Texas-Arlington’s women’s basketball team turned back Wichita State’s third-quarter rally Sunday in a 74-70 victory in Arlington, Texas.
Rangie Bessard had 16 points to lead WSU (1-2), while Diamond Lockhart had 13 points and Tamara Lee 11.
Freshman Ericka Mattingly, a point guard from Wichita South, started and scored eight points in 16 minutes for UTA (3-0).
Wichita State took a 40-38 lead with 9:17 to play in the third quarter, but UTA regained the lead over the next minutes and extended the lead to seven. WSU cut the lead to one with 1:37 to go on the fourth quarter but couldn’t grab the lead.