{"id":35861,"date":"2025-11-05T04:35:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T04:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/35861\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T04:35:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T04:35:09","slug":"lady-mavs-drop-season-opener-at-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/35861\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Mavs Drop Season Opener At Houston"},"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\/missouristate_logo.png\" alt=\"Missouri State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> Missouri State<\/p>\n<p>11\/7\/2025 | 6:30 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Nov. 07 (Fri) \/ 6:30 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\/missouristate_logo.png\" alt=\"Missouri State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0Missouri State&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/opponent-history\/missouri-state\/80\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>HOUSTON, Texas \u2013\u00a0UT Arlington women&#8217;s basketball opened up the 2025-26 campaign on Tuesday night, falling to the University of Houston by a final score of 76-59 inside the Fertitta Center.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe loss snaps the Lady Mavs four game winning streak against the Cougars and drops their overall record in the all-time series to 4-11.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe 54th season of Lady Mavs basketball saw true freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/kira-reynolds\/14625\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14625\" target=\"_blank\">Kira Reynolds<\/a> put a stamp on her collegiate debut, notching her first career double-double with 15 points and 16 rebounds to go along with one block in 28 minutes of action. Of Reynolds&#8217; rebounds, five were offensive to pace an offense that racked up second chance opportunities for UTA, with the team grabbing 14 boards and turning them into 12 second chance points.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Lady Mavs played some stingy defense on the perimeter, holding the Cougars to 1-of-15 from behind the arc, finishing with a three-point percentage of 7.1.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGAME FLOW<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAfter playing to a 6-6 tie early in the game, UTA went on a 5-0 run with 5:43 left in the first quarter, culminating in a bucket from <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/kendal-robinson\/14621\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14621\" target=\"_blank\">Kendal Robinson<\/a>, to take an 11-6 lead. The Lady Mavs then surrendered that lead and entered the second quarter down 17-13.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Lady Mavs continued to lose ground in the second quarter and faced a 37-26 halftime deficit.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHouston continued to increase its lead after halftime, building a 42-30 advantage before UTA went on a 7-0 run, punctuated by a three from <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/jadyn-atchison\/14626\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14626\" target=\"_blank\">Jadyn Atchison<\/a>, to trim its deficit to 42-37 with 5:23 to go in the third. Houston countered and stretched its lead to 54-42 heading into the fourth. UTA played well near the basket, scoring 10 of its 16 points in the paint.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Lady Mavs could not pull any closer in the fourth, losing by a final of 76-59. UTA took advantage of 10 Houston turnovers in the quarter, scoring nine points off of those takeaways.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGAME NOTES<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/kira-reynolds\/14625\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14625\" target=\"_blank\">Kira Reynolds<\/a> led all UTA scorers with 15 points to go along with a game-high 16 rebounds to pick up her first collegiate double-double.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/jadyn-atchison\/14626\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14626\" target=\"_blank\">Jadyn Atchison<\/a> finished with nine points and five rebounds in 20 minutes.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/kendal-robinson\/14621\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14621\" target=\"_blank\">Kendal Robinson<\/a> chipped in with seven points on 3-of-4 from the field to go along with one rebound and two steals in 21 minutes.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb The bench provided a spark for the Lady Mavs, recording 33 points.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb UTA finished with a 41-32 rebounding advantage.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb The Lady Mavs defense forced 23 turnovers.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb UTA cleaned up on the offensive glass, collecting 14 offensive boards in the game.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb UTA&#8217;s 35 turnovers are more than they had in any game last season (28 in WAC Championship).\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/alexsyah-goudeau\/14015\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14015\" target=\"_blank\">Alexsyah Goudeau<\/a> led the Lady Mavs with two blocks.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb Goudeau and <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/erin-sellers\/14742\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14742\" target=\"_blank\">Erin Sellers<\/a> each finished with four steals to lead the charge for the Lady Mavs while <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/kali-haizlip\/14025\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14025\" target=\"_blank\">Kali Haizlip<\/a> added three.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNEXT UP<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Lady Mavs return to the College Park Center for their next three games, starting with Missouri State this Friday, Nov. 7, with tipoff slated for 6:30 p.m. CT.<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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