{"id":546,"date":"2016-12-18T17:56:21","date_gmt":"2016-12-18T23:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/?p=546"},"modified":"2016-12-20T08:49:14","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T14:49:14","slug":"mbb-bearcats-too-much-for-mean-green-in-woolridge-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/2016\/12\/18\/mbb-bearcats-too-much-for-mean-green-in-woolridge-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"MBB Bearcats Too Much for Mean Green in Woolridge Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 146<\/p><h5>North Texas 70<br \/>\nSam Houston State 76<\/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=46\" target=\"_blank\">Deckie Johnson<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Bball\/Player\/?p=91\" target=\"_blank\">Derail Green<\/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=47\" target=\"_blank\">J-Mychal Reese<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Player of the Game honors goes to Freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Bball\/Player\/?p=93\" target=\"_blank\">A.J. Lawson<\/a> who set a new career high of 18 points on 27 coming off the bench. He was 7 of 14 (50%) from the floor, 0 of 3 from behind the arc, and 4 of 6 (66.7%) from the Free Throw line. He also collected 4 Rebounds (2 Offensive and Defensive each), 2 Assists, 1 Block and 4 Steals.<\/p>\n<p>Also in double digits was Jeremy Combs (13), Derail Green (11), who made his appearance of the season coming off the bench <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Bball\/Player\/?p=95\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Woolridge<\/a> (10).<\/p>\n<p>The Mean Green return home to play\u00a0Southeastern Louisiana on December 20. It is expected that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Bball\/Player\/?p=90\" target=\"_blank\">Keith Frazier<\/a> will suit up for the first time in a Mean Green uniform in this game unless something changes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/stats\/Bball\/Game\/?g=222\" target=\"_blank\">Game Stats<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meangreensports.com\/sports\/m-baskbl\/recaps\/121716aab.html\" target=\"_blank\">MeanGreenSports Recap<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dentonrc.com\/sports\/sports-headlines\/20161217-unt-comeback-falls-short-in-huntsville.ece\" target=\"_blank\">Denton Record Chronicle Recap<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Hot Sports Opinion<\/h2>\n<p>The Mean Green continue to struggle to play good defense. Against teams will winning records, North Texas is 0-5 while having allowed more than 10 points in four out of five of those games. Perimeter Defense is allowing 7.6 made threes so far in the season. The Mean Green has also been out rebounded 382-377. Another point of concern is that point production for Seniors J-Mychal Reese and Deckie Johnson has not been what it was last season. These two players really need to step up to help the team put more points on the board.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Opponent<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">OppFG<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">OppFGA<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FGPer<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Opp3FG<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Opp3FGA<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">3FGPer<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Sul Ross State<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>26<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>62<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>41.9355<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>10<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>38<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>26.3158<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Texas Tech<\/td>\n<td>28<\/td>\n<td>68<\/td>\n<td>41.1765<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>30.0000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Drexel<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>32<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>68<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>47.0588<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>12<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>28<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>42.8571<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rutgers<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>64<\/td>\n<td>35.9375<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<td>12.5000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Niagara<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>62<\/td>\n<td>37.0968<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>32<\/td>\n<td>25.0000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Hartford<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>27<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>62<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>43.5484<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>13<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>28<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>46.4286<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><del>Texas College<\/del><\/td>\n<td><del>19<\/del><\/td>\n<td><del>86<\/del><\/td>\n<td><del>22.0930<\/del><\/td>\n<td><del>4<\/del><\/td>\n<td><del>28<\/del><\/td>\n<td><del>14.2857<\/del><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>UT-Arlington<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>26<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>50<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>52.0000<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>10<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>28<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>35.7143<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><del>Delaware State<\/del><\/td>\n<td><del>12<\/del><\/td>\n<td><del>50<\/del><\/td>\n<td><del>24.0000<\/del><\/td>\n<td><del>6<\/del><\/td>\n<td><del>20<\/del><\/td>\n<td><del>30.0000<\/del><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sam Houston St<\/td>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>57<\/td>\n<td>45.6140<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>23.5294<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h6>Games in <strong>bold<\/strong> are where more than 10 Threes were made by the opponent.