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North Texas wins its first tournament game since the 2011-2012 Season
North Texas (11-18) defeated the Florida Atlantic Owls 79-74 in a closely fought battle. The Mean Green lead for much of the game but FAU battled back in the fourth quarter however it wasn’t enough to overtake a hot but evenly balanced offense that shot 48.1% (26-54) from the floor, 46.7% (7-15) from behind the arc, and 87.0% (20-23) from the free throw line.
Five Mean Green players scored double digits, four of whom were starters — Criner (16), Adams (15), Tac (15), Ellison (10), and Jones (14). North Texas also put in its highest scoring game of the season at 79 points.
First year Head Coach Jalie Mitchell became the fourth coach ever at North Texas to win a post-season game in their first year.
Tuesday's game was the 1st time in which 5 players finished with 10+ points since March 5, 2015. Kas Williams almost made it 6 with 9 pts.
— North Texas WBB (@MeanGreenWBB) March 8, 2016
Game stats are available here.
Up next for North Texas is Old Dominion Wednesday at 1:30 CT. KNTU will be covering the Men’s game but will resume coverage once the Men’s game is complete. The American Sports Network has the coverage of the game on TV and is streaming the game for free.
Programming note: @KNTU881 will broadcast entirety of @MeanGreenMBB tomorrow beginning at 11:45. Will join @MeanGreenWBB in progress after.
— Scott Sidway (@ScottyWK) March 8, 2016
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