University of North Texas Athletics
NT-UALR Postgame Notes
12/30/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
North Texas Mean Green (12-2, 1-0 Sun Belt), UALR Trojans (8-7, 0-1 Sun Belt)
December 30, 2010 - 7 p.m.
The Super Pit
Denton, Texas
NEXT GAME: North Texas hosts Louisiana-Lafayette at the Super Pit on January 1 at 4 p.m.
TEAM
-North Texas has now won 14 straight games at the Super Pit. The Mean Green are now tied for the 11th longest home winning streak in Division 1. This 14-game home winning steak is tied for the third-longest streak in North Texas history, and equals the second-longest winning streak since the Mean Green moved to the Super Pit in 1973-74.
-With a 12-2 record, North Texas has its best record through 14 games since 1952-53
-The Mean Green have now won 12 straight games against Sun Belt competition, including conference tournament play.
-North Texas has won three straight Sun Belt Conference openers and six straight Sun Belt Conference home openers
-The Mean Green have won their last five games by a combined total of 95 points, an average of 19 per game.
-Dating back to last season, North Texas has now won 23 of their last 24 games against unranked opponents.
-North Texas has now won its last 26 games when they have a halftime lead
-The Mean Green are 82-16 under Johnny Jones when scoring 80 or more points
-North Texas is now 7-1 in December, and has the program's best December since 1975, when the Mean Green went 8-1 in December.
-North Texas shot a season-best 59.6% from the field, which marks the fifth straight game North Texas shot 50% or better. North Texas is 7-0 this season when shooting 50% or better.
-When holding opponents under 50% shooting (43.9% tonight), North Texas is 12-0 this season.
-Went on a 13-0 run from 18:36 to 15:52 (2:44) of the first half that gave North Texas a 13-2 edge.
-Ended the first half on a 20-6 run that spanned the last 7:38 that gave North Texas a 43-26 halftime edge.
INDIVIDUAL
Josh White
-Now has 1,441 points for his career, moving him past John Savage (1,423) into 7th place on North Texas' career scoring list.
-Has scored in double figures in four straight games, ten games this season and 75 times in his career.
-This is his sixth 15+ point game of the season
-Had a perfect first half shooting the ball, going 4-4 from the floor (1-1 3FG), and 2-2 from the free throw line
-Missed his first free throw since December 4 at Texas Southern. He was 15-15 over the previous five games
Tristan Thompson
-Has scored in double digits for the 12th time in 14 games this season. He now has scored in double digits in 35 of his last 38 games, dating back to last season. He has 59 double-digit scoring games in his career.
Dominique Johnson
-He now has 27 double figure scoring outings for his career and nine this season
Kedrick Hogans
-Now has 66 blocks for his career, moving him into a tie for 6th place with Harold Stewart on North Texas' career block list.
Ben Knox
-Scored a career-high 9 points, grabbed a career-high 7 rebounds
