Friday, December 21
Super Pit
7 PM
University of North Texas
vs
CSU Bakersfield
Photo by: Rick Yeatts Photography
CSU Bakersfield at Mean Green
12/20/2018 12:21:00 PM | Women's Basketball
DENTON – North Texas women's basketball hosts CSU Bakersfield Friday at 7 p.m. inside The Super Pit.
About the Mean Green (5-5, 0-0 C-USA)
North Texas enters the matchup versus the Roadrunners following a 59-46 win at Xavier (La.) Dec. 16.
Terriell Bradley's scoring average of 19.5 leads the Mean Green and is second within Conference USA. Anisha George contributes 9.6 points per contest along with a team-best 6.8 rebounds to rank eighth in the league. Trena Mims adds 8.3 points and hands out 3.9 assists to sit sixth in C-USA while her assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.6 ranks second.
The Mean Green are outscoring their opponents by an average of 5.1 points while shooting 40.2-percent from the field compared to 38.7 from their foes. UNT has put up a total of 635 shots this season as their rivals have fired up just 556. However, the opponents have totaled 220 attempts from the free throw line compared to 155 from the Mean Green.
About the Roadrunners (4-6, 0-0 WAC)
CSU Bakersfield comes to Denton for game five of a six-game road trip. The Roadrunners have not played at home since Nov. 26 in a 91-37 win over Westcliff. CSUB has lost its last four contests, most recently falling, 49-43, at SMU Wednesday. The prior three losses were at UC Irvine, Fullerton, and Omaha.
Alexxus Gilbert averages a team-high 15.8 points, and Malaysia McHenry posts 10.8 points and a team-best 7.4 rebounds.
The Roadrunners are ranked in the top 40 nationally in five defensive statistical categories: 20thin total steals (122), 29thin both 3-point field goal defense (24.6-percent) and turnovers forced per game (21.8), and 40thin turnover margin (5.0).
History between the squads
This will be the first meeting between the Mean Green and Roadrunners.
Mims taking care of the ball
Trena Mims sits second in C-USA in assist-to-turnover ratio with her 39 helpers and 15 miscues. Seven of her turnovers have occurred between two contests, while Mims registered a game with zero mistakes in 26 minutes of play against Utah State Dec. 8 and has six games with only a single turnover.
She set a career-high in assists with nine versus Houston Baptist Dec. 5 and has twice dished out six. Her total against HBU is the third-best performance within C-USA this season.
Offense is key
With an even record of 5-5 on the season, the Mean Green have been steady defensively. In the UNT victories, the defense is allowing 62 points per game, whereas in the losses, the team is in fact giving up slightly less at 61.4.
With that, signs point to the importance of the offense in securing wins. The Mean Green are averaging 83.2 points in victories and have posted four contests of at least 82. In the losses, North Texas is mustering 50.4 points.
In addition to the scoring contrast, UNT outrebounds their opponents by nearly 10 boards in the wins, while in the losses the advantage is flipped in favor of the other team.
Non-con results
UNT enters the contest versus CSU Bakersfield hoping to jump above .500 with one more game remaining before league play begins. Dating to the 2015-16 season, the Mean Green are currently an even 22-21 in games occurring before the start of C-USA play. The team posted a mark of 9-3 in pre-conference play last season.
Doubling up
The Mean Green have compiled four double-doubles throughout the 2018-19 season with three coming from junior post Anisha George and the other by redshirt sophomore forward Madison Townley. George's trio of double-doubles ranks third in C-USA.
Throughout the entire 2017-18 season, the team amassed five, one each from current players Terriell Bradley and Micayla Buckner. Two seasons ago, six double-doubles were accomplished with half of them coming from Bradley.
Scoring ups and downs
While the Mean Green have remained fairly consistent on the defensive end this season, the offense has seen both breakout performances and well as its share of lulls. In the 100-75 win over Houston Baptist Dec. 5, UNT eclipsed the century mark for the first time in over 20 years as six Mean Green scored in double figures. The last time North Texas had scored 100 or more was Nov. 21, 1997, in a 116-39 victory over Texas Southern. The 100 totaled versus HBU was just the fifth occurrence in program history.
Three days later in the contest against Utah State, the offense did not come easy for North Texas in a 57-41 loss. Only the Mean Green starters entered the scoring column while the bench went scoreless as the team shot under 26-percent. The 41 points accrued against the Aggies was the lowest total since Dec. 4, 2015, in a three-point loss to Weber State, while the 25.9-percent shooting equaled the mark set Jan. 28, 2017, in a 62-47 defeat at Old Dominion.
