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North Texas (7-13 2-5) fell to the UAB Blazers extending the losing streak to four games. North Texas was perfect from the line tonight shooting 9 of 9 on its Free Throws however shot well under their season average of 46.6% hitting just 37.1 of their shots. The Mean Green bench was also out scored 2 to 29. \u00a0Turnovers were also another problem for the Mean Green as they doubled up the Blazers 18 to 9.<\/p>\n
Today’s player of the game is again Jeremy Combs<\/a> but Deckie Johnson<\/a> deserves serious consideration as well.\u00a0Combs shot 7 of 13 (53.8%) from the floor and was a perfect 5 of 5 (100%) from the line while bringing in 12 total Rebounds (5 Offensive; 7 Defensive). \u00a0Tonight he earned his\u00a06th consecutive double-double and 9th of the season. Combs added 3 Assists with 3 Turnovers to his stat sheets for the night.<\/p>\n Johnson was 4 of 15 (26.6%) from the floor, 1 of 8 (12.5%) from behind the arc, and a perfect 4 of 4 (100%) from the stripe while bringing in 11 total Rebounds (5 Offensive; 6 Defensive). \u00a0The 11 rebounds is a season and career best for Johnson and also gives him his first career double-double. Johnson also had 3 Assists with 6 Turnovers and 1 Steal on 37 minutes of play. \u00a0Also in double-digits in tonight’s contest was Eric Katenda<\/a> with 12 points.<\/p>\n North Texas has 11 just games left to win nine games in order to finish the regular season with a record above .500.<\/p>\n Rickey Brice Jr.<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Carrington Ward<\/a>\u00a0did not play today.<\/p>\n North Texas returns to action on January 30th at 7:00 PM in Houston, TX to face the Rice Owls. \u00a0North Texas previously faced Rice on January 9th and defeated the Owls 85 to 74<\/a>. Perhaps the Mean Green’s biggest challenge will be the fact that they are 1-7 overall while on the road.<\/p>\n