Tuesday, November 12
Fayetteville, AR
7:00 PM
University of North Texas
-12,00 CUSA
43
at
66
Arkansas
2-0,0-0SEC
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2
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North Texas
16
27
43
Arkansas
28
38
66
Photo by: Jesus Gutierrez
UNT Falls At Arkansas, 66-43
11/12/2019 10:11:00 PM | Men's Basketball
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas — The North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team lost 66-43 at Arkansas (RV) Tuesday night.
Playing in hostile SEC territory and in front of 12,001 fans, the Mean Green's defense traveled to the Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas, but the offense couldn't keep pace enough to come away with the road win.
"Give Arkansas credit, they were consistent enough in their pressure and defensive effort to cause us problem," said head coach Grant McCasland. "We're going to take personal accountability and give these guys credit for being better than us tonight. But I do know I like our pieces. We had some great defensive possessions tonight. "
UNT (1-2) didn't get its first basket until the 11:28 mark of the first half but still only trailed by eight points at the time.
North Texas remained within arms reach of Arkansas (2-0) for most of the game and picked up momentum, especially early in the second half when they cut the deficit to just five points, which they did twice in the second half including with just 10 minutes left in the game. But after Javion Hamlet cut the Razorback lead to five with a pair of free throws, Arkansas went on a 9-0 run and led by 14.
With the crowd behind them they turned the 14-point lead in three minutes into a 20-point lead by forcing turnovers, getting in transition and getting to the foul line.
As North Texas' offense aimed to regroup the Arkansas crowd helped keep the Razorback momentum strong.
On Tuesday, graduate transfer Deng Geu had a season-high and led the Mean Green with 10 points. The 6-foot-8 Geu made his first 3-pointer with UNT. He made 15 last season with North Dakota State. But Geu's 3-pointer was just one of two the team made for the entire game as they went 2-of-17 on the night and couldn't use the trey ball to build steam.
North Texas will return home on Saturday to play Eastern Michigan at 3 p.m. at the Super Pit.
Playing in hostile SEC territory and in front of 12,001 fans, the Mean Green's defense traveled to the Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas, but the offense couldn't keep pace enough to come away with the road win.
"Give Arkansas credit, they were consistent enough in their pressure and defensive effort to cause us problem," said head coach Grant McCasland. "We're going to take personal accountability and give these guys credit for being better than us tonight. But I do know I like our pieces. We had some great defensive possessions tonight. "
UNT (1-2) didn't get its first basket until the 11:28 mark of the first half but still only trailed by eight points at the time.
North Texas remained within arms reach of Arkansas (2-0) for most of the game and picked up momentum, especially early in the second half when they cut the deficit to just five points, which they did twice in the second half including with just 10 minutes left in the game. But after Javion Hamlet cut the Razorback lead to five with a pair of free throws, Arkansas went on a 9-0 run and led by 14.
With the crowd behind them they turned the 14-point lead in three minutes into a 20-point lead by forcing turnovers, getting in transition and getting to the foul line.
As North Texas' offense aimed to regroup the Arkansas crowd helped keep the Razorback momentum strong.
On Tuesday, graduate transfer Deng Geu had a season-high and led the Mean Green with 10 points. The 6-foot-8 Geu made his first 3-pointer with UNT. He made 15 last season with North Dakota State. But Geu's 3-pointer was just one of two the team made for the entire game as they went 2-of-17 on the night and couldn't use the trey ball to build steam.
North Texas will return home on Saturday to play Eastern Michigan at 3 p.m. at the Super Pit.
Team Stats
UNT
Ark
FG%
.333
.444
3FG%
.118
.273
FT%
.583
.833
RB
37
24
TO
18
10
STL
3
11
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
6
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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