Bradley enters top 10 in scoring
With her breakout career-high 40-point performance against NDSU Nov. 24, Terriell Bradley has continued to show her offensive prowess with 30 points at SMU Nov. 28 and 36 versus Missouri State Dec. 1. She has now elevated from 14thto eighth in the UNT career scoring charts with 1,171 points. Head Coach Jalie Mitchell's (1998-2002) record of sits at 1,764.
With 18 regular season games remaining, Bradley would need to average just under 33 points per game to reach Mitchell. If the Mean Green were to win three games in the postseason, the average slims down to 28.2 points. If Bradley continues her current 19.5 average throughout the regular season, she would move into third all-time with over 1,500 points.
Chart-topping Bradley
With 329 free throws made, Bradley sits in fourth place all-time in program history. She needs 36 more to tie Isalene Jones (1980-84) for third. Not out of sight is the No. 1 spot, held by Head Coach Jalie Mitchell who sank 411 throughout her career. Bradley made 164 from the line last season and now needs 82 to dethrone Mitchell, which comes out to be 4.5 makes per game throughout the remainder of the regular season.
Bradley is currently sixth all-time in 3-pointers made with 108. She is four away from the fifth spot, and Ashley Norris (1995-2000) occupies the top spot with 197.
Bring on the OT
The Mean Green have compiled a lowly 12-26 record throughout program history in overtime games, but following the 83-76 win over Missouri State Dec. 1, UNT has now strung together six straight victories involving extra periods. The win over the Bears was just the third time in program history UNT has found success inside The Super Pit in OT, as the team is now at 3-10 at home. Two seasons ago, North Texas pulled out wins in each of their four overtime contests, and went one-for-one in 2017-18.
Last outing for the Mean Green
NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 16, 2018) – Anisha George collected her third double-double of the season with game-highs of 14 points and 10 rebounds for North Texas as the Mean Green pulled away in the third quarter in a 59-46 win over Xavier University of Louisiana Sunday afternoon inside the Convocation Center.
North Texas (5-5, 0-0 C-USA) outscored the Gold Nuggets (9-4, 0-0 GCAC) 21-12 to open the second half and eventually stretched the lead to 21 in the fourth quarter. Terriell Bradley posted a dozen points at her homecoming in front of a contingency of family and friends. The Mean Green distributed 19 assists on their 23 field goals, led by a game-high six from Trena Mims and another four by Brittany Smith.
About the Mean Green (5-5, 0-0 C-USA)
North Texas enters the matchup versus the Roadrunners following a 59-46 win at Xavier (La.) Dec. 16.
Terriell Bradley's scoring average of 19.5 leads the Mean Green and is second within Conference USA. Anisha George contributes 9.6 points per contest along with a team-best 6.8 rebounds to rank eighth in the league. Trena Mims adds 8.3 points and hands out 3.9 assists to sit sixth in C-USA while her assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.6 ranks second.
The Mean Green are outscoring their opponents by an average of 5.1 points while shooting 40.2-percent from the field compared to 38.7 from their foes. UNT has put up a total of 635 shots this season as their rivals have fired up just 556. However, the opponents have totaled 220 attempts from the free throw line compared to 155 from the Mean Green.
About the Roadrunners (4-6, 0-0 WAC)
CSU Bakersfield comes to Denton for game five of a six-game road trip. The Roadrunners have not played at home since Nov. 26 in a 91-37 win over Westcliff. CSUB has lost its last four contests, most recently falling, 49-43, at SMU Wednesday. The prior three losses were at UC Irvine, Fullerton, and Omaha.
Alexxus Gilbert averages a team-high 15.8 points, and Malaysia McHenry posts 10.8 points and a team-best 7.4 rebounds.
The Roadrunners are ranked in the top 40 nationally in five defensive statistical categories: 20thin total steals (122), 29thin both 3-point field goal defense (24.6-percent) and turnovers forced per game (21.8), and 40thin turnover margin (5.0).
History between the squads
This will be the first meeting between the Mean Green and Roadrunners.
Mims taking care of the ball
Trena Mims sits second in C-USA in assist-to-turnover ratio with her 39 helpers and 15 miscues. Seven of her turnovers have occurred between two contests, while Mims registered a game with zero mistakes in 26 minutes of play against Utah State Dec. 8 and has six games with only a single turnover.
She set a career-high in assists with nine versus Houston Baptist Dec. 5 and has twice dished out six. Her total against HBU is the third-best performance within C-USA this season.
