University of North Texas
North Carolina A&T
Mean Green Host North Carolina A&T
11/18/2019 7:57:00 PM | Men's Basketball
DENTON – The North Texas men's basketball team hosts North Carolina A&T at 7 p.m on Tuesday. The game will be broadcasted on CUSA.tv and on the Mean Green Sports Network (88.1 FM & 95.3 FM).
This will be the second all-time meeting between UNT and N.C. A&T. The two schools first meeting came all the way back in 1977 in Denton when the Mean Green won 110-80. Tuesday's game and last Saturday's game versus Eastern Michigan are part of the 2019 Jersey Mike's Jamaica Classic. North Texas travels to Montego Bay, Jamaica, following Tuesday's game and plays its first game in Jamaica on Nov. 22 versus Rhode Island.
BEST SCORING DEFENSE IN C-USA
North Texas' defense is allowing just 55.3 points per game, which is the best in C-USA and the 22nd best in the nation. While the Mean Green's scoring defense has been impressive, two of their first four opponents have scoring defenses that rank in the top 10 in the nation, Eastern Michigan is giving up just 52.5 points per game (7th best in the nation) and Arkansas is allowing just 44.0 points per game (3rd best in the nation). Virginia leads the nation by giving up just 36.7 points per game.
PICKING POCKETS
Redshirt Senior DJ Draper has a team-leading five steals through the team's first four games. He had 13 steals all of last year in 32 games. He's on pace to finish the regular season with 39 steals.
FIVE OR MORE
Since the start of last season, North Texas is 10-1 when Zachary Simmons makes five or more field goals in a game.
They are 1-0 this season. He went 6-for-9 versus Oklahoma Christian in the season opening 79-40 win.
UNDEFEATED. NEVER LOST
North Texas has never lost to a MEAC opponent. The Mean Green are 6-0 all-time versus the MEAC.
OUTREBOUNDING
The Mean Green have yet to be outrebounded this year.
at VCU: 31/31 (0)
at Arkansas: 37/24 (+13)
Eastern Michigan: 34/31 (+3)
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