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

Solid defense on the road helps break the Mean Green’s 5-game losing streak.

Junior Guard Deckie Johnson leads the Mean Green to victory in Denton, TX.

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

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

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

North Texas (7-14 2-6) fell to the Rice Owls, extending the losing streak to five games. The Mean Green Bench also contributed little to the game.

North Texas (8-10 3-5) fell this afternoon to the Rice Owls in a hotly contested double-overtime match-up.