Offense is key
With an even record of 5-5 on the season, the Mean Green have been steady defensively. In the UNT victories, the defense is allowing 62 points per game, whereas in the losses, the team is in fact giving up slightly less at 61.4.
With that, signs point to the importance of the offense in securing wins. The Mean Green are averaging 83.2 points in victories and have posted four contests of at least 82. In the losses, North Texas is mustering 50.4 points.
In addition to the scoring contrast, UNT outrebounds their opponents by nearly 10 boards in the wins, while in the losses the advantage is flipped in favor of the other team.
Non-con results
UNT enters the contest versus CSU Bakersfield hoping to jump above .500 with one more game remaining before league play begins. Dating to the 2015-16 season, the Mean Green are currently an even 22-21 in games occurring before the start of C-USA play. The team posted a mark of 9-3 in pre-conference play last season.
Doubling up
The Mean Green have compiled four double-doubles throughout the 2018-19 season with three coming from junior post Anisha George and the other by redshirt sophomore forward Madison Townley. George's trio of double-doubles ranks third in C-USA.
Throughout the entire 2017-18 season, the team amassed five, one each from current players Terriell Bradley and Micayla Buckner. Two seasons ago, six double-doubles were accomplished with half of them coming from Bradley.
Scoring ups and downs
While the Mean Green have remained fairly consistent on the defensive end this season, the offense has seen both breakout performances and well as its share of lulls. In the 100-75 win over Houston Baptist Dec. 5, UNT eclipsed the century mark for the first time in over 20 years as six Mean Green scored in double figures. The last time North Texas had scored 100 or more was Nov. 21, 1997, in a 116-39 victory over Texas Southern. The 100 totaled versus HBU was just the fifth occurrence in program history.
Three days later in the contest against Utah State, the offense did not come easy for North Texas in a 57-41 loss. Only the Mean Green starters entered the scoring column while the bench went scoreless as the team shot under 26-percent. The 41 points accrued against the Aggies was the lowest total since Dec. 4, 2015, in a three-point loss to Weber State, while the 25.9-percent shooting equaled the mark set Jan. 28, 2017, in a 62-47 defeat at Old Dominion.
Bradley enters top 10 in scoring
With her breakout career-high 40-point performance against NDSU Nov. 24, Terriell Bradley has continued to show her offensive prowess with 30 points at SMU Nov. 28 and 36 versus Missouri State Dec. 1. She has now elevated from 14thto eighth in the UNT career scoring charts with 1,171 points. Head Coach Jalie Mitchell's (1998-2002) record of sits at 1,764.
With 18 regular season games remaining, Bradley would need to average just under 33 points per game to reach Mitchell. If the Mean Green were to win three games in the postseason, the average slims down to 28.2 points. If Bradley continues her current 19.5 average throughout the regular season, she would move into third all-time with over 1,500 points.
Chart-topping Bradley
With 329 free throws made, Bradley sits in fourth place all-time in program history. She needs 36 more to tie Isalene Jones (1980-84) for third. Not out of sight is the No. 1 spot, held by Head Coach Jalie Mitchell who sank 411 throughout her career. Bradley made 164 from the line last season and now needs 82 to dethrone Mitchell, which comes out to be 4.5 makes per game throughout the remainder of the regular season.
Bradley is currently sixth all-time in 3-pointers made with 108. She is four away from the fifth spot, and Ashley Norris (1995-2000) occupies the top spot with 197.
Bring on the OT
The Mean Green have compiled a lowly 12-26 record throughout program history in overtime games, but following the 83-76 win over Missouri State Dec. 1, UNT has now strung together six straight victories involving extra periods. The win over the Bears was just the third time in program history UNT has found success inside The Super Pit in OT, as the team is now at 3-10 at home. Two seasons ago, North Texas pulled out wins in each of their four overtime contests, and went one-for-one in 2017-18.
Last outing for the Mean Green
NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 16, 2018) – Anisha George collected her third double-double of the season with game-highs of 14 points and 10 rebounds for North Texas as the Mean Green pulled away in the third quarter in a 59-46 win over Xavier University of Louisiana Sunday afternoon inside the Convocation Center.
North Texas (5-5, 0-0 C-USA) outscored the Gold Nuggets (9-4, 0-0 GCAC) 21-12 to open the second half and eventually stretched the lead to 21 in the fourth quarter. Terriell Bradley posted a dozen points at her homecoming in front of a contingency of family and friends. The Mean Green distributed 19 assists on their 23 field goals, led by a game-high six from Trena Mims and another four by Brittany Smith.
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