ARLINGTON, Texas – The UT Arlington women's basketball team (14-12, 9-6 WAC) will conclude the 2024-25 regular season when they welcome California Baptist (12-17, 9-6 WAC) to the College Park Center on Saturday, March 8, for a 2 p.m. CT tipoff in a game with major implications for the seeding of the Western Athletic Conference tournament.
 
It is senior day, and we will honor eight seniors, five players, two managers and a grad assistant, with a small ceremony prior to tipoff. Avery Brittingham, Taliyah Clark, Koi Love, Zoe Nelson, Aspen Thornton, Remon Jones, Evan Fortune and DJ McFarlane are those who will be recognized.
 
The Lady Mavs look to snap their five-game losing streak and move their home record from 10-1 to 11-1. With a win, the 11-1 home record would be the best record at home for the Lady Mavs since the 2006-07 season when they finished 11-1 back when they played at Texas Hall. UTA already has accumulated their best record inside the CPC and look to push their home record to the best in 18 years.
 
SERIES HISTORY
This will be the seventh all time meeting between the two programs with their first ever matchup coming back in December of 2022. UTA is still searching for their first win, trailing in the all-time series 0-6. Inside the College Park Center, the Lady Mavs are 0-2 against the Lancers. The Lady Mavs dropped their first meeting this season 90-79 back on February 13. The Lancers knocked the Lady Mavs out of the conference tournament last season, 83-67 in the WAC semifinals. As a team, the Lady Mavs average 73 points per game in the series while averaging 78.5 points inside the CPC.
 
SCOUTING CALIFORNIA BAPTIST
The Lancers come into the game after dropping their last contest at Tarleton State, 44-75 and are 3-2 in their last five games. Away from Riverside, CBU holds a 6-7 record on the road. CBU sits in fifth, right behind UTA who is fourth in the current WAC standings. The Lancers average 65.7 points per game while opponents average 73.1 points per game. From the field, CBU shoots 41.2 percent while shooting 32.2 percent from deep. CBU has four players averaging double digits in scoring: Khloe Lemon (18.7), Grace Schmidt (13.5), Nhug Bosch Duran (10.6) and Anaiyah Tu'ua (10.2).
 
LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED
Fifth year transfer Koi Love has solidified herself as one of the top scorers in the Western Athletic Conference. 
 
Through 26 games, Love is averaging 15.7 points per game, which is currently the top mark in the WAC and the 136th best mark in the nation as of March 6. She has made 175 field goals on the season, which is tied for second in the WAC and 116th in the NCAA while her 51.8 field goal percentage is the third best mark in the WAC and 52nd overall. She has six 20-point performances on the season and a record eight WAC Newcomer of the Week honors.
 
CERTIFIED BALLER
Avery Brittingham has proven time and time again that she is one of the premier players in this league. She has posted a league high 12 double doubles through 26 games which is 34th in the country. She nearly averages a double double for the season with 13.0 points per game and 8.8 rebounds per game. Her 1.60 assist to turnover ratio is third in the conference.
 
IF IT'S FREE, IT'S FOR ME
As a team, the Lady Mavs are one of the best teams in the nation in getting to the free throw line for the season, averaging a league high 22.15 free throw attempts per game which is the tenth best mark nationally. Their average of 15.69 free throws made per game is tops in the league and 13th nationally. Their 70.8 free throw percentage is the fourth best mark in the WAC. Avery Brittingham is third in the conference and 84th in the country with 145 free throw attempts.
 
HIGH OCTANE OFFENSE
The Lady Mavs have the second-best scoring offense in the conference and 75th best in the country, averaging 72.2 points per game. Their 4.2 scoring margin is the fifth best mark in the WAC and 129th in the NCAA. The bench averages 20.8 points per game, the third best mark in the conference and 98th nationally. Their field goal percentage of 42.2 percent is the third best mark in the conference and 124th nationally.
 
