Women's Basketball 2/21/2025 3:17:00 PM Grant Cohen

Tarleton State Women’s Basketball takes on UTA in key WAC game at Wisdom Gym Saturday

STEPHENVILLE, Texas – Tarleton State Women's Basketball will play a critical WAC game at Wisdom Gym on Saturday at 2 p.m. against in-state conference foe UT Arlington.

The Texans are currently sitting in third place in the WAC, one game behind UTA. Saturday's winner will be put in second place and be in the driver's seat for the No. 2 seed in the WAC Tournament in Las Vegas.

Tickets start at just $10 and can be purchased online or in-person at the Wisdom Gym Box Office on gameday. Tarleton State students, faculty and staff receive free admission.

The game will be available to watch on ESPN+ and fans can listen to Clayton Neville's radio call on Tarleton Sports Network. Neville will have a 30-minute pregame show starting at 1:30 p.m. and a 30-minute postgame show will follow each game.

MATCHUP NOTES

Separated by 100 miles, Tarleton State and UT Arlington will meet for the 12th time in program history on Saturday. UT Arlington leads the series 10-1, with Tarleton State seeking its first win over the Mavericks in the Division I Era.
UT Arlington defeated the Texans 87-79 in the WAC opener earlier this year, with Arieona Rosborough scoring a career-high 28 points.
Saturday's winner will take over second place in the WAC standings.

THE COMEBACK KIDS

Tarleton State has won two games in February when it was trailing at halftime.
The Texans were down 29-24 at halftime against Utah Valley (2/8), but won 68-61.
Most recently, Tarleton State was down by 10 going into the locker room at Seattle U (2/15), but used a second-half surge to defeat the Redhawks 79-76.
The win at Seattle U was the first time this season the Texans overcame a double-digit point deficit.

MILESTONE MARKERS

Even though Tarleton State has broken multiple Division I program records, it isn't done yet rewriting the record books. Several Texans are close to breaking Division I Era program records.
Senior guard Arieona Rosborough needs just 24 made field goals to set the new Division I Era single season program record.
Rosborough needs just 58 more assists to break the program's single season record in the Division I Era. She is currently second in that category.
Senior guard Jakoriah Long needs just 25 more 3-pointers to break the Division I Era single season program record.
Sophomore center Faith Acker needs just 23 more rebounds to break the Division I Era single season program record. She is also 11 defensive rebounds away from breaking the Division I Era single season program record in that category.

FAREWELL TO WISDOM

The 2024-25 will mark the final basketball season played at the historic, 3,000-seat Wisdom Gym. The Texans are currently 11-2 on its home floor.
This season marks the most wins at Wisdom Gym in the Division I Era. It is the most wins in Wisdom Gym by a Tarleton State Women's Basketball Team since the 2019-20 season.
Built in 1970 for a cost of $1.3 million, Wis- dom Gym has been the home of Tarleton State Basketball for over 50 years. Over that time, the gym has become home to All-Americans, ALL-WAC selections, Conference Champions, Conference Tournament Champions, College Insider.com Tournament games, NCAA Regional Tournaments, and NCAA Sweet 16 games.

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