Hits: 30
Southern Miss 62 (11-7 3-3)
North Texas 75 (6-11 (3-3)
Starters
Terra Ellison
Tosin Mabodu
Kelsey Criner
Candice Adams
Terriell Bradley
Player of the Game honors really goes to two players with this game as both made significant contribution to the win over the Southern Miss Golden Eagles.
First is Candice Adams scored 16 points to lead the team. She was 5 of 10 (50%) from the floor, 4 of 8 (50%) from 3-Point land, and a perfect 2 of 2 from the Charity Stripe. Sha=e also picked up 3 total rebounds (1 Offensive; 2 Defensive) and 3 Assists while playing all 40 minutes of the game.
Second Player of the Game is Terra Ellison, who picked up her 26th career game where she scored in the double digits. She scored 15 points where she was 7 of 10 (70%) from the floor and made her only 3-Point shot. She also picked up 8 total rebounds (3 Offensive; 5 Defensive), 4 Assists, and 2 Steals on 35 minutes of play.
This was the Mean Green’s best game of total play so far this season. Check out this info-graph the Mean Green Women’s Basketball Twitter account tweeted:
The Mean Green's offense tonight was 🔥‼️😵👀💁💚📈🔑#COMMITTED pic.twitter.com/T2eu04cYN5
— UNT Women's Basketball (@MeanGreenWBB) January 20, 2017
Also in double digits for the Mean Green was Terriell Bradley, who scored 15 points. Terriell is having a really good Sophomore season as she leads the team in point production with 220 points. Since starting conference play, she has scored a total of 91 points giving her an average of 15.1 points per game in CUSA action.
The Mean Green finish out their three game home stand to play the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at the SuperPit in Denton, TX at 3:00 PM on Saturday, January 21st. North Texas has never beaten the Bulldogs and are hoping to carry forward the momentum from the Southern Miss game.
CUSA Action
Florida Intl 43
Middle Tennessee 95
Louisiana Tech 70
Rice 67
Florida Atlantic 55
UAB 66
CUSA Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | 5-1 | – | 13-4 |
| Western Kentucky | 5-1 | – | 13-5 |
| Middle Tennessee | 5-1 | – | 10-7 |
| UT San Antonio | 4-1 | 0.5 | 8-8 |
| Marshall | 3-3 | 2 | 11-6 |
| Southern Mississippi | 3-3 | 2 | 11-7 |
| Old Dominion | 3-3 | 2 | 8-9 |
| Louisiana Tech | 3-3 | 2 | 8-9 |
| North Texas | 3-3 | 2 | 6-11 |
| UTEP | 2-3 | 2.5 | 5-12 |
| UAB | 2-4 | 3 | 9-8 |
| Florida Intl | 2-4 | 3 | 4-13 |
| Rice | 1-5 | 4 | 10-7 |
| Florida Atlantic | 0-6 | 5 | 4-13 |