Thursday, January 23
San Antonio
11 AM
University of North Texas
-910,34 CUSA
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55
UTSA
-611,24 CUSA
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North Texas
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UTSA
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Mean Green Down Roadrunners, 79-55
1/23/2020 2:50:00 PM | Women's Basketball
SAN ANTONIO – North Texas women's basketball improved to 3-4 in Conference USA play with a 79-55 win over UTSA, aided by Summer Jones dropping a career-high 21 points and Anisha George recording her sixth double-double of the season Thursday afternoon.
The win moved head coach Jalie Mitchell into second all-time in wins at North Texas.
"We executed really well today," Mitchell said. "There's not a lot to complain about. I'm really proud of our rebounding and proud of our 20 assists. Definitely a game we would like to build on heading into Saturday."
North Texas had four players score in double figures. Jones with her 21, and George with 17 to go along with 12 rebounds. N'Yah Boyd added 13 points, seven rebounds and six assists, while Randi Thompson contributed 11 points.
The Mean Green (9-10, 3-4 C-USA) opened up the game on an 11-2 run before the first media timeout. The Roadrunners (6-11, 2-3 C-USA) were only able to muster two made field goals through the first frame while North Texas shot at a 46.7% clip. Jones got off to a hot start in the opening frame, going 4-5 from the floor including 1-2 from deep for 10 points and help the Mean Green to a 21-7 lead at the first break.
UTSA came out in the second quarter on a 7-2 run to cut the lead to just seven with 7:49 left to play in the half. Two straight layups from George, and a bucket each from Boyd and Madison Townley put UNT up 15. The Mean Green headed into the locker room up a dozen.
A 12-3 run to open the second half put North Texas up by 21 with 2:48 to play in the third. Thompson led the way in the quarter with six points, and George, Boyd and Trena Mims all pulled down a pair of rebounds in the frame. The Mean Green led by 20 heading into the final quarter.
Both teams shot well in the fourth quarter as the Roadrunners were able to cut the lead to 15 with just under six minutes to play, but the lead the Mean Green had grown was too much as they ended the game on an 18-6 run to close out the road win.
The Mean Green continue conference play Saturday on the road at UTEP with a tip-off set for 2 p.m. CST.
The win moved head coach Jalie Mitchell into second all-time in wins at North Texas.
"We executed really well today," Mitchell said. "There's not a lot to complain about. I'm really proud of our rebounding and proud of our 20 assists. Definitely a game we would like to build on heading into Saturday."
North Texas had four players score in double figures. Jones with her 21, and George with 17 to go along with 12 rebounds. N'Yah Boyd added 13 points, seven rebounds and six assists, while Randi Thompson contributed 11 points.
The Mean Green (9-10, 3-4 C-USA) opened up the game on an 11-2 run before the first media timeout. The Roadrunners (6-11, 2-3 C-USA) were only able to muster two made field goals through the first frame while North Texas shot at a 46.7% clip. Jones got off to a hot start in the opening frame, going 4-5 from the floor including 1-2 from deep for 10 points and help the Mean Green to a 21-7 lead at the first break.
UTSA came out in the second quarter on a 7-2 run to cut the lead to just seven with 7:49 left to play in the half. Two straight layups from George, and a bucket each from Boyd and Madison Townley put UNT up 15. The Mean Green headed into the locker room up a dozen.
A 12-3 run to open the second half put North Texas up by 21 with 2:48 to play in the third. Thompson led the way in the quarter with six points, and George, Boyd and Trena Mims all pulled down a pair of rebounds in the frame. The Mean Green led by 20 heading into the final quarter.
Both teams shot well in the fourth quarter as the Roadrunners were able to cut the lead to 15 with just under six minutes to play, but the lead the Mean Green had grown was too much as they ended the game on an 18-6 run to close out the road win.
The Mean Green continue conference play Saturday on the road at UTEP with a tip-off set for 2 p.m. CST.
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Team Stats
UNT
UTSA
FG%
.446
.370
3FG%
.462
.167
FT%
.682
.684
RB
42
34
TO
11
20
STL
8
8
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
21
FGM
8
3FGM
4
FTM
1
Pts
17
FGM
8
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
13
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
7
Pts
11
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
3
Players Mentioned
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