Hits: 26
UTEP 77 (10-15 8-5)
North Texas 71 (7-18 1-12)
Final/OT
Starters
Derail Green
Shane Temara
Ryan Woolridge
A.J. Lawson
J-Mychal Reese
It’s a bit of a tough decision but Player of the Game honors will go to Redshirt Freshman Ryan Woolridge who was an assist away from a Triple-Double. He did manage to pick up his first career Double-Double with 15 points and 11 total rebounds. He was 6 of 8 (75%) from the floor, made his one three-point attempt, and was 2 of 4 (50%) from the free throw line. He picked up 2 offensive and 9 defensive rebounds, 9 assists, a block, and 3 steals.
Also in double digits for the Mean Green was Derail Green (21 – led team), Shane Temara (15), and A.J. Lawson (12).
Free Throws Missed
North Texas has not won a game this season when they have made less than 60% of their shots from the free throw line. In the game against the Miners, this was their fourth worst game shooting free throws:
| 2016-2017 Free Throw Statistics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Free Throws Made | Free Throws Attempted | Free Throw Percent | Result |
| Louisiana Tech | 6 | 15 | 0.4000 | L |
| Texas Tech | 5 | 12 | 0.4167 | L |
| Southern Miss | 10 | 24 | 0.4167 | L |
| UTEP | 6 | 14 | 0.4286 | L |
| Rice | 17 | 36 | 0.4722 | L |
| Middle Tennessee | 16 | 29 | 0.5517 | L |
| UAB | 5 | 9 | 0.5556 | L |
| Old Dominion | 12 | 21 | 0.5714 | L |
| Sul Ross State | 24 | 39 | 0.6154 | W |
| FIU | 16 | 25 | 0.6400 | L |
| Charlotte | 13 | 20 | 0.6500 | L |
| Sam Houston State | 16 | 24 | 0.6667 | L |
| Hartford | 14 | 20 | 0.7000 | W |
| Drexel | 14 | 20 | 0.7000 | L |
| UT-Arlington | 17 | 24 | 0.7083 | L |
| San Diego | 15 | 21 | 0.7143 | L |
| Delaware State | 18 | 25 | 0.7200 | W |
| Texas College | 17 | 23 | 0.7391 | W |
| Old Dominion | 21 | 28 | 0.7500 | L |
| Rice | 19 | 25 | 0.7600 | L |
| Niagara | 26 | 34 | 0.7647 | W |
| Southeastern Louisiana | 17 | 22 | 0.7727 | W |
| Charlotte | 17 | 21 | 0.8095 | L |
| FAU | 10 | 11 | 0.9091 | W |
| Rutgers | 6 | 6 | 1.0000 | L |
| Season Total | 357 | 548 | 0.6515 | |
Up next for the Mean Green is the UTSA Road Runners on Saturday, February 18th at 3:00 PM in Denton, TX at the Super Pit. This is pretty much a must-win game for North Texas if they don’t want to be eliminated from the Conference USA Basketball Tournament. If Southern Miss and Florida Atlantic both win their games and the Mean Green loses Saturday, there won’t be enough games left in the season to overcome the deficit even if North Texas wins all of its remaining regular season games and both Southern Miss and FAU win just one more game.
CUSA Action
UAB 59
Marshall 74
FAU 69
Louisiana Tech 95
Florida Intl 66
Southern Miss 69
UTSA 68
Rice 80
Middle Tennessee 78
Western Kentucky 52
CUSA Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Tennessee | 13-1 | – | 23-4 |
| Louisiana Tech | 11-3 | 2 | 19-8 |
| Rice | 8-5 | 4.5 | 18-8 |
| Old Dominion | 8-5 | 4.5 | 15-10 |
| Marshall | 8-5 | 4.5 | 15-11 |
| UTEP | 8-5 | 4.5 | 10-15 |
| UAB | 8-6 | 5 | 15-12 |
| Western Kentucky | 6-7 | 6.5 | 12-14 |
| UT San Antonio | 6-7 | 6.5 | 11-15 |
| Charlotte | 5-8 | 7.5 | 11-13 |
| Southern Miss | 5-9 | 8 | 8-18 |
| Florida Atlantic | 4-9 | 8.5 | 8-16 |
| Florida International | 2-11 | 10.5 | 6-20 |
| North Texas | 1-12 | 11.5 | 7-18 |