University of North Texas Athletics
North Texas vs Texas Tech Postgame Notes
11/16/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
NORTH TEXAS VS TEXAS TECH POSTGAME NOTES
North Texas 92, Texas Tech 83 (OT)
North Texas Mean Green (2-0, 0-0 Sun Belt), Texas Tech Red Raiders (1-1, 0-0 Big 12),
November 16, 2010 - 7 p.m.
The Super Pit, Denton, Texas
NEXT GAME: North Texas travels to storied Phog Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan. to take on the No. 7 Kansas Jayhawks on Friday, November 19 at 7 p.m. North Texas returns home to the Super Pit to host the Rice Owls on Wednesday, November 24 with tip at 7 p.m.
TEAM
-North Texas is now 3-0 against Big 12 schools at the Super Pit under Johnny Jones, having beat Oklahoma State in 2007-08 and Baylor in 2003-04.
-North Texas is the first "mid-major" program to defeat a Big 12 program this season and just the second team to defeat a Big 12 team this season, after Georgia edged Colorado 83-74 earlier tonight.
-Tonight's attendance of 7,105 is the fifth largest crowd all-time at the Super Pit and the largest since December 12, 1980 when 9,100 attended a contest between North Texas and DePaul
-Dating back to last season, North Texas has now won ten regular season games in a row and 13 of their last 14 total games, with the only loss coming to No. 2 seed Kansas State in the NCAA Tournament.
-North Texas is now 76-16 in the Johnny Jones era when scoring 80 or more points in a game.
-This is the first time North Texas has scored 90+ points in the first two games of the season since 1990-91, when it beat Long Beach State and Alcorn State.
-North Texas has hit at least one three pointer in each game dating back to the 1987-88 season, a span of 635 games
INDIVIDUAL
Josh White
-Hit a game-tying floater in traffic with 2.1 seconds remaining in regulation to send the game to overtime.
-Scored 30+ points for only the second time in his career. His career high is 35 points against UTA on 11/18/09
-With 32 pts, he now has 1285 pts on his career and passes Calvin Watson (1,253 pts) for sole possession of 10th place on North Texas' career scoring list
-His two assists tonight move him into a tie for 8th place all-time at North Texas with Calvin Williams at 248 career assists
-White scored 20 points for the 16th time in his career and scored in double-digits for the 66th time in his career.
-Now has four 20+ point games in 7 career games against Big 12 competition. He is averaging 18.6 PPG against the Big 12
George Odufuwa
-Notched his 18th career double-double with 14 points and 15 rebounds. Odufuwa averaged a double-double over last season-this is his first double-double of 2010-11.
-Reached double-digits in scoring for the 30th time in his career and first time this season.
-Grabbed 15 boards tonight, giving him eight straight games with double-digit rebounds, dating back to last season. This is the 7th 15+ rebound game of his career.
Dominique Johnson
-Has reached double-figures in the last three games he played, dating back to last season. He now has 20 double figure scoring outings for his career.
Tristan Thompson
-With a total of 11 pts, now has scored in double digits for the eighth straight game, dating back to last season. He now has scored in double digits in 26 of his last 27 games, dating back to last season. He has 51 double-digit scoring games in his career.
Alonzo Edwards
-In only his second game with North Texas, scored five points and grabbed four rebounds in a very productive eight minutes.
-Finished a dunk-and-one free throw at 12:48 that brought North Texas within three at 51-48.
-Grabbed a defensive rebound at 12:13 that led to Dominique Johnson's game-tying three pointer (51-51)
-Tied the game up at 53 on the ensuing offensive possession with a jump shot
