Arlington, Texas – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team stormed out to a 39-25 lead at halftime, but were unable to hold on as they fell to UTA, 79-66 at the College Park Center.
UTA (12-4, 5-1 SBC) used hot shooting in the second half including 16-for-27 (59.3%) from the floor and 7-for-13 (53.8%) from the three-point line to pull away from the Cajuns.
Louisiana (10-5, 4-2 SBC) jumped out to an early 11-5 lead when Jasmine Thomas made a layup with 4:26 left in the first quarter.
The Cajuns closed the first period on a 10-4 run to extend their lead to 21-9 at the end of the first frame.