Saturday, January 11
Boca Raton, FL
1 PM
University of North Texas
-79 (13 CUSA)
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84
Florida Atlantic
-87 (22 CUSA)
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OT 2
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North Texas
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15
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Fla. Atlantic
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Photo by: Jon Mitchell
Mean Green Falls to FAU in Double Overtime
1/11/2020 4:29:00 PM | Women's Basketball
BOCA RATON, Fla. – Despite leading nearly all of regulation, North Texas dropped a heartbreaker to FAU in double overtime 84-78 Saturday at the Roofclaim.com Arena in Boca Raton. The Mean Green (7-9, 1-3) jumped out to a big early lead and only trailed one time in regulation, but allowed FAU (8-7, 2-2) to climb back from as many as 15 points down to tie the game with :12 to play and send the game into overtime.
After an evenly matched first overtime, FAU held North Texas to just two field goals in the second overtime, outscoring the Mean Green 13-7 to secure the six-point victory.
"I'm proud of how hard we played, but there were some plays down the stretch where we didn't execute well enough to win," head coach Jalie Mitchell said. "We missed too many free throws and allowed them too many second chance points, but we still had a chance to win in regulation. We just didn't take care of the ball."
The Mean Green shot 46 percent from the floor in the first half, including 5-of-8 shooting from three-point range. The shots didn't fall for North Texas in the second half, as it was held to 25 percent shooting from the floor and just 1-of-10 from three.
The Mean Green held FAU to just 21 percent shooting from three, and 38 percent shooting from the floor, but were outrebounded by the Owls 58-50 and allowed 19 second-chance points, both of which are season-highs by North Texas opponents.
Freshman guard Randi Thompson led North Texas with a career-high 25 points, which included four three-pointers. Fellow freshman N'Yah Boyd got just her fifth start of the season and responded with 16 points. Junior Callie Owens led the team in rebounding with a career-best 16 and added 12 points.
North Texas will return home Thursday to take on Southern Miss in a 7 p.m. Conference USA matchup.
After an evenly matched first overtime, FAU held North Texas to just two field goals in the second overtime, outscoring the Mean Green 13-7 to secure the six-point victory.
"I'm proud of how hard we played, but there were some plays down the stretch where we didn't execute well enough to win," head coach Jalie Mitchell said. "We missed too many free throws and allowed them too many second chance points, but we still had a chance to win in regulation. We just didn't take care of the ball."
The Mean Green shot 46 percent from the floor in the first half, including 5-of-8 shooting from three-point range. The shots didn't fall for North Texas in the second half, as it was held to 25 percent shooting from the floor and just 1-of-10 from three.
The Mean Green held FAU to just 21 percent shooting from three, and 38 percent shooting from the floor, but were outrebounded by the Owls 58-50 and allowed 19 second-chance points, both of which are season-highs by North Texas opponents.
Freshman guard Randi Thompson led North Texas with a career-high 25 points, which included four three-pointers. Fellow freshman N'Yah Boyd got just her fifth start of the season and responded with 16 points. Junior Callie Owens led the team in rebounding with a career-best 16 and added 12 points.
North Texas will return home Thursday to take on Southern Miss in a 7 p.m. Conference USA matchup.
Team Stats
UNT
FAU
FG%
.342
.382
3FG%
.286
.219
FT%
.579
.704
RB
50
58
TO
18
20
STL
11
9
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
25
FGM
8
3FGM
4
FTM
5
Pts
16
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
12
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
4
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
Point Guard
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