University of North Texas Athletics
North Texas vs ULM Game Notes & Quotes
12/14/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Game Notes: North Texas vs. ULM
- Josh White recorded his seventh double digit score of the season with 15. White is now ranked No. 23 in scoring with 915 points. White was one of four Mean Green players to score in double figures. White finished with 5 assists, one shy of his season high. White is now tied for ninth place with former great, Kendrick Davis with 106 three pointers made.
- Tristan Thompson scored a season high 20 points to lead North Texas. This was Thompson's second game scoring double figures this season. Thompson was near perfect on the day connecting on 7 of 8 field goal attempts and was a perfect 4 of 4 from behind the arc and 2 of 2 from the free throw line.
- Eric Tramiel racked up his sixth consecutive game scoring in double figures with 15. Tramiel has scored in double figures seven times overall this season. Tramiel left late in the game due to a lower back injury.
- G.O., George Odufuwa just missed a double-double scoring 13 points and adding nine rebounds. Odufuwa also had three rejections, one shy of his career high of 4.
- North Texas was stingy defensively holding ULM to 36 percent shooting on the day.
- The win was the 23rd overall in the month of December over the last five years. North Texas is now 23-9 during that span. Mean Green moved to 6-3 overall and 4-0 at the Fabulous Super Pit.
- The Mean Green shot 53 percent from three point land connecting of 8 of 15. North Texas has now connected on a three pointer in 611 straight games dating back to the 1987-88 season.
Johnny Jones Quotes
"This was a good win for us. We wanted to get off to a good start in conference play and getting a win over ULM is big. The Warhawks are battle tested having faced the likes of Alabama, LSU and Oklahoma on the road this year. We knew they would present a challenge for us. They are an excellent three point shooting team and we wanted to make a conscious effort to close out on their shooters and make them drive the basketball."
On the play of the post players
"We got excellent play from our post players. George (Odufuwa) and Eric (Trameil) combined to shoot 11 for 16 from the field. Eric was one of the better scoring post players in the league last year and he is starting to get back in the rhythm that he was in last year. Odufuwa has been solid all year. If we can keep those guys going that will be a plus for us in conference play."
On Josh White and Tristan Thompson
"Tristan hadn't shot the ball as well this year as he did last year. He showed today however that he is a game conference player scoring a season high 20 points. Josh ran the show for us in the first half and didn't have very many shot attempts. We were able to get him some looks in the second half and he was able to knock down of couple of three pointers which opened up things for our post players.
