MBB FAU 62 North Texas 70

The Mean Green (11-16 6-8) never trailed against the Florida Atlantic Owl in a Saturday night "Black Out".  The starters did a good job however bench production continues to be a concern.  Hot shooting, especially in the second half, helped propel North Texas to victory.  A foul late in the game, which also led to Tony Benford earning a Technical Foul, could have been a game changer however the Owls never could capitalize on the potential momentum shift. The Player of the Game goes to Deckie Johnson, who again shot extremely well, accounting for two of the team's three 3-pointers. Overall, Deckie was 5 of 10 (50%) from the floor, 2 of 3 (66.6%) from behind the arc, and 7 of 11

WBB North Texas 58 FIU 40

North Texas (9-14 4-9) snapped its 5-game losing streak this evening against the Golden Panthers of Florida International.  The Mean Green defense shined as it held the Panthers to the lowest offensive output for the season. The second lowest scoring game was against Weber State where North Texas fell 38-45. Tonight's player of the game is Candice Adams, who put 14 points on the board. She was 6 of 12 (50%) from the floor and 2 of 7 (28.6%) from behind the arc. She also picked up an Assist and a Steal with just 1 Turnover on 23 minutes of play. Acheil Tac picked up her 8th double-double on the season with 16 total rebounds (9 Offensive; 7 Defensive) with 10 points

MBB FIU 75 North Texas 77

In a tightly contested game between North Texas (10-16 5-8) and the Florida International Golden Panthers, the Mean Green pulled out a gutsy win on the hot hand of Junior Guard Deckie Johnson.  North Texas scored the final 7 points of the game, allowing them to pull ahead late in the back and forth contest. Tonight's uncontested Player of the Game is Deckie Johnson, who was 8 of 21 (38.1%) from the floor, 8 of 16 (50%) from behind the arc accounting for all for three of the made triples in the game, and a perfect 8 of 8 from the Free Throw line. Johnson also picked up 5 total rebounds (2 Offensive; 3 Defensive), 1 Assist, 2 Steals with only

WBB Game Recaps: North Texas versus Sourthern Miss/La Tech

North Texas (8-12 3-7) continued to struggle on the road, losing both games to Southern Miss and Louisiana Tech, extending their losing streak to three games. Southern Miss North Texas had perhaps their worst offensive game of the season against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, shooting just 29.4% from the floor for the game, which comes close to the 34.1% the Mean Green shot against Weber State.  North Texas also shot just 6 of 15 (40%) from the free throw line.  Turnovers played a huge role in the offensive woes as the Mean Green turned the ball over 26 times, which the Lady Golden Eagles capitalized on converting that into 24 points. Player of the game recognition goes to Acheil Tac, who was

MBB Game Recaps: North Texas versus Sourthern Miss/La Tech

North Texas (9-14 4-6) had a successful home stand against Southern Mississippi on Thursday evening and Louisiana Tech on Saturday afternoon, winning both games. Southern Mississippi North Texas snapped a 5 game losing streak against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles on much improved shooting from the free throw line (20-25 80%) and solid shooting from the floor (21-47 44.7%) and behind the arc (8-17 47.1). The Mean Green led for much of the game while Southern Miss was never able to better than tie the game. Player of the game goes to Ricky Brice Jr., who played a big part coming off the bench and had missed the last three games due to an injury sustained during a practice.  Brice was 3 of

FB The 2016 Football Schedule Announced

Today the University of North Texas Athletic Department announced the 2016 Football schedule.  We already knew who North Texas was going to play, it was just a matter of when. Having the bye week in the middle of the schedule should be useful for the Mean Green as it will allow the team to rest up for the second half of their season. Sept. 3 SMU Sept. 10 Bethune Cookman Sept. 17 at Florida Sept. 24 at Rice Oct. 1 Middle Tennessee Oct. 8 Marshall Oct. 15 -BYE- Oct. 22 at Army Nov. 5 Louisiana Tech Nov. 12 at Western Kentucky Nov. 19 Southern Miss Nov. 26 at UTEP Dec. 3 CUSA Conference Championship game https://twitter.com/MeanGreenSports/status/695320940264075264 Keep in mind these exact dates could change should one of the Conference USA's TV partners choose to televise

