Utah Valley Wolverines (10-11, 3-7 WAC) at UT Arlington Mavericks (9-13, 3-7 WAC)
Arlington, Texas; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: UT Arlington faces Utah Valley after Kira Reynolds scored 20 points in UT Arlington's 84-78 win over the Utah Tech Trailblazers.
The Mavericks are 6-2 on their home court. UT Arlington is fifth in the WAC in team defense, allowing 66.2 points while holding opponents to 38.5% shooting.
The Wolverines are 3-7 against WAC opponents. Utah Valley is fifth in the WAC scoring 63.2 points per game and is shooting 38.6%.
UT Arlington is shooting 38.9% from the field this season, 3.7 percentage points lower than the 42.6% Utah Valley allows to opponents. Utah Valley averages 63.2 points per game, 3.0 fewer than the 66.2 UT Arlington gives up to opponents.
The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Reynolds is averaging 12.2 points, 8.2 rebounds and 2.7 blocks for the Mavericks. Jadyn Atchison is averaging 8.9 points over the last 10 games.