{"id":1519,"date":"2018-01-01T16:02:33","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T22:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/?p=1519"},"modified":"2018-01-01T16:07:20","modified_gmt":"2018-01-01T22:07:20","slug":"mbb-mean-green-get-road-sweep-of-the-ut-twins-in-thrilling-utsa-win-in-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/2018\/01\/01\/mbb-mean-green-get-road-sweep-of-the-ut-twins-in-thrilling-utsa-win-in-san-antonio\/","title":{"rendered":"MBB Mean Green Get Road Sweep of the UT Twins in Thrilling UTSA Win in San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 223<\/p><p>North Texas squeaked out their second straight conference road win, 72-71. North Texas previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/2017\/12\/29\/mbb-north-texas-starts-conference-usa-play-with-road-win-at-utep\/\">beat UTEP<\/a> two days prior in El Paso. With this conference win, the Mean Green have now matched last season&#8217;s conference win record. With a 9-6 record, the Mean Green just need 7 more wins to finish above the .500 mark for the regular season, which is quite doable.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Start conference play 2-0 w\/ road wins for 1st time since 1991<br \/>1st win at UTEP since 1961<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoMeanGreen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoMeanGreen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u0swomk0YK\">https:\/\/t.co\/u0swomk0YK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Grant McCasland (@CoachGrantMac) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoachGrantMac\/status\/947330176211353600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Scores by Period<\/th>\n<th>1st Half<\/th>\n<th>2nd Half<\/th>\n<th>Total<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td align=\"left\"><strong>North Texas<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>34<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td align=\"left\"><strong>UTSA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>41<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4>Sophomores Leading the Charge!<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Bball\/Player\/?p=95\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryan Woolridge<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Bball\/Player\/?p=93\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A.J. Lawson<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Bball\/Player\/?p=250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roosevelt Smart<\/a>\u00a0all finished the game in double figures &#8212; 18, 14, 22 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Woolridge played one of his better games finishing with 18 points, 3 assists and just a single turnover. He was 7 of 11 (63.6%) from the floor and was 2 of 4 (50%) from behind the arc while shooting 2 of 3 (66.7%) from the free throw line. Woolridge also picked up 5 rebounds (1 offensive, 4 defensive), 3 assists with just 1 turnover while playing the entire 40 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>A.J. Lawson bounced back after scoring just 2 points against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Bball\/Game\/?g=310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UTEP<\/a>. Lawson was 6 of 12 (50%) from the floor while making his one 3-pointer attempt and 1 of 2 (50%) from the free throw line. To add to his stats, he picked up 6 rebounds (2 offensive, 4 defensive), 2 assists, a block with 3 turnovers on 28 minutes of play. Lawson scored what would turn out to be the game winning field goal with 1:01 remaining on the game clock.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Did you miss the game-winning bucket by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hoop__nation22?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@hoop__nation22<\/a> \u2935\ufe0f\u2935\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/clutch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#clutch<\/a> \ud83e\udd85\ud83c\udfc0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MeanGreen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MeanGreen<\/a> 2-0 in C-USA play!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IRuE67NuIJ\">pic.twitter.com\/IRuE67NuIJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UNT Basketball (@MeanGreenMBB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeanGreenMBB\/status\/947346395589238785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Roosevelt Smart continues to produce some solid stats to help the Mean Green on the offensive side of the ball. Smart was 5 of 13 (38.5%) from the floor and made 3 of 8 (37.5%) 3-pointers. The sophomore was also 9 of 10 (90%) from the free throw line and continues to lead the with team with a solid\u00a089.9%, which puts him second in <a href=\"http:\/\/conferenceusa.com\/stats.aspx?path=mbball&amp;year=2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conference USA<\/a>. North Texas as a team is shooting\u00a066.8% from the stripe. Smart also added 5 defensive rebounds and a block opposite of 3 turnovers on 35 minutes of action.<\/p>\n<h4>Shane Temara With a HUGE Block to Save the Game<\/h4>\n<p>Senior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Bball\/Player\/?p=94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shane Temara<\/a> came up big late in the game with a game saving block as Byron\u00a0Frohnen drove to the basket for a layup.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeanGreenProd\/status\/947303844702236672<\/p>\n<h4>Highlight Reel<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"North Texas MBB: NT vs UTSA - NT Highlights 12\/30\/17\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DzDpq3kPnJU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meangreensports.com\/sports\/m-baskbl\/recaps\/123017aaa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MeanGreenSports.com Recap<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dentonrc.com\/sports\/mean-green\/2017\/12\/30\/north-texas-sweeps-c-usa-road-trip-close-win-utsa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Denton Record Chronicle Recap<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Bball\/Game\/?g=312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full Game Stats<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Up next for the Mean Green is the Charlotte 49ers at the SuperPit in Denton, TX on Thursday, January 4th with a 7:00 PM tipoff. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/basketball-stats\/2017-2018-mean-green-club-hospitality-room-schedule\/\">Mean Green Room<\/a> will also be open one hour before the start of the game. Charlotte has been struggling this season and <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/north-carolina\/charlotte\/unc-charlotte-fires-head-49ers-basketball-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Head Coach\u00a0Mark Price was relieved of his duties<\/a> back in December. The 49ers are just 1-2 since December 14th including a 89-58 blowout loss to the Old Dominion Monarchs.