 95th in the country in total steals (60), while Marie Benson ranks in the top 100 in field goals made (30th; 205), field goal percentage (39th; 53.8%), total points (79th; 506) and points per game (66th; 17.4 ppg).

DROPPIN' DIMES AND MAKING HISTORY
Katie Ferrell currently has 261 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) – 261
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 28.3 points and 11.4 rebounds per game.

Sun Belt Top Scoring Tandems
Blount/Williams (Coastal Carolina) - 34.1 ppg
Kines/Jones (South Ala.) - 29.4 ppg
Collier/Battle (Little Rock) - 28.3 ppg
M. Benson/Chastain (UTA) - 28.3 ppg
Stanley/Polacek (App State) - 25.9 ppg

UTA'S BIG 3
Marie Benson, Claire Chastain and Aysia Evans have combined to account for 56.0 percent (37.7 points per game) of UTA's scoring. The trio is also combining to shoot .472 (422-of-937) 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 1,569 total points this season, holding the opposition to just 58.1 points per game, which would rank t-46th 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 24 of their 30 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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