Texas Arlington Mavericks NCAA Basketball News

Durrell Summers and Draymond Green combined for 39 points to lead No. 11 Michigan State to an 87-68 victory over Texas-Arlington on Wednesday night.

Winners of 46 straight non-conference games at the Breslin Center, the 11th-ranked Michigan State Spartans try to keep rolling at home tonight as they entertain the Mavericks of Texas- Arlington in the final game of 2009.

There's one more chance for Michigan State to tune up before beginning what's sure to be a rugged Big Ten schedule.

A LOOK AT THE MAVERICKS UT Arlington plays for the first time in 8 days as they travel to East Lansing, Mich.

In Arlington, Marquez Haynes scored 31 points to lead the Mavericks past the Rams .

Midway through the second half against Texas Wesleyan, Marquez Haynes drove the lane and freed himself up for a short lay-up. Inexplicably, the Texas Wesleyan defense didn't rotate over.

BKCTexas-Arlington-Baylor,0161 Baylor easily gets past Texas-Arlington 94-63 Eds: APNewsNow.

Notes: The Bears are 11-1 all-time against Texas-Arlington, but had to rally from a nine-point halftime deficit to pull off a 79-76 win last season at the Ferrell Center.

Cameron Catlett is 6'3'' and listed as a guard. The freshman from San Antonio has played along the perimeter for most of his basketball career.

UT Arlington senior guard Marquez Haynes is one of the leading scorers in college basketball this season.

All indications pointed to the Mavericks coming home from the Drake Hy-Vee Classic with the championship trophy as UTA held a seven-point lead with 7:39 to play.

Marquez Haynes had 22 points and Brandon Long had 18 points and nine rebounds to lead Texas-Arlington past North Dakota 75-65 Friday night in the first round of the Drake Hy-Vee Classic.

Monday's UTA men's basketball game at Houston Baptist was a tale of two halves but a combination of strong defense and a lot of Brandon Long in the second 20 minutes turned into an 80-75 victory for the Mavericks.

Brandon Long scored 27 points and Texas-Arlington used a 22-3 run midway through the second half to beat Houston Baptist 80-75 Monday night.

Forward freshman Jordan Reves goes in for a dunk against UT Permian Basin Tuesday night at Texas Hall.

A LOOK AT THE MAVERICKS UT Arlington continues its 4-game season-opening homestand Tuesday as its hosts UT Permian Basin at 7 p.m....the game will be preceded by the UTA women's team taking on UMKC at 4 p.m....the Mavericks will be looking to snap a 2-game losing streak after dropping a 72-68 decision to Eastern Washington Saturday...UTA is now 1-2 ...

Three games in, UT Arlington has played in its fair share of close games and heartbreakers for this early of a season.

Before the season even started, coach Scott Cross said he could live with losses if his team plays hard and shows effort the entire game.

Long scored 11 of his points in the first 20 minutes, and Haynes, who came into the game averaging 30.3 points, shot 6 of 11, including 5 of 7 from 3-point range.

Sophomore guard LaMarcus Reed draws a foul on a jump shot during the Mavericks' 101 to 99 double overtime loss to North Texas on Wednesday at Texas Hall.