Women’s basketball: UNO at Texas-Arlington
BY | 7:33 pm, Monday, Jan. 23 | POSTED IN Mavericks Blog

QUICK FACTS
>> When: 7 p.m. Tuesday
>> Where: Texas Hall, Arlington, Texas

STARTERS
UNO (11-9)
F Stacia Gebers, 6-0, So., 7.7
F Heather Pohl, 6-0, Sr., 9.7
C Zenta Liepa, 6-1, Jr., 3.8
G P. Frauendorfer, 6-0, Jr., 13.1
G Jamie Nash, 5-4, Jr., 12.5
TEXAS-ARLINGTON (3-13)
F T. Langford, 5-11, Fr., 5.8
F Bianca Sauls, 5-11, Sr., 7.7
C D. Nwanguma, 6-1, So., 5.1
G S. DeNure, 5-5, Jr., 5.4
G Kiara Parker, 5-8, Jr., 5.2

>> Scouting UNO: The Mavericks are facing the Mavericks of the South. On Feb. 18, UNO plays UNO (the University of New Orleans). … Point guard Jamie Nash averages 4.4 steals per game, which would rank second in Division I (UNO isn’t officially included in Division I statistics as a reclassifying school). As a team, UNO would be tied for 29th nationally with an average of 11.7 steals per game. … UNO’s average of 23.2 turnovers per game would rank 333rd out of 343 Division I teams. The Mavs had 29 turnovers, including 18 on steals, in a discouraging 68-60 loss to NAIA Division II power Concordia on Thursday — only sixth-ranked Kentucky has forced more turnovers and gotten more steals against the Mavs this year. … UNO is 1-7 against Division I teams.

Scouting UT-Arlington: The Mavericks, who snapped a five-game losing streak with a 69-61 win Saturday at Stephen F. Austin, rank No. 252 of 342 Division I teams in realtimerpi.com. (UNO isn’t included in RPI.) … UT-Arlington moves into College Park Center on Feb. 1. … UT-Arlington moves from the Southland to the Western Athletic Conference next season. … The Mavericks make an average of 2.1 3-pointers per game, which is 333rd in Division I, and average 22.4 turnovers (327th). … At 8.3 points per game, backup freshman guard Chauntandra Williams is the Mavericks’ leading scorer. … Thirteen of UT-Arlington’s 14 players are from Texas. … After going 22-11 overall, winning the Southland at 14-2 and playing in the WNIT in 2008-09, the Mavericks have finished 15-16 and 8-20 the past two seasons.

About Rob White

Rob White is a staff writer for The Omaha World-Herald and covers UNO and the Omaha Storm Chasers. You can follow Rob on Twitter (@RWhiteOWH) or email him at rob.white@owh.com.

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