LAFAYETTE, La. – The UTA women's basketball team heads to Lafayette to face the Ragin' Cajuns in a battle of the top two teams in the Sun Belt Conference West Division. Tip-off is set for 4:00 p.m.

Winners of eight straight, the Ragin' Cajuns (9-5, 8-1 Sun Belt) currently hold a half-game lead over the Lady Mavs in the SBC standings entering Monday's game, which was originally slated to be a two-game series on Jan. 15-16 before being postponed due to COVID-19 issues within the UTA program.

Matchup: UTA (10-4, 8-2 SBC) at Louisiana (9-5, 8-1 SBC)
When: Monday, February 8 | 4:00 p.m.
Where: Cajundome | Lafayette, La.
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UP NEXT
UTA will wrap up its 4-game road trip with a matchup at in-state foe Texas State on Feb. 11.

SUCCESS AT THE CAJUNDOME
UTA is 4-0 in their last four games against Louisiana at the Cajundome. The Lady Mavs' last loss in Lafayette came on Jan. 30, 2016 (L, 63-52).

NATIONAL RANKINGS
Thru games played on Feb. 6, UTA ranks in the top 100 nationally in the following categories:

- Assist To Turnover Ratio (66th; 1.05)
- Total Assists (77th; 223)
- Assists Per Game (44th; 15.9)
- FG Percentage Defense (16th; 34.7%)
- Scoring Defense (13th; 54.1)
- Scoring Margin (63rd; 9.9)
- Turnover Margin (77th; 2.14)
- Win-Loss Percentage (64th; 71.4)

Individually, Katie Ferrell ranks 51st nationally in assists to turnover ratio (2.16), 55th in total assists (69) and 40th in assists per game (4.9).

DURING SBC PLAY
In league play, the Lady Mavs are holding opponents to just 49.5 points per game, which is 2nd in the conference and just 0.2 points from 1st place Little Rock (49.3). UTA also ranks in the top-3 in the SBC in the following categories:

- Scoring Margin (2nd; +13.6)
- FG Percentage (1st; 41.4%)
- FG% Defense (2nd; 33.9%)
- Assists (2nd; 15.5)
- Steals (2nd; 9.4)
- Turnover Margin (2nd; +5.60)
- Assist/Turnover Ratio (1st; 1.1)

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