ARLINGTON – The UT Arlington women's basketball team opens up a three-game road trip beginning on Saturday afternoon as they head up I-35 to take on North Texas inside The Super Pit at 3:30 p.m.
3-POINTERS
- UTA and North Texas will meet for the 60th time in school history with UNT holding a slight 30-29 advantage over the Lady Mavs. The two teams met last season at the South Padre Island Classic; however, the game was postponed midway through the first quarter as the teams had to switch locations due to unsafe court conditions. UNT won the contest the next day 74-56 on Dec. 19, 2020.
- The road team has won six straight games in the series including four straight wins by the Lady Mavs in Denton. The two squads last met at The Super Pit on Nov. 15, 2019, where UTA ran away with a 68-49 victory. UTA has not hosted the Mean Green since the 2013-14 season.
- The Lady Mavs won their eighth straight overtime game over Houston on Wednesday night. UTA improved to 18-18 all-time in OT games. UTA erased a 15-point deficit in the win, the largest come-from-behind victory for since Jan. 19, 2017 when UTA erased a 15-point first half deficit against Louisiana to earn a 79-66 win.
LAST TIME OUT: HOUSTON NOTABLES
- UTA defeated Houston in a 69-66 overtime thriller behind 26 points from Terryn Milton and 14 from Starr Jacobs. The Lady Mavs erased a 15-point halftime deficit.
- UTA moves to 18-18 all-time in overtime games and have won eight straight OT match-ups.
- The Lady Mavs have now won two straight over Houston after dropping their first 10 to the Cougars. Both wins came in overtime for UTA.
- It was the first win in Arlington for the Lady Mavs over the Cougars.
- It was the largest come-from-behind victory for UTA since Jan. 19, 2017 when UTA erased a 15-point first half deficit against Louisiana to earn a 79-66 win.
- It was UTA's first double-digit comeback since March 9, 2020, when UTA erased an 11-point second quarter deficit to defeat Texas State 44-41.
- Starr Jacobs finished with four steals in the second half alone as UTA turned Houston over 13 times in the second half.
- Emma Halverson played key minutes late in the game after injury forced some bigs out. Halverson pulled three of her four rebounds down in the overtime period and also had a blocked shot.
- After starting the season 0 of 6 from deep, Hawkins responded tonight by going 2 of 3 from beyond the arc.
- The game saw eight lead changes and 12 times.
- UTA allowed 30 points in the second quarter but only 36 points throughout the rest of the game, including overtime.
CAREER NIGHT FROM TERRYN
Senior
Terryn Milton scored a career-high 26 points to go with three steals and three assists in the thrilling come-from-behind overtime win over Houston. Milton set career-high marks in field goals attempted (14), free throws made (10), free throws attempted (12), and tied her career-best in field goals made (8).
SCOUTING UNT
- North Texas comes in with a 2-1 record including wins over USAO and Howard at home to open th season and a road loss to mid-major power Missouri State by the score of 56-50.
- The Mean Green are one of the top rebounding teams in the country early on this season as they average a whopping 50.0 boards per game, good for 11th in the nation. Many of those come on the defensive end as they average 34.0 defensive boards per game, good for 13th in the country.
- UNT also gets to the line as they come in ninth in the nation in free throws attempted with 82. Despite their aggressiveness, they are one of the worst free throw shooting teams as they sit at 63.4 percent.
- Defense has been another point of emphasis for the Mean Green as they have held opponents to 31.1 percent shooting.
- One of the more aggressive offensive players comes in Tommisha Lampkin as her 23 free throw attempts ranks 18th in the nation this season.
- Quincy Noble was named the C-USA Co-Preseason Player of the Year. Last season, she averaged 17.9 points per game and over a steal per contest.
- Jazion Jackson has registered double digit points in all three contests she's played in this season. Jackson matched a career-high in rebounds with eight in the loss to Missouri State.
- Earlier this season, UNT knocked down a school record 14 3-pointers in the win over Howard.
- Last season, North Texas put together a 13-7 overall record and a 10-4 C-USA mark. UNT saw their season end in an upset loss in the C-USA Tournament to Old Dominion, 71-66.
TERRYN SURPASSES 300
Senior
Terryn Milton became the ninth Lady Mav in school history to eclipse 300 assists. Milton is 11 away from moving to eighth all-time in school history in assists.
She has gotten off to an incredible start this season, averaging 7.0 assists per game including a season-high nine against Sam Houston last Saturday.
Milton is only 11 behind Cierra Johnson for eighth and 28 behind Gale Haynes for seventh. Milton is 65 assists away from moving as high as fourth all-time.
