HUNTSVILLE ? Shalyn Martin scored 19 points and pulled down six rebounds to lead Texas-Arlington to a 94-61 Southland Conference women's basketball victory over Sam Houston State Thursday at Johnson Coliseum.

Texas-Arlington (16-9, SLC 11-3) hit 36-of-63 from the field (.571) and outrebounded the Bearkats 44-29. The Mavericks scored 40 of their 94 points in the paint.

Sam Houston State (1-25, SLC 0-13) was led by Whitney Smith with 19 points and Brittany Brooks with 13. Also in double figures for UTA were Tamara Simmons with 18 points and Meghan Nelson and Candice Champion with 10 apiece.

The Mavericks led from buzzer to buzzer, going up 49-22 at halftime and leading by as many as 31 points, 62-31 in the second half.

UTA limited the Bearkats to 33.3 percent from the field as Sam Houston hit 20-of-60. Lydia Gonzales led both teams on the boards with eight rebounds. Tamara Simmons was the top rebounder for UTA with 7.

UT ARLINGTON 94, SAM HOUSTON ST 61

2/28/08 6:30 p.m. at Huntsville, TX (Johnson Coliseum)

UT ARLINGTON (16-9, SLC 11-3)

Martin, Shalyn 7-10 4-5 19; Simmons, Tamara 7-11 0-0 18; Nelson, Meghan 5-10

0-2 10; Champion, Candice 4-6 2-2 10; Abanobi, Maryann 3-7 0-0 8; Duffey,

LaTosha 3-4 0-0 7; Grace, Kristina 2-4 2-3 6; Shofner, Kiarra 1-3 4-4 6;

Riles, Tiffeny 2-4 2-2 6; Dixon, Erin 2-4 0-1 4; Crittle, Adriana 0-0 0-1 0;

Nzeukou, Sandrine 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 36-63 14-20 94.

SAM HOUSTON ST (1-25, SLC 0-13)

Smith, Whitney 7-11 5-8 19; Brooks, Brittany 5-13 0-0 13; Harris, Britney

3-5 2-2 9; Gonzales, Lydia 2-15 4-4 8; Ailshie, Leasa 1-8 1-2 4; Hartley,

Ausha 1-4 1-2 3; Daniel, Deltrice 1-3 0-0 3; Bennett, LaToya 0-1 2-2 2;

Sanders, Katie 0-0 0-0 0; Lynch, Ronishia 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-60 15-20 61.

UT Arlington..................   49   45  -   94

Sam Houston St................   22   39  -   61

3-point goals--UT Arlington 8-12 (Simmons, Tamara 4-6; Abanobi, Maryann 2-2;

Duffey, LaTosha 1-2; Martin, Shalyn 1-2), Sam Houston St 6-21 (Brooks,

Brittany 3-8; Ailshie, Leasa 1-4; Daniel, Deltrice 1-1; Harris, Britney 1-3;

Hartley, Ausha 0-2; Gonzales, Lydia 0-2; Smith, Whitney 0-1). Fouled out--UT

Arlington-None, Sam Houston St-None. Rebounds--UT Arlington 44 (Simmons,

Tamara 7), Sam Houston St 29 (Hartley, Ausha 8; Gonzales, Lydia 8).

Assists--UT Arlington 26 (Shofner, Kiarra 9), Sam Houston St 18 (Ailshie,

Leasa 6). Total fouls--UT Arlington 18, Sam Houston St 19. Technical

fouls--UT Arlington-None, Sam Houston St-Ailshie, Leasa. A-261