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North Texas kicked off its 2018-19 campaign with a coming out party for many of its new pieces that had to sit out last year for various reasons.\u00a0Umoja Gibson<\/a> and\u00a0Jahmiah Simmons<\/a> both got a start for the game while\u00a0Mark Tikhonenko<\/a> got some decent minutes late into the game. Gibson is going to provide another deep threat shooter for North Texas to go alongside with Roosevelt Smart<\/a> and DJ Draper<\/a>.\u00a0Jahmiah Simmons<\/a>\u00a0should work well as another inside banger but has the ability to be good at driving to the rim from the perimeter.<\/p>\n Roosevelt Smart<\/a>\u00a0sat out for the game due to a minor pre-season injury. The coaching staff has indicated that he is likely to return to the lineup after the Rainbow Classic tournament. After the hot start by Gibson, I think this coaching staff will face a tough (or lucky?) decision of who to start — Smart or Gibson. Both will certainly be able to sub in for each other and teams better be weary if both are on the court at the same time.<\/p>\n Your player of the game easily went to Redshirt Freshman\u00a0Umoja Gibson<\/a>. We was 10 of 14 (71.4%!) from the floor, seven of 11 (63.6%!) from behind the arc, and five of seven (71.4%) from the charity stripe where he lead all scorers in the game with 32 points. He also added three total rebounds and two steals to his stat sheet.<\/p>\n
| Scores by Period<\/th>\n | 1st Half<\/th>\n | 2nd Half<\/th>\n | Total<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Angelo State<\/strong><\/td>\n| 24<\/td>\n | 31<\/td>\n | 55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | North Texas<\/strong><\/td>\n | 44<\/td>\n | 45<\/td>\n | 89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | <\/h4>\n |