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UTA women’s basketball lose to UTSA in second-straight loss

Written by By Travis Detherage, The Shorthorn senior staff

Monday, 18 January 2010 10:15 PM

Turnovers coupled with a poor shooting performance for the women’s basketball team was the cause of a 69-51 loss to UTSA saturday at the Convocation Center in San Antonio, Texas.

The Mavericks shot a lowly 28.8 percent from the floor and committed 23 turnovers to drop their conference record to 1-2 and 6-10 overall. The Mavericks are next to last in both scoring offense and field goal percentage in the Southland Conference.

UTA women’s basketball head Coach Samantha Morrow had an explanation for all the missed shots: game speed and game shots in practice.

“We don’t practice as hard as we need to, and that’s going to happen in a game,” she said.

UTA had 18 offensive rebounds to UTSA’s five, but UTSA converted 18 points off of 23 Maverick turnovers. Currently the Mavericks are last in the Southland conference in turnover margin.

On the bright side, junior forward Shalyn Martin tallied her fifth double-double of the season with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Senior Guard Meghan Nelson showed why she is the third leading scorer in the conference, as she had 15 points. The rest of the team combined for 26 points.

UTSA was up at halftime 34-19, due in part to the Mavericks shooting 18.1 percent and committing 13 turnovers in the first half.

UTSA led by as many as 21 points in the second half. UTA answered and went on a 9-0 run to cut the UTSA lead to 12. The Mavs could never overcome its first half troubles and UTSA shot 52.4 percent from the field in the second half. UTSA also had three players finish in double figures.

The Mavs look to stop its two game losing streak 7 p.m. Wednesday in Texas Hall against SFA.

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