{"id":107967,"date":"2026-01-02T00:13:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T00:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/107967\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T00:13:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T00:13:34","slug":"slow-start-dooms-lady-mavs-against-california-baptist-on-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/107967\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow Start Dooms Lady Mavs Against California Baptist on the Road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tStory Links&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n   &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Southern_Utah.png\" alt=\"Southern Utah\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> Southern Utah<\/p>\n<p>1\/3\/2026 | 2 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Jan. 03 (Sat) \/ 2 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Southern_Utah.png\" alt=\"Southern Utah\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0Southern Utah&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/opponent-history\/southern-utah\/257\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>RIVERSIDE, Calif. \u2013 Inconsistent play led to the UT Arlington women&#8217;s basketball team (6-8, 0-2 WAC) falling 85-64 to the California Baptist Lancers (8-7, 2-0 WAC) inside the Fowler Events Center on Thursday afternoon.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Lady Mavs had three players score in double figures, led by <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/kira-reynolds\/14625\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14625\" target=\"_blank\">Kira Reynolds<\/a>, who had 15 points and two blocks. <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/jadyn-atchison\/14626\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14626\" target=\"_blank\">Jadyn Atchison<\/a> added 13 points while <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/erin-sellers\/14742\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14742\" target=\"_blank\">Erin Sellers<\/a> chipped in with a career-high 12 points from the bench.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/amiyah-reynolds\/14623\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14623\" target=\"_blank\">Amiyah Reynolds<\/a> pulled down three offensive rebounds to pace an offense that racked up second chance opportunities for UTA, grabbing 11 boards and turning them into 14 second chance points.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nUTA did a great job disrupting CBU shots in the contest, coming away with five blocks. <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/kira-reynolds\/14625\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14625\" target=\"_blank\">Kira Reynolds&#8217;<\/a> two rejections led the way individually for the Lady Mavs, giving her 41 on the year. <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/laura-bello\/14616\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14616\" target=\"_blank\">Laura Bello<\/a> also finished with two blocks for the contest.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGAME FLOW<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAfter recording the first bucket of the game, the Lady Mavs would fall behind thanks to a 14-0 Lancers run before UTA responded with a bucket with 4:38 left to go in the first. Down 24-10, UTA went on a 9-0 run with 1:42 left in the first quarter, culminating in a bucket from Sellers, to narrow its deficit to 24-19, a score that would hold for the rest of the period.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nCalifornia Baptist kept adding to that lead, building a 43-29 advantage before UTA went on a 7-0 run, highlighted by a bucket from <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/kira-reynolds\/14625\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14625\" target=\"_blank\">Kira Reynolds<\/a>, to narrow its deficit to 43-36, a score that would hold until halftime.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAfter intermission, UTA cut its deficit to 45-39 before going on a 6-0 run to tie things up at 45 with 6:40 to go in the third. The Lady Mavs could not advance their rally further as the Lancers took a 63-49 lead into the fourth quarter, thanks to a 12-0 run to end the third by CBU. UTA knocked down two three-pointers in the quarter to score six of its 13 total points.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nUTA could not pull any closer in the fourth, losing by a final of 85-64. The Lady Mavs pulled down three offensive rebounds to score four second chance points out of 15 total in the period.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGAME NOTES<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Lady Mavs shot well from three point range, knocking down four of 10 long range attempts.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/erin-sellers\/14742\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14742\" target=\"_blank\">Erin Sellers<\/a> scored a Division I career-high 12 points in the loss.&#13;<br \/>\n\tUTA got a team-high nine rebounds from <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/amiyah-reynolds\/14623\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14623\" target=\"_blank\">Amiyah Reynolds<\/a>, a new career-high for the redshirt-sophomore.&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe UTA bench continued their consistent play by adding 23 points to its scoring output.&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe UTA defense forced 16 turnovers.&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Lady Mavs were active in affecting shots on the defensive end, tallying five blocks as a team, the seventh time this season UTA has finished with five or more blocks in a contest as a team.&#13;<br \/>\n\tUTA cleaned up on the offensive glass, collecting 11 offensive boards in the game.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/kira-reynolds\/14625\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14625\" target=\"_blank\">Kira Reynolds<\/a> led the Lady Mavs with 15 points, the eighth time this season she&#8217;s finished with double digit scoring efforts.&#13;<br \/>\n\tUTA got seven rebounds and two blocks from <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/laura-bello\/14616\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14616\" target=\"_blank\">Laura Bello<\/a>.&#13;<br \/>\n\tCBU recorded 52 points in the paint compared to UTA&#8217;s 32.&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Lancers shot 26-percent from deep, the 11th time out of 14 games that the Lady Mavs have held opponents to under 30-percent from behind the arc.&#13;<br \/>\n\tUTA falls to 0-4 all-time against CBU in Riverside.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNEXT UP<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Lady Mavs return to Arlington to host Southern Utah for UTA&#8217;s conference home opener on Saturday, January 3, with tipoff slated for 2 p.m. CT inside the College Park Center.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2013 #BuckEm \u2013<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFOLLOW ALONG<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFor updates, behind-the-scenes photos, videos and more engaging and personal content, be sure to follow the women&#8217;s basketball program on X (formally known as Twitter) (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UTAMavsWBB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@UTAMavsWBB<\/a>), Instagram (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/utamavswbb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@UTAMavsWBB<\/a>) and Facebook (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UTAMavsWBB\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\/UTAMavsWBB<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; 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