Thursday, February 13
Denton
7:00 PM
University of North Texas
vs
Charlotte
Photo by: Ben Stewart
First Place UNT Hosts Charlotte On Thursday
2/12/2020 3:26:00 PM | Men's Basketball
DENTON — The North Texas men's basketball team, which has a one-game lead on WKU in the Conference USA standings for first place, hosts Charlotte at 7 p.m. on Thursday presented by First United Bank. Also during Thursday's game, UNT is partnering with the Mike Slive Foundation to host Block Cancer Initiative.
The 49ers (14-9, 8-4 C-USA) are also in the top five of the league standings and in position to be in the top pod headed into Conference USA Bonus Play.
Thursday's game will be broadcasted on ESPN 3 and the Mean Green Sports Network (95.3 KHYI), which can also be found on the tuneIN app.
After ending its eight-game winning streak on Feb. 1 at Rice, UNT (16-9, 10-2 C-USA) swept its road swing last week with wins at Middle Tennessee and then UAB. The Mean Green own the league's top road conference record at 5-2 and are just one of two teams in C-USA with a above .500 conference road winning percentage. Thursday, they return home where they're on a eight-game winning streak and haven't lost a conference game all year. Meanwhile, the 49ers, who UNT beat last year in Charlotte, come to Denton having won just one road conference game so far this season.
However, Charlotte has won its last two games at the Super Pit and has beaten them seven times in their 11 total meetings.
ABOVE .500
A win on Thursday would secure the Mean Green's third straight winning season.
CLINCHING THE TOP SPOT
A win Thursday and a WKU loss would mean UNT cinched the No. 1 position in C-USA Bonus Play
BEST IN C-USA
In league play, redshirt junior Javion Hamlet leads C-USA in assists (65), assists per game (5.4) and assist/turnover ratio (2.6). He's also fifth in the league scoring (16.7 points per game).
SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR
Of all C-USA players who have played in every game this season and not started a game, UNT's Thomas Bell ranks first in scoring, rebounding, assists, steals, blocks, defensive rebounds and minutes played.
BEST START IN PROGRAM HISTORY
North Texas' 10-2 (.833) conference record is its best start to conference play in any conference in program history since moving to the NCAA ranks in 1957.
FIVE OF LAST SIX
North Texas has shot over 50 percent in five of its last six games. They are 10-2 this year when they shoot above 50 percent.
THE CLOSER
In the last five minutes of conference games, North Texas' Javion Hamlet is 24-of-26 (.923) at the free throw line and enters Thursday's game having made 15 straight free throws in the last five min- utes of conference games.Furthermore, Hamlet is averaging 6 points and shooting 65.5 percent (19-29) from the field in the final five minutes of a conference game. In the 10 conference games won, Hamlet is shooting 72 percent from the field and average 6.5 points in the final five min- utes of the game.
KENPOM ALL C-USA
Kenpom.com's All-Conference Team as of Wednesday.
The 49ers (14-9, 8-4 C-USA) are also in the top five of the league standings and in position to be in the top pod headed into Conference USA Bonus Play.
Thursday's game will be broadcasted on ESPN 3 and the Mean Green Sports Network (95.3 KHYI), which can also be found on the tuneIN app.
After ending its eight-game winning streak on Feb. 1 at Rice, UNT (16-9, 10-2 C-USA) swept its road swing last week with wins at Middle Tennessee and then UAB. The Mean Green own the league's top road conference record at 5-2 and are just one of two teams in C-USA with a above .500 conference road winning percentage. Thursday, they return home where they're on a eight-game winning streak and haven't lost a conference game all year. Meanwhile, the 49ers, who UNT beat last year in Charlotte, come to Denton having won just one road conference game so far this season.
However, Charlotte has won its last two games at the Super Pit and has beaten them seven times in their 11 total meetings.
ABOVE .500
A win on Thursday would secure the Mean Green's third straight winning season.
CLINCHING THE TOP SPOT
A win Thursday and a WKU loss would mean UNT cinched the No. 1 position in C-USA Bonus Play
BEST IN C-USA
In league play, redshirt junior Javion Hamlet leads C-USA in assists (65), assists per game (5.4) and assist/turnover ratio (2.6). He's also fifth in the league scoring (16.7 points per game).
SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR
Of all C-USA players who have played in every game this season and not started a game, UNT's Thomas Bell ranks first in scoring, rebounding, assists, steals, blocks, defensive rebounds and minutes played.
BEST START IN PROGRAM HISTORY
North Texas' 10-2 (.833) conference record is its best start to conference play in any conference in program history since moving to the NCAA ranks in 1957.
FIVE OF LAST SIX
North Texas has shot over 50 percent in five of its last six games. They are 10-2 this year when they shoot above 50 percent.
THE CLOSER
In the last five minutes of conference games, North Texas' Javion Hamlet is 24-of-26 (.923) at the free throw line and enters Thursday's game having made 15 straight free throws in the last five min- utes of conference games.Furthermore, Hamlet is averaging 6 points and shooting 65.5 percent (19-29) from the field in the final five minutes of a conference game. In the 10 conference games won, Hamlet is shooting 72 percent from the field and average 6.5 points in the final five min- utes of the game.
KENPOM ALL C-USA
Kenpom.com's All-Conference Team as of Wednesday.
RANK PLAYER
1. Jhivvan Jackson (UTSA)
2. Javion Hamlet (UNT)
3. Bryson Williams (UTEP)
4. Umoja Gibson (UNT)
5. Devon Andrews (FIU)
Players Mentioned
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