<\/h6>\n<p>Season Averages with TX College and Delaware St:<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">OppFG<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">OppFGA<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FGPer<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Opp3FG<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Opp3FGA<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">3FGPer<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">GmCnt<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>242<\/td>\n<td>597<\/td>\n<td>40.5360<\/td>\n<td>76<\/td>\n<td>231<\/td>\n<td>32.9<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Season Average\u00a0without TX College and Delaware St:<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">OppFG<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">OppFGA<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FGPer<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Opp3FG<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Opp3FGA<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">3FGPer<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">GmCnt<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>211<\/td>\n<td>475<\/td>\n<td>44.4211<\/td>\n<td>66<\/td>\n<td>190<\/td>\n<td>34.7368<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Opponent<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Date<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NTScore<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">OppScore<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Result<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Margin<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><em>Sul Ross State<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>2016-11-11<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>85<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>77<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>Win<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>8<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Texas Tech<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2016-11-15<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>43<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>70<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Loss<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>-27<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Drexel<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2016-11-20<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>62<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>83<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Loss<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>-21<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Rutgers<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2016-11-23<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>53<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>66<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Loss<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>-13<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em>Niagara<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>2016-11-25<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>80<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>71<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>Win<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>9<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em>Hartford<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>2016-11-27<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>81<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>78<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>Win<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>3<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><del><em>Texas College<\/em><\/del><\/td>\n<td><del><em>2016-11-30<\/em><\/del><\/td>\n<td><del><em>73<\/em><\/del><\/td>\n<td><del><em>45<\/em><\/del><\/td>\n<td><del><em>Win<\/em><\/del><\/td>\n<td><del><em>28<\/em><\/del><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>UT-Arlington<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2016-12-03<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>61<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>77<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Loss<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>-16<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><del><em>Delaware State<\/em><\/del><\/td>\n<td><del><em>2016-12-08<\/em><\/del><\/td>\n<td><del><em>73<\/em><\/del><\/td>\n<td><del><em>40<\/em><\/del><\/td>\n<td><del><em>Win<\/em><\/del><\/td>\n<td><del><em>33<\/em><\/del><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sam Houston St<\/td>\n<td>2016-12-17<\/td>\n<td>70<\/td>\n<td>76<\/td>\n<td>Loss<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h6>Games in <strong>bold<\/strong> are losses by 10 or more points. Games in <em>italics<\/em> are against teams with a losing record at the time the game was played.<\/h6>\n<p>This team has a long, hard road ahead of it as conference play starts on New Year&#8217;s Eve against Charlotte in Charlotte, NC. Getting to .500 for the season is going to be a tall order. Some things need to change if Coach Tony Benford, who is in his 5th year at North Texas, is going to have a chance at a contract extension.<\/p>\n<h2>CUSA Action<\/h2>\n<p>Western Kentucky 79<br \/>\n<strong>Detroit Mercy 85<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Charllotte 46<br \/>\n<strong>Florida 87<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rice 73<br \/>\n<strong>Pittsburgh 83<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Northern Illinois 60<\/strong><br \/>\nFlorida Intl 53<\/p>\n<p>Middle Tennessee 77<br \/>\n<strong>VCU 80<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Marshall 88<br \/>\n<strong>Akron 99<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grambling 55<br \/>\n<strong>Louisiana Tech 89<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Northern Arizona 76<\/strong><br \/>\nUTEP 74<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 146North Texas 70 Sam Houston State 76 Starters Jeremy Combs Deckie Johnson Derail Green Allante Holston J-Mychal Reese Player of the Game honors goes to Freshman A.J. Lawson who set a new career high of 18 points on 27 coming off the bench. He was 7 of 14 (50%) from the floor, 0 of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-basketball","category-stats"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9ebqr-8O","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546","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=546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntsportsstats.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}