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In a game that saw Triple Over time with four Mean Green players fouling out, the cardiac kids never gave up but still fell to the Rice Owls.  Unfortunately 4 North Texas players (Jones, Tac, Frierson, and Williams) fouled out in the game exposing the short bench Jalie Mitchell has had to work with this season.

Kelsey Criner was originally awarded the first ever Triple-Double for the North Texas Women’s Basketball program, however after review the Rice statistician adjusted a rebound and gave it to the Sophmore Post player, Tosin Mabodu.  Criner played 53 minutes and recorded 34 points on 11 of 18 (61.1%) shooting from the floor, 2 of 4 (50%) from behind the arc, and 12 of 14 (85.7%) from the Free Throw line with 10 Assists and 9 Rebounds.

Also in double figures in this Conference USA match-up were Candice Adams (17) and Terra Ellison (18).  Leading the Mean Green in Rebounds was Kelsey Criner (9) with Bria Frierson and Terra Ellison also bringing in 7 Rebounds each.

Next up for the Mean Green is Marshall on January 14th at 5:00 PM in Huntington, WV.

Games Stats for the game have been posted.

Current conference standings (as of 1/10/2016)

TEAM             CONF  GB   OVR
UTEP             4-0    -   13-1
Western Kentucky 3-0   0.5  12-2
Florida Atlantic 2-1   1.5  10-4
Charlotte        2-1   1.5   9-5
Middle Tennessee 2-1   1.5   8-6
Old Dominion     2-1   1.5   6-9
Rice             2-1   1.5   3-11
Marshall         1-2   2.5  11-3
Southern Miss    1-2   2.5   8-6
North Texas      1-2   2.5   6-7
Louisiana Tech   1-2   2.5   6-8
UTSA             1-3    3    5-9
UAB              0-3   3.5   7-7
Florida Intl     0-3   3.5   2-12

Thoughts on the Stats for this Game

I don’t frequently make HSOs for games such as this however it bothers me that the statistician has shorted the North Texas bench 10 minutes in addition to incorrectly awarding a rebound to the wrong player, as mentioned above.  With the triple overtime, there were a total of 55 minutes (40 minutes of regulation + 5 minutes * 3 Overtime periods) for a player if they played the entire game, which means there are 275 minutes available with 5 players on the floor.

In order for North Texas to have been shorted 10 full minutes, the Mean Green would have needed to play 2 complete overtime periods with only 4 players on the floor.  I listened to the game and at no point did the Mean Green have such a situation occur. I have waited a couple days before updating my stats with the hope Rice would make the needed correction to the score sheet but that has not happened.

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