ARLINGTON, TEXAS --- Avery Brittingham joined an elite group while Taliyah Clark poured in a game-high 27 points to lead the UT Arlington women's basketball team to an 81-62 win over Stephen F. Austin inside the College Park Center on Saturday.
 
With the victory, the Mavs (6-8, 2-2 WAC) continued a hot stretch, capturing the program's fifth-consecutive victory and producing UTA's first win over SFA (9-6, 3-1) since March 21, 2019 - snapping a three-game losing streak to the Lumberjacks.
 
Brittingham finished with 11 points, matched her career-high with 11 assists and added 10 rebounds for her second career triple-double, which includes one against Texas Southern last year when she played for SFA. Impressively, the forward becomes just the fourth player in WAC history to tally multiple triple-doubles, joining Bella Earle (Abilene Christian), Ericka Mattingly (Kansas City) and Alexis Montgomery (Seattle U).

"It means a lot," Brittingham said. "A triple-double is big. It's really hard to get. I'm grateful for my teammates, especially TC. She had a bunch of big buckets, as far as getting me the assists. It means a lot, especially beating SFA."

Brittingham, a local product from Crowley High School who spent her first three collegiate seasons at SFA, also recorded just the second triple-double in UTA history, joining Krystal Buchanan, who had 23 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against Sam Houston on Jan. 14, 2002. Saturday was also Brittingham's sixth double-double of the season, and she's reached double-digit points in every game this year.
 

ALL-TIME TRIPLE-DOUBLES IN WAC HISTORY
Player	School	Stats	Opponent (Date)
Linda Frohlich	Colorado State	14 points, 10 rebounds, 12 assists	UNLV (2/25/99)
Laura Ingham	Nevada	18 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists	Rice (1/4/03)
Shalana Taylor	UTEP	12 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists	Hawai'i (2/19/05)
Tasha Williams	Louisiana Tech	10 points, 11 assists, 10 steals	Hawai'i (3/4/06)
Alexis Montgomery	Seattle U	14 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists	Kansas City (2/8/18)
Alexis Montgomery	Seattle U	15 points, 15 rebounds, 10 assists	Utah Valley (3/3/18)
Ericka Mattingly	Kansas City	15 points, 10 rebounds, 12 assists	Peru State (11/29/18)
Brooke Salas	New Mexico State	32 points, 22 rebounds, 11 blocks	Alcorn State (12/21/18)
Ericka Mattingly	Kansas City	28 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists	California Baptist (2/9/19)
Avery Brittingham	SFA	16 points, 15 rebounds, 11 assists	Texas Southern (11/13/22)
Trinity San Antonio	California Baptist	17 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists	Utah Tech (2/25/23)
Bella Earle	Abilene Christian	13 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists	Navy (11/26/23)
Bella Earle	Abilene Christian	19 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists	UT Arlington (11/29/23)
Avery Brittingham	UT Arlington	11 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists	SFA (1/6/24)

 

 
Brittingham's 11 assists were distributed to five different players, led by six to Clark, who recorded her ninth double-digit scoring effort of the season with 27 points and five rebounds on 11-of-16 shooting, including 5-of-6 from long distance. It was her fourth outing with at least 20 points of the campaign, finishing just one shy of matching her season high produced against Sam Houston on Dec. 16. She also established a new season-best with her 11 made field goals and matched her high in 3-point field goals made.
 
Adéla Válková also played an integral role in the victory, finishing second on the team in points (12) and rebounds (6) while matching a career-best with four blocks, the first of which she achieved just two days ago against Tarleton. Two of her five field goals were assisted by Brittingham, who also dished out dimes to Hannah Humphrey, Miraya Perkins and Gia Adams.
 
Adams added nine points, seven assists, three rebounds and two steals. She joined Brittingham and Nya Threatt with the team-best in thefts. Perkins, a true freshman, had her best performance of the season as she finished with eight points on 3-of-4 shooting while adding four rebounds.
 
Threatt (6), Keiori Lee (5) and Humphrey (3) rounded out the scoring for the Mavs.
 
As a team, UTA finished with season-bests in assists (25), field goals made (32) and field goal percentage (.571). Defensively, their 21 field goals allowed is tied for the second-fewest this year and the 14 defensive rebounds allowed is a season-best.
 
The Mavs led by as many as 19 in the second half and led for the game's final 23-plus minutes after a pull-up jumper from Perkins just 3:25 before halftime. In fact, that shot spurred 12 straight points for UTA, who turned a one-point deficit into a 38-30 lead at the break. From there, they never trailed again.
 
Adams (929) and Brittingham (909) continued their ascent toward 1,000 career points.
 
Saturday's game featured the return of former Mav Jordynn Hernandez, who played at UTA before serving two seasons on staff. She is in her first year as an assistant coach/recruiting coordinator with the Lumberjacks.
 
The Mavs will hit the road for three straight, starting with a trip to Utah to take on Utah Valley on Thursday. Clark will then get a chance to face her former team at Seattle U on Saturday.
   
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