Mean Green Travel To Southern Miss

Who: North Texas Mean Green (10-6, 6-2) vs. Southern Miss (7-12, 3-9)
What: Mean Green head to Southern Miss for a pair of games.
When: Friday – Feb. 12 – 7:00 pm CT
Where: Hattiesburg, MS (Reed Green Coliseum)
How (to follow):

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HATTIESBURG, MS — The North Texas men's basketball team is on the road this weekend for a pair of games at Southern Miss.

UNT (10-6, 6-2) will face the Golden Eagles (7-12, 3-9) at the Reed Green Coliseum on Friday at 7 p.m. CT and Saturday at 4 p.m. CT. Both games will be broadcasted on ESPN+ and the Mean Green Sports Network Learfield IMG College.

The Mean Green enter Friday's game on a two-game winning streak over USM. They beat Southern Miss 72-52 in Hattiesburg last year. Point guard Javion Hamlet had 13 points, 10 assists and no turnovers in the game last year. North Texas held the Golden Eagles to only 18 points in the second half as they went on to win by 20 points.

The Mean Green's 20-point win last year in Hattiesburg was their first road win over USM since 1971.

NEWS AND NOTES

This week North Texas checked in at No. 79 in the nation in the weekly NET rankings. UNT sits two spots behind WKU (77) and 10 spots behind the highest ranked C-USA team UAB (69). UNT still has WKU, Marshall (71) and UAB left on its schedule.
Forward Thomas Bell is 21-of-28 (.750) from two-point range in conference play. That ranks first in C-USA. Guard James Reese is 18-of-24 (.750) from two-point range in conference play, which ranks second to Bell only because he's attempted fewer shots. Forward Zachary Simmons is 36-of-52 (.692) from two-point range in conference, which ranks sixth.
North Texas' Javion Hamlet's 91.7 percent free throw percentage ranks ninth in the nation and first in C-USA.
North Texas' James Reese is averaging 5.2 rebounds per game over the last five games, which is second-best on the team during that stretch and only behind Zachary Simmons (5.8 per game). Prior to this five-game stretch, Reese was averaging just 3.1 rebounds per game in the 11 games combined. Zachary Simmons has had six blocks in the last five games. He had five blocks total all year prior to this five game stretch.
North Texas' Mardrez McBride enters Friday having made 40 field goals all year. Only 14 of those 40 made field goals are two-pointers. Nine of his 14 made field goals have come in the last four games.

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