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46
UT Arlington UTA 6-3,0-0 Sun Belt
61
Winner Oklahoma St. OSU 5-4,0-0 Big 12
UT Arlington UTA
6-3,0-0 Sun Belt
46
Final
61
Oklahoma St. OSU
5-4,0-0 Big 12
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
UT Arlington UTA 12 11 14 9 46
Oklahoma St. OSU 20 11 14 16 61

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | James Hill (@jameshillSID)

Turnovers Doom Lady Mavs in Road Loss to Oklahoma State

STILLWATER, Okla. – The UT Arlington women's basketball team could not overcome a season-high 19 turnovers as Oklahoma State used a big fourth quarter to pull away for a 61-46 victory on Friday evening inside Gallagher-Iba Arena.

Junior Starr Jacobs scored 14 points on 6 of 12 shooting to go with six boards, while senior Terryn Milton added 12 points on 6 of 9 shooting. Senior Claire Chastain scored eight with five rebounds and two blocks, and senior Katie Ferrell scored four points to go with seven boards, five assists, and two steals. Seniors De'Sha Benjamin and Camryn Hawkins each added four.

Lauren Fields led OSU with 23 points and three steals, while Lexy Keys scored 11 off the bench, including three 3-pointers. Kassidy De Lapp maybe had the biggest impact on the game with six points off the bench as well as eight boards, three steals, and four blocks.

After Jacobs opened the game with a lay-in, Oklahoma State responded with seven straight to open up a 7-2 lead. UTA battled back to make it an 11-8 game before a massive 9-0 run by the Cowgirls behind Fields, and a spark from De Lapp made it a 20-8 game.

The Lady Mavs scored the final four points to close the gap to 20-12 at the end of the quarter. Fields scored 10 in the quarter on 4 of 6 shooting.

UTA closed the game within four as Jacobs got rolling while Milton provided some scoring off the bench. However, Keys would get hot in the second, along with Fields, to help push the lead back to eight. UTA held OSU to 11 points on 3 of 17 shooting, but five each from Fields and Keys as well as seven Lady Mav turnovers helped the Cowgirls keep distance going into the break.

The Lady Mavs rebounded in the third quarter and came out firing as a 10-0 behind stout defense suddenly put UTA in front 33-31 with 5:36 to play in the third. Milton scored four during the spurt while Ferrell and Jacobs each added bucket, with Hawkins adding the go-ahead lay-up on a Chastain steal.

However, UTA lost Keys on the ensuing possession as she buried a 3-pointer to put OSU back ahead. Milton cut it back to one on the other end, but huge offensive boards by the Cowgirls led to Keys draining another triple and Fields pushing a driving lay-in to get the lead back to eight.

Chastain got it back to six, and UTA tried to find another basket in the final two minutes to get it back to four. However, disaster struck in the final seconds of the third as a leaping steal from Fields led to a lay-in from De Lapp at the buzzer and swung all the momentum in OSU's favor as they led 45-37 going to the fourth.

UTA could never recover from that moment as the Cowgirls closed things out with a 16-9 advantage in the fourth to pull away and take the 61-56 home victory.

BOX SCORE NUGGETS
  • The Lady Mavs turned it over 11 times in the first half.
  • UTA shot 20 of 52 (.385) on the night, their first time shooting under 40% since the Houston win on Nov. 17.
  • It is the second time in the last three contest that UTA did not make a 3-pointer, finishing 0 of 11.
  • The Lady Mavs have scored 40 or more points in the paint in four straight games and in five total games this season. 
  • Oklahoma State had an opponent-high 12 steals on the night.
  • OSU held a dominant 47-36 advantage in rebounds, including a staggering 18 offensive rebounds, an opponent high this season.
  • Despite shooting a lower field goal percentage on the night, Oklahoma State got up 69 shots to UTA's 52.
  • UTA's 10 team assists are the lowest total since the Baylor game on Nov. 11.

NOTABLES
  • Katie Ferrell officially moved into sole possession of second place in career-assists, passing Terra Wallace. Ferrell's five assists puts her at 414 in her career.
  • Starr Jacobs has scored in double-digits in every contest this season.
  • Oklahoma State has won six straight over the Lady Mavs.
  • UTA shot under 60% from the free throw for the first time this season, going 6 of 11 tonight (.545). The Lady Mavs had not dipped below 70 percent this season.
  • In both games where the Lady Mavs did not connect on a 3-pointer, the opposing team has gone 5 of 22 (South Florida and Oklahoma State).
  • UTA is 0-2 against the Big 12 Conference this season.
  • UTA 46 points in the lowest point total this season and the first time UTA has scored under 50 points since Mar. 6, 2021 in a 54-46 SBC Quarterfinal loss to App State.
  • it was the first time in six games UTA had a difference starting lineup with Reniya Jones getting her first career start in place of Terryn Milton.

QUOTABLES
"I thought we came in and played a very physical and tough team on the road. I thought our kids battled back in the third quarter and then we lost a couple of possessions and just could not battle back. I'm proud of my kids. We'll get some things ready to go and get ready for SMU." - Shereka Wright

NEXT UP
UTA will return to action on Tuesday afternoon as they take the short trip Dallas to take on SMU in their final non-conference tilt. Tip-off is scheduled for 1 p.m. 

FOLLOW ALONG
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