North Texas finished up its non-conference slate against Oklahoma Panhandle State, dispatching them 63-41 in a matinee matchup . Lauren Holmes also made a comeback after suffering an injury a few weeks ago at UIC. Scores by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Oklahoma Panhandle St. 14 15 3 9 41 North Texas 17 17 17 17 63 Freshmen Making Big Contributions - Lauren Holmes Returns, Deja Terriell Also Steps Up Freshman Lauren Holmes made a solid return but Deja Terriell came off the bench to add in 15 points, a career best, to the tally. Lauren Holmes led all scorers with 19 points on 8 of 18 (44.4%) shooting from the floor with 2 of 7 (28.6%) from behind the arc, made her one free throw, while collecting 13 total rebounds (8 offensive, 5 defensive). To wrap up her stats sheet she had

North Texas started its 2017-18 Conference USA campaign with a road win at the Don Haskins Center, the first since December 29, 1952. The team didn't play its best but still managed to power through awful free throw shooting (10-18 55.6%) to muscle out a road win in front of a hostile Miner crowd in El Paso. Grant McCasland has lead this team to tie its win total from last season that finished at 8-22 and 2-16 in conference play. Scores by Period 1st Half 2nd Half Total UTEP 30 32 62 North Texas 24 39 63 Roosevelt Leads Team in Scoring/Free Throw Shooting Roosevelt Smart has been a scoring threat the moment he stepped onto the court. In the UTEP game, he lead all players at 29 points, 2 points below his career

North Texas was picked to finish 8th in Conference USA this year and so far the Mean Green sit near the top with a solid 6-2 record. The Mean Green have four games remaining in their out of conference slate before starting off conference play at LaTech to kick off 2018. Even if the Mean Green were to finish 2-2, it would still be one of the best starts for the program in about a decade. Terriell Bradley Living Up to Preseason Hype; Underclassmen Overperforming First Name Last Name Total Points Minutes PPG Terriell Bradley 139 264 17.3750 Lauren Holmes 82 231 10.2500 Trena Mims 64 234 8.0000 Micayla Buckner 60 194 7.5000 Grace Goodhart 41 161 5.1250 Brittany Smith 36 159 6.0000 Adrianna Henderson 28 107 3.5000 Deja Terriell 28 98 3.5000 Jada Poland 15 131 1.8750 Orianna Shillow 0 21 0.0000 RS Junior Guard Terriell Bradley is living up to her CUSA Preseason All-Conference recognition in leading the Mean Green in scoring averaging 17.4 points per game. Newcomer Freshman Guard Lauren Holmes is second on the