ARLINGTON, Texas - UT Arlington hit 11-of-20 three-pointers and shot 53 percent from the field in picking up an 81-48 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball victory over visiting Georgia Southern on Kids Day in Arlington, Texas, on Thursday afternoon.
The Mavericks (13-5, 5-2 SBC) picked up their fifth win out of their last six with the victory, while Georgia Southern fell to 5-13 overall and 0-7 in the league with the loss.
In front of a packed crowd of elementary school and middle school students that made up the majority of the announced crowd of 6,186 in the College Park Center, UT Arlington opened the game on a 14-0 run, making five of its first six shots from the floor, including a pair of three-pointers.