Tarleton State Women’s Basketball travels to UTA for regular season finale Thursday

ARLINGTON, Texas – Tarleton State Women's Basketball is set to travel to UT Arlington for the regular season finale on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the College Park Center.

The Texans are looking to get back to their winning ways after five straight losses. UTA is also searching for a win after losing five straight games. Senior guard Gia Adams is a former UTA guard and will face her former team for the third time.

Fans unable to attend the game in person can watch on ESPN+ and also listen to Clayton Neville's radio call on Tarleton Sports Network.

PEAK PERFORMER

Tarleton State signed former All-WAC First Team player Gia Adams this past season. Adams is second on the Texans in scoring and leads the team in assists.
Adams recorded her 100th assist of the season at Southern Utah (2/18). She is just the third Texan in the Division I era to record 100 single season assists.
Adams is currently second on the program's Division I era single season assists list.
She scored her 1,500th career point at ACU (2/3), becoming the only active player in the WAC to have that feat.
Adams was named to the ACU Christmas Classic All-Tournament Team, averaging 22.5 points and eight assists per game.
Adams was named to the 2023-24 All-WAC First Team at UT Arlington before transferring to North Texas. The Cypress, Texas, native was the Texans' first transfer to sign with the Texans.
Averaging 14.5 points per game in her junior season at UT Arlington, Adams led the Lady Mavs in scoring and was the third-leading scorer in the WAC during the 2023-24 season. The Dave Campbell's Honorable Mention All-Texas guard won four straight WAC Newcomer of the Week honors and registered six 20-point games in a UTA uniform. She dropped a season-high 30 points at CBU, the eventual 2024 WAC Champions.
Adams spent her first two seasons at Tennessee State and had one of the best seasons by a Tennessee State freshman in the program's history, averaging 12.9 points per game en route to winning the OVC Freshman of the Year award.

DOMINANT DEFENSE

Defense wins games and the Texans have taken that to heart.
Tarleton State's defense held its opponent to under 50 points for the fifth time at Utah Tech (1/31), leading the Texans to their 1,000th win in program history with a 63-45 decision.
The Texans have a 4-1 record this season when they hold the opposition to under 50 points.
The Texans held UTA to just 37 points on Jan. 21, the fewest in a WAC game since joining the conference in 2020. It is the fewest points the Texans have allowed in conference play since Feb. 29, 2020 (37 at Texas A&M-Kingsville).
The Texans held UTA to 0-for-15 shooting in the fourth quarter on Jan. 21. It is the first time since Dec. 4, 2021 Tarleton State held a team to 0% shooting in a quarter (0-for-11 vs. Arlington Baptist, 1st quarter).
Since women's basketball went to the fourth quarter format in 2015-16, the team never held a team to 0% shooting in the 4th quarter before the Jan. 21 performance against UTA. The closest the Texans got was on Dec. 12, 2020, when they held Champion Christian to 1-for-14 shooting in the fourth quarter.
Tarleton State also held Mississippi Valley State to 1-for-16 shooting (6%) in the second quarter at Mississippi Valley State (12/2).

STRONG STARTERS

Tarleton State's starting five has accounted for the majority of the Texans' scoring this season.
The Texans have used eight different starting lineup combinations this season, with each starting five accounting for at least 53% of the team's scoring.
The starting five for the last six games (Gia Adams, Jakoriah Long, Kyriana Jones, Caroline Lyles, Elodie Lutbert) have accounted for 83.0% of the Texans' points.
Tarleton State's five starters all scored in double figures in a win against Southern Utah (1/15), combining for 67 of the Texans' 81 points.
The starting five of Adams, Long, Jones, Shadasia Brackens and Lutbert have all scored in double figures in three games this season.
All five starters scored in double figures in back-to-back games on Dec. 2-7 (at Mississippi Valley State, vs. Texas A&M-San Antonio). It was the first time since Feb. 16-18, 1989.