\u00a0Radio coverage will be available via\u00a0KHYI 95.3, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-One-881-s34379\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KNTU 88.1<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/North-Texas-Mean-Green-Sports-Network-s296948\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mean Green Sports TuneIn channel<\/a>.\u00a0The game will also be available on <a href=\"http:\/\/cusa.tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CUSA.tv<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Conference USA Standings<\/h4>\n<table class=\"tablehead\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"stathead\">\n<td><strong>STANDINGS<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" align=\"center\"><strong>CONFERENCE<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" align=\"center\"><strong>OVERALL<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"colhead\">\n<td><strong>Conference USA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><strong>W-L<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><strong>GB<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><strong>PCT<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><strong>W-L<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><strong>PCT<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><strong>STRK<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow team-41-276\">\n<td>Marshall<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">2-0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">&#8212;<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1.000<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">11-4<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">.733<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">W3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow team-41-98\">\n<td>Western Kentucky<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">2-0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">&#8212;<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1.000<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">10-5<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">.667<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">W3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow team-41-295\">\n<td>Old Dominion<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1-0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">.5<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1.000<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">10-3<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">.769<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">W5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow team-41-249\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>North Texas<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>2-0<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>&#8212;<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>1.000<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>9-6<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>.600<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>W2<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow team-41-2393\">\n<td>Middle Tennessee<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1-0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">.5<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1.000<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">9-4<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">.692<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">W1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow team-41-2229\">\n<td>Florida Intl<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1-0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">.5<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1.000<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">7-7<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">.500<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">W1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow team-41-2636\">\n<td>UT San Antonio<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1-1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">.500<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">8-7<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">.533<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">L1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow team-41-2638\">\n<td>UTEP<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1-1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">.500<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">6-8<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">.429<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">W1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow team-41-5\">\n<td>UAB<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0-1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1.5<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">.000<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">9-5<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">.643<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">L1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow team-41-2226\">\n<td>Florida Atlantic<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0-1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1.5<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">.000<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">6-7<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">.462<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">L4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow team-41-2429\">\n<td>Charlotte<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0-1<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1.5<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">.000<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">4-8<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">.333<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">L2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"evenrow team-41-2348\">\n<td>Louisiana Tech<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0-2<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">2<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">.000<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">9-6<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">.600<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">L2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"oddrow team-41-2572\">\n<td>Southern Miss<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">0-2<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">2<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">.000<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">7-8<\/td>\n<td 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North Texas previously beat UTEP two days prior in El Paso. With this conference win, the Mean Green have now matched last season&#8217;s conference win record. With a 9-6 record, the Mean Green just need 7 more wins to finish above the .500&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-stats"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Basketball-Article-Header.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9ebqr-ov","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}