San Diego 69 North Texas 68 Starters Jeremy Combs Rickey Brice, Jr Allante Holston A.J. Lawson J-Mychal Reese Player of the Game honors goes to Freshman A.J. Lawson, who recorded his 7th double digit game with 12 points to lead the team. He was 5 of 13 (38.5%) from the floor, 0 of 3 from behind the arc, and a pefect 2 of 2 from the Free Throw line. He also recorded 8 Rebounds (4 Offensive and Defensive each) while picking up an Assist and a Steal on 24 minutes of play. A.J. also leads the team with 120 points scored so far in the season with Deckie Johnson right behind him with 112 points. Also in double digits was J-Mychal Reese and off the bench Ryan Woolridge each
WBB 19 Point First Half Deficit Too Much for North Texas to Overcome
Texas State 59 North Texas 58 Starters Terra Ellison Tosin Mabodu Kelsey Criner Candice Adams Terriell Bradley Player of the Game honors goes to Terriell Bradley who led the team in scoring with 19 points on 36 minutes of play. She was 4 of 12 (33.3%) from the floor, 2 of 4 (50%) from behind the arc, and 9 of 10 (90%) from the Free Throw line and picked up 2 rebounds (1 Offensive and Defensive each) with a Steal. Also in double digits was Birthday Girl Kelsey Criner (16) and Terra Ellison (10). Tyara Warren had some active hands and picked up 4 steals to lead the team. This was a heartbreaker for the Mean Green. After being down by as much as 19 points in the game, North
MBB North Texas Defeats Southeastern Louisiana on Keith Frazier Debut
Southeastern Louisiana 65 North Texas 71 Starters Jeremy Combs Rickey Brice, Jr. Allante Holston A.J. Lawson J-Mychal Reese On his debut game for the Mean Green, Keith Frazier earns Player of the Game honors while coming off the bench. He shot 5 of 8 (62.5%) from the floor 2 of 5 (40%) from behind the arc while picking up 3 Defensive Rebounds. He also added an Assist and a Block to his stat line on 22 minutes of action. I believe in the coming weeks we'll see his minutes slowly climb while he gets his basketball legs back after having to sit out a year due to NCAA Transfer rules. Also double figures for the Mean Green was Jeremy Combs (11) and Rickey Brice Jr (10). Ryan Woolridge (pictured above) played
FB Conference USA 2016 Bowl Game Results
CUSA Bowl Slate Conference USA finishes 4-3 on the 2016-2017 Bowl Season. Western Kentucky (11-3), Louisiana Tech (9-5), Southern Miss (7-6), and Old Dominion (10-3) all won their respective bowl games. Bowl Date Time Stadium Network Match-up Result Boca Raton Bowl December 20, 2016 6:00 p.m. FAU Stadium Boca Raton, Fla. ESPN Western Kentucky vs. Memphis Western Kentucky 51 Memphis 31 Hawai'i Bowl December 24, 2016 7:00 p.m. Aloha Stadium Honolulu, Hawaii ESPN Middle Tennessee vs. Hawai'i Hawai'i 52 Middle Tennessee 35 Gildan New Mexico December 17, 2016 1:00 p.m. University Stadium Albuquerque, New Mexico ESPN UT-San Antonio vs. New Mexico New Mexico 23 UT-San Antonio 20 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl December 23, 2016 12:00 p.m. Thomas Robinson National Stadium Nassau, Bahamas ESPN Old Dominion vs. Eastern Michigan Old Dominion 24 Eastern Michigan 20 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl December 17, 2016 8:00 p.m. Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, La. ESPN Southern Miss vs. Louisiana Lafayette Southern Miss 28 University of Louisiana-Lafayette 21 Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl December 27, 2016 11:00 a.m. Cotton Bowl Stadium Dallas, Texas ESPN North Texas vs. Army Army 38 North
MBB Bearcats Too Much for Mean Green in Woolridge Debut
North Texas 70 Sam Houston State 76 Starters Jeremy Combs Deckie Johnson Derail Green Allante Holston J-Mychal Reese Player of the Game honors goes to Freshman A.J. Lawson who set a new career high of 18 points on 27 coming off the bench. He was 7 of 14 (50%) from the floor, 0 of 3 from behind the arc, and 4 of 6 (66.7%) from the Free Throw line. He also collected 4 Rebounds (2 Offensive and Defensive each), 2 Assists, 1 Block and 4 Steals. Also in double digits was Jeremy Combs (13), Derail Green (11), who made his appearance of the season coming off the bench Ryan Woolridge (10). The Mean Green return home to play Southeastern Louisiana on December 20. It is expected that Keith Frazier will suit
