Saturday, December 28
The Super Pit
5:00 PM
University of North Texas
vs
Texas Wesleyan
Photo by: Rick Yeatts Photography
Mean Green Host Texas Wesleyan In OOC Finale
12/27/2019 4:12:00 PM | Men's Basketball
DENTON — The Mean Green men's basketball team is back from the holiday vacation and return to action on Saturday at 5 p.m. as they host Texas Wesleyan in what will be the final out of conference game of the 2019-20 regular season for UNT.
North Texas (5-7) and the Rams (8-3) non-conference finale will be broadcasted on CUSA.tv and on the Mean Green Sports Network (KNTU 88.1FM, KHYI 95.3 FM or KGAF 1580 AM). Listeners can find the Mean Green Sports Network on the tuneIN app. Dave Barnett and Hank Dickenson will be on the call.
Saturday will be the 19th all-time meeting between UNT and TEXWES. Texas Wesleyan is one of the Mean Green's oldest opponents. The first meeting between the two schools came in 1935. The only opponent on the Mean Green's 2019-20 schedule that first played UNT earlier than Texas Wesleyan is UT Arlington. However, Saturday will be the two schools first meeting since Dec. 11, 1984.
JAVION'S RISING STOCK
Redshirt junior point guard Javion Hamlet has started to find his groove as the team's floor general. In the team's first seven games, Hamlet had 15 assists and 24 turn- overs (.6 A/TO). But in UNT's last four games, he's had 24 assists (6 per game) and just nine turnovers (2.6 A/TO). Furthermore, he's averaged 12.3 ppg over the last four games opposed to 8.1 ppg in the first seven games.
THOMAS' LAST TWO GAMES
After scoring a season-high 16 points in the season-opener on 11/5, Thomas Bell scored 11 points in UNT's most recent game on 12/21 versus UAPB. Its the most points he's scored since the season opener. Furthermore, Bell has scored 19 total points in UNT's last two games combined. Its the most points he's scored in consecutive games since the first two games of the season when he scored 22 combined points.
3-POINT SHOOTING TEAM
North Texas has scored 792 points this season, which means 40.4 percent of its points have come via 3-pointers. The national average is 30.9 percent. As of Friday, it was the 18th highest percentage of points scored from deep in the nation. UNT has scored just 44.3 percent (312th highest in the nation) of its points by 2-pointers and 15.3 percent (303rd highest in the nation) by free throws.
CHARGES
North Texas has drawn at least one charge in all but one game this season (12/5 vs. Oklahoma). They have drawn 20 charges on the year. Deng Geu leads the team having drawn seven of the 20 charges.
BENCH USAGE
North Texas has had the same starting lineup in all 12 games this season and the bench has played 35.6 percent of the 2,400 total minutes played by the 13 Mean Green players who have played this season. The 35.6 percent of bench minutes is the 75th highest in the nation as of Friday.
NEW BUT EXPERIENCED
North Texas has eight newcomers on its 2019-20 roster. However, the team's average years of experience is 2.01 years. It puts them in the top third in the nation for experience.
17 STRAIGHT GAMES
North Texas' Umoja Gibson has made a 3-pointer in 17 straight games.
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDER
The Mean Green's Zachary Simmons has an offensive rebounding percentage (OR/(OR + DR)) of 14.1%. It's the 43rd best in the nation and is fourth highest in C-USA. The junior has been in the top 10 in C-USA in offensive rebounding percentage every year.
North Texas (5-7) and the Rams (8-3) non-conference finale will be broadcasted on CUSA.tv and on the Mean Green Sports Network (KNTU 88.1FM, KHYI 95.3 FM or KGAF 1580 AM). Listeners can find the Mean Green Sports Network on the tuneIN app. Dave Barnett and Hank Dickenson will be on the call.
Saturday will be the 19th all-time meeting between UNT and TEXWES. Texas Wesleyan is one of the Mean Green's oldest opponents. The first meeting between the two schools came in 1935. The only opponent on the Mean Green's 2019-20 schedule that first played UNT earlier than Texas Wesleyan is UT Arlington. However, Saturday will be the two schools first meeting since Dec. 11, 1984.
JAVION'S RISING STOCK
Redshirt junior point guard Javion Hamlet has started to find his groove as the team's floor general. In the team's first seven games, Hamlet had 15 assists and 24 turn- overs (.6 A/TO). But in UNT's last four games, he's had 24 assists (6 per game) and just nine turnovers (2.6 A/TO). Furthermore, he's averaged 12.3 ppg over the last four games opposed to 8.1 ppg in the first seven games.
THOMAS' LAST TWO GAMES
After scoring a season-high 16 points in the season-opener on 11/5, Thomas Bell scored 11 points in UNT's most recent game on 12/21 versus UAPB. Its the most points he's scored since the season opener. Furthermore, Bell has scored 19 total points in UNT's last two games combined. Its the most points he's scored in consecutive games since the first two games of the season when he scored 22 combined points.
3-POINT SHOOTING TEAM
North Texas has scored 792 points this season, which means 40.4 percent of its points have come via 3-pointers. The national average is 30.9 percent. As of Friday, it was the 18th highest percentage of points scored from deep in the nation. UNT has scored just 44.3 percent (312th highest in the nation) of its points by 2-pointers and 15.3 percent (303rd highest in the nation) by free throws.
CHARGES
North Texas has drawn at least one charge in all but one game this season (12/5 vs. Oklahoma). They have drawn 20 charges on the year. Deng Geu leads the team having drawn seven of the 20 charges.
BENCH USAGE
North Texas has had the same starting lineup in all 12 games this season and the bench has played 35.6 percent of the 2,400 total minutes played by the 13 Mean Green players who have played this season. The 35.6 percent of bench minutes is the 75th highest in the nation as of Friday.
NEW BUT EXPERIENCED
North Texas has eight newcomers on its 2019-20 roster. However, the team's average years of experience is 2.01 years. It puts them in the top third in the nation for experience.
17 STRAIGHT GAMES
North Texas' Umoja Gibson has made a 3-pointer in 17 straight games.
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDER
The Mean Green's Zachary Simmons has an offensive rebounding percentage (OR/(OR + DR)) of 14.1%. It's the 43rd best in the nation and is fourth highest in C-USA. The junior has been in the top 10 in C-USA in offensive rebounding percentage every year.
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