University of North Texas Athletics
North Texas vs Rice Postgame Notes
11/23/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
at North Texas 68, Rice 65
North Texas Mean Green (3-1, 0-0 Sun Belt), Rice Owls (3-2, 0-0 C-USA)
November 23, 2010 - 7 p.m.
The Super Pit
Denton, Texas
NEXT GAME: North Texas travels to Texas State to face the Bobcats on Saturday, November 27th at 4 p.m. North Texas returns to the Super Pit on Tuesday, November 30th as they host DFW rival UT-Arlington at 7 p.m.
TEAM
-Dating back to last season, North Texas has now won 14 of their last 16 total games, with the only losses coming to No. 2 seed Kansas State in the NCAA Tournament and at No. 6 Kansas last Friday.
-This is the fifth straight game, and sixth time in the last seven mettings between North Texas and Rice that has been decided by three or fewer points.
-When using the starting lineup of Josh White, Tristan Thompson, Shannon Shorter, Kendrick Hogans and George Odufuwa, North Texas is now 3-0 on the year.
-Took the lead 40-36 with a 15-2 run from 18:30 to 12:36 of the second half.
-Snapped a streak of 24 straight 3-pointers missed with a Tristan Thompson three with 14:50 remaining in the 2nd half.
INDIVIDUAL
Josh White
-With two assists tonight, he moves into seventh place all-time on North Texas' all-time assist list with 250, moving him past Deon Alexander (249)
George Odufuwa
-Notched his 19th career double-double with 11 points and 16 rebounds. This is his second double-double of 2010-11.
-Reached double-digits in scoring for the 31st time in his career and second time this season.
-Grabbed a season-high 16 boards tonight, giving him nine of ten games with double-digit rebounds, dating back to last season. This is the 8th 15+ rebound game of his career.
Tristan Thompson
-With a total of 26 pts, now has scored in double digits for the tenth straight game, dating back to last season. He now has scored in double digits in 28 of his last 29 games, dating back to last season. He has 53 double-digit scoring games in his career.
-Posted his 2nd 20+ point outing of the season. He has scored 20+ in three of his last five games, dating back to last season.
Kedrick Hogans
-Had his third 3+ block game of the season and seventh of his career
-Hit a contested layup with 32 seconds left in the 2nd half to give North Texas a 64-61 lead.
