North Texas (7-9 2-4) fell tonight to the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders in Denton, TX.  The Mean Green struggled as costly turnovers kept the offense building any kind of momentum.  The Mean Green's second leading scorer, Candice Adams (11.7 ppg), had an off night only managing 4 points on 14 minutes of play.  In the post-game, Jalie Mitchell commented how the team feeds off of the energy Kelsey Criner provides during the game.  I am of the opinion that Adams is also a key leader to the team. Tonight's Player of the Game goes to both Acheil Tac and Terra Ellison, both scoring 11 points each.  Tac was 5 of 10 (50%) from the floor and 1 of 2 (50%) from

North Texas fell to the Western Kentucky Hill Toppers tonight in Denton bringing the Mean Green to 7-11 overall and 2-3 in conference.  Again, Free Throw shooting was a problem with the team shooting just 57.7% (15-26), which is right around the season average.  It should also be noted that the Mean Green came in to tonight's game ranked #350 out of 351 Div. 1 schools. Tonight's performance is likely to help move the middle very much. The Mean Green have 13 games to win 9 games in order to finish the regular season at 16-15.  It is quickly becoming evident that the Mean Green will be able to post a better than .500 record this year.  North Texas must not

North Texas struggled against the Western Kentucky Hill Toppers but there was a late push to bring the Mean Green within 8 points but the 19 points the Toppers scored in the 3rd Period were too much to overcome.  North Texas is now 7-8 overall and 2-3 in conference play. Acheil Tac is today's Player of the Game, who led the team with 18 Rebounds (7 Offensive; 11 Defensive) making this her sixth double-double of the season and second in a row. On 37 minutes of play Tac scored 10 points shooting 4 of 9 (44.4%) from the floor and hit both of her Free Throw attempts. Candice Adams led the team with 15 points.  The only other player in double digits was

Here are the Rankings for Conference USA as of 01/15/2016 as available on the ESPN and Realtime RPI websites. Points Per Game Marshall (17) - #30 Louisiana Tech (17) - #48 UAB (17) - #58 Western Kentucky (17) - #85 North Texas (17) - #94 UTEP (17) - #128 Rice (17) - #159 Charlotte (16) - #182 FIU (17) - #194 UTSA (17) - #201 Middle Tennessee State (16) - #213 Old Dominion (17) - #299 FAU (17) - #338 Southern Miss (15) - #344 Assists UAB - #4 Marshall - #50 UTEP - #81 Louisiana Tech - #117 Western Kentucky #137 Charlotte - #161 FIU - #197 Middle Tennessee - #203T Old Dominion - #203T Rice - #216 North Texas - #272 FAU - #317 UTSA - #321T Southern Miss - #321T Field Goal Percent UAB - #18 FIU - #42 North Texas - #44 Western Kentucky - #48 Louisiana Tech - #114 UTEP - #162T Marshall

North Texas fell to the Thundering Herd in Denton Thursday night bringing their over all record to 7-10 and 2-2 in CUSA play.  The Mean Green never could counter the barrage of 3-pointers that the Herd brought to the SuperPit.  North Texas continued to struggle at the Free Throw line shooting just 51.9% for the game. The obvious Player of the Game is Jeremy Combs, who posted a career best 28 points in 34 minutes.  Combs shot 12 of 19 (63.1%) from the floor and was 4 of 7 (57.1%) from the Free Throw line.  Combs also brought in 18 Rebounds (6 Offensive; 12 Defensive) making this his 6th double-double of the season and third in a row.  Combs continues to

The Mean Green advanced to 7-7 overall and 2-2 in CUSA play against the Thundering Herd of Marshall this evening.  North Texas ended an 8-game home win streak the Herd had going for the 2015-2016 season.  Marshall was a bit of a paper dragon coming into today's game as they had not faced very many tough opponents and so North Texas was perhaps their first true test at home this season. The Player of the Game really goes to two players, both of whom scored 18 points each -- Candice Adams and Terra Ellison.  Candice finished the game shooting 6 of 12 (50%) from the floor, 1 of 4 (25%) from behind the arc, and 5 of 6 (83.3%) from the Free Throw lines

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 Mean Green rolled over the Rice Owls Saturday afternoon and shot 75% from the free throw line, allowing North Texas to keep Rice at arm's length. Today's Player of the Game goes to Eric Katenda, who shot 77.% from the floor and made all 4 of his Free Throws he attempted.  Katenda also managed 5 Rebounds (2 Offensive, 3 Defensive) but fouled out of the game.  Also in double digits was Jeremy Combs (22), Deckie Johnson (19), and Ja'Michael Brown (12). Jeremy Combs picked up his fifth double-double of the season with 12 Rebounds (3 Offensive, 9 Defensive). Next up for North Texas is the Marshall on Thursday, January 14th at the SuperPit in Denton, TX. Games Stats for today's game have been

The Mean Green fell to the UTEP Miners this evening in El Paso, TX.  North Texas continued to struggle shooting from the Free Throw line shooting just 16 of 32.  So far this season the Mean Green are shooting 59.5%, which puts it towards the very bottom of the NCAA rankings. Tonight's Player of the Game is Jeremy Combs who accounted for 20 points on 9 of 13 (69.2%) from the floor and 2 of 5 (40%) from the Free Throw line while also cleaning up the glass with 19 total Rebounds (2 Offensive; 17 Defensive) on 31 minutes of play even while struggle with foul trouble.  Also in double figures for the Mean Green was J-Mychal Reese (17) and coming

North Texas fell to the UTEP Miners of El Paso.  The Mean Green had the lead late into the 4th period however seemed to fall apart when an offensive foul was called on Candice Adams even though it appeared the UTEP defender was either even with or passed her on the fast break.  Still, the Mean Green may have put all the teams in Conference USA on notice that the Mean Green are someone to not overlook. Today's Player of the Game is Teadra Jones, who led the team with 19 points on 6 of 17 (35.3%) shooting from the floor, 2 of 6 (33.3%) from behind the arc, and 5 of 7 (71.4%) from the free throw line on 37