{"id":407,"date":"2016-11-12T10:49:13","date_gmt":"2016-11-12T16:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/?p=407"},"modified":"2016-11-21T11:28:40","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T17:28:40","slug":"mbb-north-texas-opens-the-2016-17-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/2016\/11\/12\/mbb-north-texas-opens-the-2016-17-season\/","title":{"rendered":"MBB North Texas Opens the 2016-17 Season with a Win Against Sul Ross State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 149<\/p><h5>Sul Ross State 77<br \/>\nNorth Texas 85<\/h5>\n<h2>Starters<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Bball\/Player\/?p=9\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremy Combs<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Bball\/Player\/?p=48\" target=\"_blank\">Ja&#8217;Michael Brown<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Bball\/Player\/?p=45\" target=\"_blank\">Allante Holston<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Bball\/Player\/?p=46\" target=\"_blank\">Deckie Johnson<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Bball\/Player\/?p=91\" target=\"_blank\">Derail Green<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Player of the Game honors goes to Deckie Johnson with 23 points shooting 3-6 (50%) from the field, 1-3 (33%) from the land of the three, and a perfect 16-16 (100%) from the charity stripe. Johnson also set a career record by shooting and making all 16 Free Throws.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New career high for @__Deckiej in free throws made at 12-for-12. North Texas leads 70-57. 6:19 left. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GMG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GMG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UNT Basketball (@MeanGreenMBB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeanGreenMBB\/status\/797271746827223040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Bball\/Player\/?p=49\" target=\"_blank\">Rickey Brice Jr.<\/a> also turned in a solid defensive game leading the team with 8 total rebounds (2 Offensive; 6 Defensive) along with two blocks. The Sophomore Center also had a good offensive showing with 12 points shooting 6-8 (75%) from the field while going 0-2 from the Free Throw line.<\/p>\n<p>Notably missing from the stat sheet was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Bball\/Player\/?p=47\" target=\"_blank\">J-Mychal Reese<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Bball\/Game\/index.php?s=2016&amp;c=1&amp;g=198\" target=\"_blank\">Game Stats<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meangreensports.com\/sports\/m-baskbl\/recaps\/111116aaa.html\" target=\"_blank\">MeanGreenSports Recap<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/meangreenblog.dentonrc.com\/2016\/11\/late-night-hoops-rewind-unt-85-sul-ross-77.html\/\" target=\"_blank\">Denton Record Chronicle Recap<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>North Texas Adds Two New Recruits<\/h2>\n<h3>Amaad Wainright (Trinity Valley Junior College, Kansas City, MO)<\/h3>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmaadW\/status\/782643510776369185<\/p>\n<h3>Zach Simmons (Cedar Hills High School, Cedar Hills, TX)<\/h3>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations to @zcsimmons995 signing to play basketball @ UNT @coachBT_100 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jd0UjdAHFK\">pic.twitter.com\/Jd0UjdAHFK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cedar Hill Longhorns (@CHLonghorns) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CHLonghorns\/status\/796835797303521280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meangreensports.com\/sports\/m-baskbl\/spec-rel\/111016aaa.html\" target=\"_blank\">MeanGreenSports Recap<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>CUSA Action<\/h2>\n<p>Milligan 64<br \/>\n<strong>Middle Tennessee 102<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Louisiana Tech 76<br \/>\n<strong>South Caroline 85<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Florida Memorial 57<br \/>\n<strong>FIU 76<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>James Madison 55<br \/>\n<strong>Old Dominion 62<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Newberry 88<br \/>\n<strong>Charlotte 101<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tougaloo 96<br \/>\n<strong>Southern Miss 101<\/strong><br \/>\n(Final\/2OT)<\/p>\n<p>Arkansas-Pine Bluff 66<br \/>\n<strong>UAB 86<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>UTSA 66<br \/>\n<strong>Fresno State 69<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Florida Atlantic 57<br \/>\n<strong>Texas State 61<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 149Sul Ross State 77 North Texas 85 Starters Jeremy Combs Ja&#8217;Michael Brown Allante Holston Deckie Johnson Derail Green Player of the Game honors goes to Deckie Johnson with 23 points shooting 3-6 (50%) from the field, 1-3 (33%) from the land of the three, and a perfect 16-16 (100%) from the charity stripe. 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