WBB North Texas Falls Short in Final Road Game for 2016
North Texas 57 Missouri State 63 Starters Terra Ellison Micayla Buckner Tyara Warren Kelsey Criner Terriell Bradley Player of the Game honors goes to Candice Adams, who came off the bench to score 11 points on 34 minutes of action. She was 4 of 11 (36.4%) from the floor and 3 of 8 (37.5%) from behind the arc. She picked up 3 Rebounds (1 Offensive; 2 Defensive), 2 Assists and 2 Steals. Also in double-digits was Kelsey Criner (11). The Mean Green returns to action on December 22nd at 5 PM against Texas State in Denton, TX at the Super Pit in the first of a three game home stand. This game is part of a double header so be sure to stay for the Mean Green Men who will
FB: 2014 Heart of Dallas Bowl Mean Green Memories
Mean Green Sports has posted five videos the past week from the 2014 Heart of Dallas Bowl from January 1st, 2014 against UNLV where the Mean Green defeated the Rebels 36-14. If any other memories are posted to the Mean Green Sports YouTube channel, I will add them to this post. Derek Thompson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh_f-zfg4uY Kenny Buyers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUhqYGN9zew Brelan Chancellor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBWA9RKBluw Mean Green Defense https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnVGyuYgMyg The Turning Point https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kVLJAY2RtA Heart of Dallas Bowl Information Bowl Fan Events Two Mean Green Nation events are planned in conjunction with the bowl. The first is Monday evening at Dot’s Hop House and Cocktail Courtyard in Deep Ellum. It’s The Party to Beat Army beginning at 6 p.m. and features all the expected Mean Green revelry, including giveaways, door prizes, marching band, cheer, dance, and Scrappy. Additionally, the alum-owned establishment
WBB North Texas Overwhelms Incarnate Word on Ellison Career Effort
Incarnate Word 61 North Texas 84 Starters Terra Ellison Kelsey Criner Candice Adams Terriell Bradley Madi Townley Player of the Game honors goes to Terra Ellison who had a career day scoring 19 points on 35 minutes of play. She was 8 of 10 (80%) from the floor, made her one 3-pointer she shot, and was perfect from the Free Throw line (2-2). She also pulled in 8 total Rebounds (4 Offensive and Defensive each) while picking up an Assist and a Steal. Also in double figures was Terriell Bradley (17), Kelsey Criner (13), and coming off the bench Tyara Warren (13). North Texas shot a blistering 92.3% (12 - 13) from the floor in the 4th quarter with 12 of those made shots consecutively to finish out the game. North Texas
MBB North Texas Thunders Past the Delaware State Hornets
Delaware State 40 North Texas 73 Starters Jeremy Combs Rickey Brice Jr. Allante Holston Deckie Johnson J-Mychal Reese Today's Player of the Game goes to Allante Holston, who threw down some monstrous dunks in addition to providing some solid defense. Holston brought in season high 12 points total where he was 2 of 7 (28.6%) from the floor and a perfect 2 of 2 from the Free Throw line. He also brought in 3 rebounds (1 Offensive; 2 Defensive) and had a steal. Also in double figures was Jeremy Combs (16) and off the bench A.J. Lawson (13). The Mean Green are off for the next week to focus on Fall finals and will return to the hardwood on December 17th at 6:30 PM in Huntsville, TX to face the Sam
NT Athletics: Wren Baker Interview Podcast
Wren Baker (Twitter), Athletics Director for the University of North Texas, was recently interviewed by KGAF AM 1580 AM for Cooke County. It's a good listen. First half is about the bowl game against Army in the Heart of Dallas bowl. The second half is about facilities, including a dedicated indoor practice facility for sports like the Football which can be used by other sports like Soccer. Wren also talks about the possibility of bringing baseball back to North Texas and the Conference USA TV package. Overall a good interview and if you're a big Mean Green fan, you feel like Wren Baker can help advance the program to where many fans want to see the program go.