Mean Green at UTEP

Thursday, March 7

El Paso

8 PM

University of North Texas

UTEP

Photo by: Rick Yeatts Photography

3/6/2019 9:12:00 AM | Women's Basketball

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EL PASO – North Texas women's basketball competes in their final regular season contest Thursday at UTEP at 8 p.m. CST.

About the Mean Green (14-13, 7-8 C-USA)
UNT enters the final week of play in the ninth slot in the Conference USA standings.

Terriell Bradley's scoring average of 17.0 leads the Mean Green and is fourth within Conference USA. Anisha George contributes 10.8 points per contest along with a team-best 7.6 rebounds to rank sixth in the league, while Grace Goodhart averages seven points for UNT. Brittany Smith hands out 3.2 assists per contest for the ninth-best output in C-USA, while the 1.8 assist-to-turnover ratio by Trena Mims ranks fourth in the league.

The Mean Green rank third in rebounding margin at +4.3 and second in offensive rebounds with 14.5.

About the Miners (7-21, 4-11 C-USA)
UTEP is coming off of a 68-45 loss at UAB March 2 and sits 11^thin the C-USA standings.

Zuzanna Pac leads the Miners in both scoring (12.8) and rebounding (7.1). Katarina Zec averages 9.6 points, Ariona Gill posts 8.7, and Jordan Alexander adds 8.5. Pac has collected six double-doubles this season for the fifth-highest total in the conference.

The Miners are fourth in C-USA in rebounding defense (33.6) and fifth in assists (13.6), but rank last in turnover margin (-4.7) and steals (3.7).

History between the squads
The Miners hold a 7-5 all-time advantage over the Mean Green with the first contest occurring during the 1980-81 season. UNT took the most recent meeting Jan. 10, but UTEP has won four of the last seven.

Last meeting
DENTON (Jan. 10, 2019) - North Texas women's basketball head coach Jalie Mitchell became the fastest coach in program history to record 50 career wins as the Mean Green downed UTEP, 70-51, to record the first ever 3-0 start in Conference USA play and push their win streak to six games, a feat the program has not accomplished since Mitchell was a player 17 seasons ago 2002.

The Mean Green (10-5, 3-0 C-USA) never trailed the Miners (4-11, 1-1 C-USA) en route to Mitchell's 50^thvictory. North Texas' keys to victory were their hot start from the floor and the control of the both the offensive and defensive rebounds from start to finish. The Mean Green opened up the game by hitting their first six shots.

UNT was led by a season-high for Grace Goodhart and career-best by Velma Mitchell who both tallied 14 points. They were joined in double figures by Callie Owens who tallied 11.

Winning seasons
In the 42 years of North Texas women's basketball, the program has amassed 11 winning overall records with last season's 17-14 mark being the most recent. The 2018-19 team is 14-13 and is one C-USA win away from tying a program-best eight wins, which was also set last year.

C-USA Tourney shaping up
In the league standings, the Mean Green are in ninth place, one game behind Charlotte. A UNT win over UTEP combined with a Charlotte loss would flip the Mean Green and the 49ers in the standings. The top 12 teams qualify for C-USA's single-elimination tournament with the top four teams as seeded by regular season standings receiving a bye. The winner will gain the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.

Conference highs
The past three Mean Green wins have produced several team season-highs in conference play this season. At home against Florida Atlantic Feb. 14, the 82 points, 46 rebounds, 10 3-pointers, 44.9 percent shooting, and the 41.7 percent showing on 3-pointers were all the highest outputs by UNT versus league opponents this year. The 25-point triumph versus FIU Feb. 16 was the largest Mean Green margin of victory in C-USA play this year, and the 17 assists were the most distributed. The team also matched their high in steals with nine and rebounding margin of 13.

Sharing the scoring wealth
Nearly every Mean Green player who has seen the court this season has led or co-led the team in scoring at least once this season, proving that UNT has several potent offensive options. C-USA Preseason selection Terriell Bradley has posted the high score on 16 occasions, with Anisha George coming in next with six. Grace Goodhart has tallied a team-high twice, while Velma Mitchell, Charlene Shepherd, Madison Townley, Callie Owens, and Deja Terrell have each garnered the distinction once.

Never ever had we ever…
Won at La Tech, Southern Miss, or WKU until the 2018-19 season. The Mean Green have achieved three huge milestones with victories in Ruston, La., Hattiesburg, Miss., and Bowling Green, Ky. Before picking up the wins this year, North Texas had gone 0-5 at La Tech, 0-3 at Southern Miss, and 0-9 at WKU.

Doubling up
The Mean Green have compiled seven double-doubles in the 2018-19 season, with six from junior post Anisha George and the other by redshirt sophomore forward Madi Townley. George's six double-doubles ranks third in C-USA, and she has been shy one or two rebounds on three occasions.

Throughout the 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, half of them coming from Bradley.

Mitchell notches 50 career wins
With the 70-51 win over UTEP Jan. 10, head coach Jalie Mitchell placed herself alongside former UNT coaches Judy Nelson and Tina Slinker in the 50-win club. Mitchell also became the fastest to achieve the honor in program history.

Bradley enters top 10 in scoring
With her 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 elevated from 14^thto sixth in the UNT career-scoring charts with 1,384 points. Ten more points will place Bradley alongside Amber Jackson (2005-2009) at fifth. Head coach Jalie Mitchell's (1998-2002) record of sits at 1,764.

Chart-topping Bradley
With 391 free throws made, Bradley is second all-time in program history. 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 needs 21 to dethrone Mitchell.

Bradley is fifth all-time in 3-pointers made with 129. 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 strung together six straight victories involving extra periods. The win over the Bears was just the third 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
DENTON (March 5, 2019) – North Texas women's basketball outshot and won the rebounding battle over Western Kentucky on Senior Day, but the Mean Green were defeated 71-66 by the Lady Toppers Saturday inside The Super Pit.

UNT (14-13, 7-8 C-USA) hit 48 percent of their shots compared to 44 percent from WKU (16-13, 10-5 C-USA) and grabbed 43 boards as the Lady Toppers totaled 24. The last time the Mean Green lost while outshooting their opponent was Nov. 28 in a 73-66 loss at SMU. UNT struggled from outside the arc with a 1-for-9 showing with the single 3-pointer made a new season low.

Terriell Bradley led the Mean Green scorers with 19 points. Charlene Shepherd and Anisha George each registered a dozen, while Madison Townley added 10. Callie Owens grabbed eight rebounds for career and game-high honors.