QUEENS OF THE BOARDS
The Lady Mavs are one of the top rebounding teams in the country, averaging 37.50 rebounds per game which is the second-best mark in the conference and 119th in the country. Offensively, UTA averages 12.4 which is fourth best in the WAC and 101st best in the NCAA. Defensively, their average of 25.1 is third in the WAC.
 
Avery Brittingham's 8.8 rebounds per game are second in the conference and are 70th nationally while her 230 total rebounds are second most in the WAC and 123rd in the NCAA. Koi Love's average of 6.8 rebounds per game is the seventh best mark in the conference.
 
20 PLUS CLUB
The Lady Mavs have had at least one player record 20 plus points in a game 11 times this season. Aspen Thornton was the latest Lady Mavs to join the list for the first time this season at Grand Canyon. Koi Love leads the way with six such performances while Avery Brittingham and Taliyah Clark each have two apiece.
 
STILL THROWING A BLOCK PARTY
The Lady Mavs are still one of the better shot blocking teams in the WAC a year later after leading the league and having two of the top shot blockers in the conference a season ago. The Lady Mavs average 4.3 blocks per game, the best mark in the conference and 42nd nationally. The Lady Mavs have three of the top 10 shot blockers in the WAC with Avery Brittingham averaging 1.00 which is fourth, Koi Love and Zoe Nelson sit tied for seventh in the conference with 0.92 blocks per contest.
 
UTA has posted at least one block in each of their 26 games, with 23 of those seeing the Lady Mavs with multiple blocked shots. 13 of those contests, UTA finished with five or more blocks. Through conference play, the Lady Mavs have 65 blocked shots, second most in that span behind California Baptist who has 75.
 
THE FACILITATORS
The Lady Mavs are one of the top teams in the conference when it comes to dishing out assists, their 15.2 per game are the third most in the WAC and 67th overall in the NCAA. Their 0.91 assist to turnover ratio is the second-best mark in the conference and 120th nationally.
 
Avery Brittingham's 107 total assists lead the team while her average of 4.1 per game are the fifth best mark in the conference and 107th nationally. 
 
DEFENSIVE INTENSITY
The Lady Mavs force 19.54 turnovers a game, the fourth best mark in the WAC and the 40th best mark in the NCAA. Their 10.3 steals per contest are the fourth best mark in the conference and 41st in the country. The Lady Mavs have the fourth best turnover margin in the WAC and the 79th best in the NCAA at 2.81. The Lady Mavs have the sixth best scoring defense in the conference at 68.1.
 
Koi Love's 61 steals are the sixth most in the WAC and 104th in the country. Her average of 2.35 steals per game is the fifth best mark in the conference and 53rd nationally. Brittingham's average of 2.04 steals per contest is the eighth best mark in the WAC and 126th in the country.
 
TAKING CARE OF THE ROCK
The Lady Mavs are one of the best in the conference when taking care of the basketball, averaging 16.7 turnovers per game which is the fourth best mark in the WAC.
 
UTA has turned the ball over less than their opponent in 15 games this season, holding a 10-5 record in those contests.
 
THE PRICE IS WRIGHT
Head coach Shereka Wright overtook Samantha Morrow (2007-13) for the fifth most wins in school history with 75 after their then sixth conference win of the season over Southern Utah on Jan. 30, 2025. After the Lady Mavs win against Seattle U at home, Wright now has 78 wins and trails Krista Gerlich (121), Donna Capps (119), Connie Kelch (117) and Mike Dean (115). Wright's .565 winning percentage is the third best in program history.
 
TRIPLE DOUBLE FACTORY
There have been 31 triple doubles in all of NCAA Division I so far in the season and the Lady Mavs have three of those 28 with Avery Brittingham (2) and Koi Love (1). UTA is the only team with multiple players to post a triple double. Brittingham is tied for fifth amongst active players with four career triple double performances. In program history, the Lady Mavs have five with three of those coming this season and Brittingham is the only player with multiples, three in her tenure with UTA.
   
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