Senior
Katie Ferrell continue to make her mark in the record book as she also in the Top 10 in career assists. Ferrell moved into third all-time in career assists after dishing out three in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament loss to App State, passing Paige Smith-Wojciak.
Ferrell inches closer thus far in the 2021-22 season as she is only 29 behind Terra Wallace.
Ferrell will have an outside chance to become the all-time leader in assists as she is 179 behind all-time leader Krystal Buchanan.
Milton and Ferrell become the second duo in school history from the same recruiting class to each have 300 or more assists in a career. Tamara Simmons and Shalyn Martin accomplished this feat in 2011.
Milton and Ferrell passed Simmons and Martin for the most assists by a duo in school history on Wednesday night. Milton and Ferrell come in at 683 while Simmons and Martin sit at 675.
| Player |
Year |
Assists |
| 1. Krystal Buchanan |
2001-05 |
561 |
| 2. Terra Wallace |
2003-07 |
409 |
| 3. Katie Ferrell |
2018-pres. |
380 |
| 4. Paige Smithers-Wojciak |
1982-86 |
366 |
| 5. Tamara Simmons |
2007-11 |
341 |
| 6. Shalyn Martin |
2007-11 |
334 |
| 7. Gale Haynes |
1993-97 |
332 |
| 8. Cierra Johnson |
2014-19 |
315 |
| 9. Terryn Milton |
2018-pres. |
304 |
| 10. Carolyn Smith |
1977-81 |
282 |
INSTANT IMPACT
No player has quite made an impact quite like
Starr Jacobs has in her first two games with the Lady Mavs.
After scoring 14 in the first half of her opening game against #7/8 Baylor, Jacobs exploded with 26 points in the win over Sam Houston on 11 of 16 shooting while also adding four steals, three boards, and a blocked shot. Jacobs scored 20 points in the second half alone as the Lady Mavs pulled away from the Bearkats in the second half.
Jacobs 20.0 points per game is believed to be a school record for best scoring start in school history for a newcomer. Records dating back to 2001-02 shows no other newcomer putting on a better scoring performance.
Other notable newcomer starts include 18.0 points per game from teammate
Shyia Smith just a year ago, 17.5 points per game from Rebekah Vandijk in 2014-15, 17.5 points per game from Tamara Simmons in 2007-08, and 17.0 points per game from Christina Devers in 2016-17.
Additionally, it is believed Jacobs has put together one of the best starts in school history, as records dating back to 2001-02 only show Briana Walker getting off to a better start. The senior started her 2013-14 season with 31 points against Houston Baptist and 11 against Oklahoma State, averaging 21.0 points per game to start the year.
She followed her two game spurt with a 14 point outing against Houston, moving her average to 18.0 points per game while still shooting over 60 percent from the field.
HOME SWEET HOME
The UTA women have called the College Park Center home since February 1, 2012 when they defeated UTSA in their first contest in their new home arena, 51-40. Since then, the Lady Mavs have complied a home record of 82-51 including five seasons with 10 or more wins.
Since the 2016-17 season, the Lady Mavs have been remarkable at home as they have put together an impressive 57-14 record including a 37-6 record in Sun Belt play as they have not lost more than two games inside their home arena.
Lady Mavs Home Record
2021-22: 2-1
2020-21: 8-1
2019-20: 12-4
2018-19: 12-3
2017-18: 13-2
2016-17: 11-3
2015-16: 7-8
2014-15: 10-5
2013-14: 3-11
2012-13: 3-10
2011-12: 1-4
Total: 82-52
AMONG THE ELITE
UTA has been one of the top teams in the Sun Belt Conference year in and year out since joining the league in 2013-14. The Lady Mavs have been .500 or better every year except their very first season and have currently won 10 or more conference games in seven straight seasons, a conference-leading mark they hold with Troy.
1. Little Rock: 113
2. Troy: 103
3. UTA: 90
4. Arkansas State: 82
5. Louisiana: 79
6. Texas State: 77
7. South Alabama: 62
8. Georgia State: 58
9. App State: 55
10. Coastal Carolina: 41
11. Georgia Southern: 31
ULM: 31
NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
UT Arlington built up a tough non-conference schedule in 2020-21 as 10 team docket includes three teams who made the NCAA Tournament last season, two teams who competed in the WNIT, and eight total teams who had a winning record in 2020-21.
All opponents are NCAA Division I teams, including two teams that won their conference championship and the WNIT Champion from a season ago. Two NCAA Tournament participants and both WNIT participants will visit the College Park Center.
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