FB The Mean Green 2016 Recruiting Class

The Recruits: DB - Khairi Muhammad (5-9, 170) DeSoto, Texas (DeSoto HS) HUDL Profile https://twitter.com/MeanGreenFB/status/694871866662526978 DB - Darius Turner (6-1, 172) Nashville, Tennessee (Arizona Western CC) HUDL Profile https://twitter.com/MeanGreenFB/status/694873918792822784 RB - Nic Smith (5-10, 175) Arlington, Texas (Martin HS) HUDL Profile https://twitter.com/MeanGreenFB/status/694874878420189185 WR - Tyler Wilson (5-10, 170) Arlington, Texas (Martin HS) HUDL Profile https://twitter.com/MeanGreenFB/status/694875169899180032 DB - Jameel Moore (5-10, 170) Cedar Hill, Texas (Cedar Hill HS) HUDL Profile https://twitter.com/MeanGreenFB/status/694878469939834880 WR - Deion Hair-Griffin (5-8, 150) Fort Worth, Texas (Arlington Heights HS) HUDL Profile https://twitter.com/MeanGreenFB/status/694878754154217472 OL - Chandler Anthony (6-7, 280) Tuttle, Oklahoma HUDL Profile https://twitter.com/MeanGreenFB/status/694887606178320384 DB - Dee Baulkman (5-10, 200) Yuma, Arizona (Arizona Western CC) HUDL Profile https://twitter.com/MeanGreenFB/status/694888005819969536 WR - Rico Bussey (6-2, 175) Lawton, Oklahoma (Lawton HS) HUDL Profile https://twitter.com/MeanGreenFB/status/694888386859905024 OL - Cody Hayes (6-5, 300) Fort Worth, TX (Navarro College) HUDL Profile https://twitter.com/MeanGreenFB/status/694908348320186368 LB - William Johnson (6-3, 225) Coral Springs, Florida (Pompano Beach HS/Arizona Western CC) HUDL Profile https://twitter.com/MeanGreenFB/status/694932697773289472 LB - William Johnson (6-3, 225) Coral Springs, Florida (Pompano Beach HS/Arizona

MBB Conference USA Rankings

Here are the Rankings for Conference USA as of 01/31/2016 as available on the ESPN and Realtime RPI websites. Points Per Game Marshall (22) - #17 Louisiana Tech (20) - #58 UAB (69) - #69 North Texas (21) - #108 Western Kentucky (22) - #115 Rice (21) - #117 Charlotte (21) - #130 UTEP (21) - #168 Middle Tennessee State (209) - #209 FIU (22) - #216 UTSA (22) - #221 Old Dominion (22) - #293 FAU (22) - #325 Southern Miss (19) - #345 Assists UAB - #4 Marshall - #41 UTEP - #74 Louisiana Tech - #128 Charlotte - #168 Western Kentucky #175 Old Dominion - #189 Rice - #196 Middle Tennessee - #202 FIU - #218 North Texas - #281 FAU - #296 Southern Miss - #302 UTSA - #321 Field Goal Percent UAB - #18 FIU - #45 North Texas - #47 Western Kentucky - #69 Marshall - #106 Louisiana Tech - #125 Middle

MBB North Texas 87 Rice 95

North Texas (7-14 2-6) fell to the Rice Owls, extending the losing streak to five games. Despite putting up 87 points, the defense couldn't stop the Owls offense.  The Mean Green bench also contributed very little -- shooting 1 of 4 (25%) from the floor, making  1 of 2 (50%) from behind the arc, and shot no free throws while contributing 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks, picked up 5 fouls, and committed 3 turnovers in 20 minutes of play. Today's player of the game was Jeremy Combs, who picked up his seventh consecutive double-double. Combs was 9 of 10 (90%) from the floor and 7 of 10 (70%) from the charity stripe for a total of 25 points while

WBB Rice 79 North Texas 73

North Texas (8-10 3-5) fell this afternoon to the Rice Owls in a hotly contested double-overtime match-up.  This is the third straight game against Rice dating back to February 1, 2015 that has required at least one over-time period to determine a winner.  Today's game was a nail biter, especially after the 2nd period.  There were five lead changes and 7 ties in the game. The Mean Green led by as much as 10 points in the 2nd period and Rice's largest lead was 9 points in the 2nd over-time period. Fouls were an issue in the game for North Texas. Acheil Tac (8 Points; 4 Rebounds) fouled out at the 6:00 mark in the 4th period.  Kelsey Criner (8 Points; 5 Rebounds; 5