University of North Texas Athletics
Texas State Postgame Notes
12/19/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
North Texas Mean Green (9-2, 0-0 Sun Belt), Texas State Bobcats (2-7, 0-0 Southland)
December 19, 2010 - 5 p.m.
The Super Pit - Denton, Texas
NEXT GAME: North Texas takes on LSU in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Wednesday, December 22. The Mean Green return to the Super Pit on December 28 to host Oklahoma Panhandle State.
TEAM
-North Texas is on a 12 game home winning streak, which is now the fourth longest home win streak at North Texas. This is the longest home win streak in the Johnny Jones era.
-The Mean Green have won their last two games by a combined total of 42 points
-Dating back to last season, North Texas has now won 20 of their last 21 games against unranked opponents.
-North Texas has not dropped a home non-conference game since December 29, 2008, a 80-75 loss to UT Arlington
-North Texas has now won its last 23 games when they have a halftime lead
-The Mean Green are 79-16 under Johnny Jones when scoring 80 or more points
-North Texas is has its best 11-game start since 1976-77, when the Mean Green was 10-1 through 11 games.
-North Texas started the game on a 9-0 run that spanned 3:42
INDIVIDUAL
George Odufuwa
-Tied his career high with 20 points. He previously scored 20 against UALR on 12/31/09.
-Tied his career high with five assists. He now has two games with five assists this season.
-Reached double-digits in scoring for the 37th time in his career and eigth time this season. He has now scored in double figures in seven of eight games.
-His nine field goals are the most for a North Texas player since Josh White went 11-18 from the floor on 11/16 against Texas Tech
Josh White
-Passed Jerome Rogers (159) and moved into 4th place at North Texas with 161 career three pointers made.
-Has scored in double figures seven times this season and 72 times in his career.
Ben Knox
-Made his first career start and went a perfect 3-of-3 from the field to score a career-high 6 points.
Alonzo Edwards
-Scored a career-high 8 points and grabbed a career-high 6 rebounds
