ARLINGTON, Texas – The UT Arlington women's basketball team picked up a big home win over Power 4 opponent Houston by a final score of 61-57 on Wednesday night.
 
This is the Lady Mavs first win over a Power 4/Power 5 school since the 2019-2020 season when the Lady Mavs defeated Kansas State, also of the Big 12, 57-53. The last time Houston and UTA faced off, the Cougars were a member of the American Athletic Conference. 
 
The Lady Mavs had three players with double digit scoring efforts as well as three players with double digit rebounding performances along with two double doubles. Avery Brittingham led the charge for UTA, registering a team-high 16 points to go along with 10 rebounds, marking her fourth double double of the season. Brittingham also added three assists, three steals and a pair of blocks in a season-high 37 minutes of action.
 
Koi Love posted her second double double of the season, finishing with 14 points and a team-high 12 rebounds in 34 minutes off the bench. Love also added four assists on the night.
 
Freshman Kendal Robinson had a career night, finishing with 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting for the night along with draining a pair of triples in a career-high 28 minutes of action. She also added two assists on the night, tying her career high.
 
Zoe Nelson pulled down 10 rebounds, the second time this season she's recorded double digit rebounding efforts. Nelson finished with six points while dishing out an assist in 29 minutes. Taliyah Clark finished with nine points, three steals, two rebounds and an assist in 24 minutes. Nya Threatt chipped in with six points, three rebounds, two assists and a steal in 29 minutes.


 
The Lady Mavs started off sluggish in the first half, going down by as many as six points in the first quarter and as many as nine points in the second quarter. A quick 4-0 run to end the second brought UTA within five, 37-32, to head into the locker room.
 
To begin the second half, the Lady Mavs went on a 14-4 run to start the third, during that run UTA saw their first lead of the game with a little over five minutes left in the quarter. The Cougars managed to tie the game with 30 seconds left before a Lady Mavs bucket from Love regained the lead for UTA, 50-48, to take us into the final quarter.
 
A 7-0 run to start the fourth frame gave the Lady Mavs a cushion that they maintained throughout the remainder of the game.
 
As a team, the Lady Mavs shot 46.2 percent for the game, their second-best mark on the season. UTA held Houston to 35.5 percent from the floor, the second lowest mark the Lady Mavs have held an opponent to this season. The Lady Mavs outrebounded the Cougars 44 to 32.


 
NEXT UP
The Lady Mavs will have about a week and a half break before they welcome Florida International to the College Park Center on Monday, Dec. 16, for the second game of the WAC/CUSA Challenge. Tipoff is slated for 4 p.m.
   
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