{"id":236,"date":"2016-01-21T23:50:20","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T05:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/?p=236"},"modified":"2016-01-22T11:26:52","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T17:26:52","slug":"mbb-north-texas-64-middle-tennessee-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/2016\/01\/21\/mbb-north-texas-64-middle-tennessee-86\/","title":{"rendered":"MBB North Texas 64 Middle Tennessee 86"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 219<\/p><p>North Texas (7-12 2-4) extended its losing streak to three games after falling to the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders in Murfreesboro, TN. \u00a0Free Throw shooting continues to be a sore spot as the team only made 13 of 26 (50%), which won&#8217;t help the Mean Green get out of <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/mens-college-basketball\/statistics\/team\/_\/stat\/free-throws\/sort\/freeThrowPct\/count\/321\" target=\"_blank\">last place in the country<\/a> among Div I schools. \u00a0The Mean Green was out rebounded 45 to 31 and the bench was also outscored 30 to 6. \u00a0Overall, it was not a good night for the men in black.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Under an hour before tip-off between NT and Middle Tennessee. 6:30 start. Black Uniforms for the Mean Green tonight. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoMeanGreen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoMeanGreen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UNT Basketball (@MeanGreenMBB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeanGreenMBB\/status\/690318990070054913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s Player of the Game goes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Bball\/Player\/?p=47\" target=\"_blank\">J&#8217;Mychal Reese<\/a> who managed 20 points on 8 of 13 (61.5%) shooting from the floor, hit both his 3-point shots, and was 2 of 4 (50%) from the line while gathering 2 Defensive Rebounds, 4 assists and 2 turnovers on 37 minutes of play. \u00a0Also in double digits for the Mean Green was Combs (13) and Johnson (10).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Bball\/Player\/?p=9\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremy Combs<\/a> was the team&#8217;s leading rebounder picking up 8th double-double of the season and 5th in a row. \u00a0Combs had 12 Rebound (4 Offensive; 8 Defensive) for the night.<\/p>\n<p>North Texas has 12 games remaining to 9 in order to finish better than .500 for the season. \u00a0The odds are not looking good for the Mean Green as North Texas has been able to string together more than 2 wins at a time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Bball\/Player\/?p=49\" target=\"_blank\">Rickey Brice Jr.<\/a> did not play today and may not play on Saturday against UAB due to an injury, who was missed in tonight&#8217;s match-up as North Texas was outscored in the paint 46-26 with just a single block for the night.<\/p>\n<p>North Texas travels to Birmingham, AL to take on the 16-3 UAB Blazers on Saturday, January 23rd at 7:00 PM.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Bball\/Game\/?g=169\" target=\"_blank\">Game Stats<\/a> have been posted.<\/p>\n<h4>Current conference standings (as of 1\/21\/2016)<\/h4>\n<pre>TEAM                CONF GB OVR\r\nUAB                  6-0 -- 16-3\r\nMiddle Tennessee     5-1 -- 13-5\r\nMarshall             5-1 --  9-10\r\nFlorida Intl         4-2 -- 10-9\r\nUTEP                 3-3 -- 11-8\r\nOld Dominion         3-3 -- 10-9\r\nLouisiana Tech       2-3 -- 13-5\r\nSouthern Mississippi 2-3 --  5-11\r\nWestern Kentucky     2-4 -- 10-9\r\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>North Texas          2-4 --  7-12<\/strong><\/span>\r\nCharlotte            2-4 --  5-13\r\nFlorida Atlantic     2-4 --  4-15\r\nTexas San Antonio    2-4 --  4-15\r\nRice                 1-5 --  6-13\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Neither ESPN or CUSA calculated the number of games behind the two conference leaders and I didn&#8217;t feel like trying to figure it out myself.<\/p>\n<h4>Conference Breakdown<\/h4>\n<p>Some interesting match-ups this Saturday. 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