Thursday, February 14
Boca Raton, FL
6 PM CT
University of North Texas
at
Florida Atlantic
Mean Green Travel To Florida Atlantic
2/13/2019 3:11:00 PM | Men's Basketball
GAME NOTES
BOCA RATON, Florida — With Conference USA Bonus Play starting next weekend, the North Texas men's basketball team can secure a top pod position in Bonus Play and a top five seed in the Conference USA this week as they travel to South Florida to play Florida Atlantic and FIU.
The Mean Green (20-5, 8-4 C-USA) will first play FAU (14-11, 5-7 C-USA) on Thursday at 6 p.m. CT. The game will be aired on ESPN + and the Mean Green Sports Network, KHYI 95.3 FM.
North Texas' 8-4 league record has them sitting it a tie for third-place with Western Kentucky. One game behind the Mean Green and Hilltoppers in the standings is Southern Miss who UNT owns the tiebreaker over after beating them on Jan. 5, 65-62, in Denton.
In sixth-place and as of Wednesday sitting on the outside of the top Bonus Play pod is UAB, two games behind North Texas. With only two games remaining before the start of Bonus Play, a win over either Florida Atlantic or FIU on Saturday will clinch a top pod seeding for the Mean Green.
While FAU sits at 5-7 in conference and in a tie for eighth-place, the Owls have one of the most impressive wins in league play this year. FAU beat Old Dominion by seven on Jan. 10. ODU sits atop the conference standings with a 10-3 league record.
The Owls are led by senior guard Anthony Adger whose 17.0 point per game average ranks 10th in C-USA. However in conference play, Adger has improved his average to 19.4, which is fifth-best in the league.
FRESHMAN RECORD
North Texas redshirt freshman Umoja Gibson's 72 three-pointers (2.88 per game) this season and 5 off the school record for a freshman. Chris Davis' 77 three-pointers in 1999-00 is the school record. Gibson is on pace to finish the regular season with 89 three pointers, which would be the third most in a single season in program history. He's made 15 threes in the last three games.
STEALS RECORD
Junior Ryan Woolridge is just 8 steals from surpassing the school record for career steals (151, Jesse Ratliff 1990-94). Woolridge enters Saturday's game with 143 career steals. His season-high is six steals at New Mexico. He had a career high eight steals last year versus UTSA.
A SMALL TEAM THAT REBOUNDS
Despite being the 12th shortest team in the country, North Texas has either equaled as many rebounds or outrebounded 20 of its 24 opponents. They are 18-2 in games where they equal or outrebound its opponent. North Texas had a season-high 55 rebounds versus Marshall on Feb. 2.
TOP 25 VOTES
North Texas is receiving seven top 25 votes in the latest USA Today Coaches Poll (Feb. 10).
FASTEST TO 20
With its 78-51 win over Marshall on Feb. 2, North Texas won its 20th game just 24 games into the season. It's tied with the 1975-76 UNT team for fewest games to 20 wins.
BOCA RATON, Florida — With Conference USA Bonus Play starting next weekend, the North Texas men's basketball team can secure a top pod position in Bonus Play and a top five seed in the Conference USA this week as they travel to South Florida to play Florida Atlantic and FIU.
The Mean Green (20-5, 8-4 C-USA) will first play FAU (14-11, 5-7 C-USA) on Thursday at 6 p.m. CT. The game will be aired on ESPN + and the Mean Green Sports Network, KHYI 95.3 FM.
North Texas' 8-4 league record has them sitting it a tie for third-place with Western Kentucky. One game behind the Mean Green and Hilltoppers in the standings is Southern Miss who UNT owns the tiebreaker over after beating them on Jan. 5, 65-62, in Denton.
In sixth-place and as of Wednesday sitting on the outside of the top Bonus Play pod is UAB, two games behind North Texas. With only two games remaining before the start of Bonus Play, a win over either Florida Atlantic or FIU on Saturday will clinch a top pod seeding for the Mean Green.
While FAU sits at 5-7 in conference and in a tie for eighth-place, the Owls have one of the most impressive wins in league play this year. FAU beat Old Dominion by seven on Jan. 10. ODU sits atop the conference standings with a 10-3 league record.
The Owls are led by senior guard Anthony Adger whose 17.0 point per game average ranks 10th in C-USA. However in conference play, Adger has improved his average to 19.4, which is fifth-best in the league.
FRESHMAN RECORD
North Texas redshirt freshman Umoja Gibson's 72 three-pointers (2.88 per game) this season and 5 off the school record for a freshman. Chris Davis' 77 three-pointers in 1999-00 is the school record. Gibson is on pace to finish the regular season with 89 three pointers, which would be the third most in a single season in program history. He's made 15 threes in the last three games.
STEALS RECORD
Junior Ryan Woolridge is just 8 steals from surpassing the school record for career steals (151, Jesse Ratliff 1990-94). Woolridge enters Saturday's game with 143 career steals. His season-high is six steals at New Mexico. He had a career high eight steals last year versus UTSA.
A SMALL TEAM THAT REBOUNDS
Despite being the 12th shortest team in the country, North Texas has either equaled as many rebounds or outrebounded 20 of its 24 opponents. They are 18-2 in games where they equal or outrebound its opponent. North Texas had a season-high 55 rebounds versus Marshall on Feb. 2.
TOP 25 VOTES
North Texas is receiving seven top 25 votes in the latest USA Today Coaches Poll (Feb. 10).
FASTEST TO 20
With its 78-51 win over Marshall on Feb. 2, North Texas won its 20th game just 24 games into the season. It's tied with the 1975-76 UNT team for fewest games to 20 wins.
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