University of North Texas
Old Dominion
GAMEDAY: C-USA Championship Quarterfinals
3/11/2021 12:52:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Thursday's game will be broadcast on Stadium and the Mean Green Sports Network Learfield IMG College.
UNT advanced to the quarterfinal round after knocking off Middle Tennessee in the first round Wednesday night, 76-56. Redshirt senior point guard Javion Hamlet led the way with 21 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds. All three categories either led all players or were tied. Fellow UNT guard Mardrez McBride also had seven rebounds.
The Mean Green (14-9) and Monarchs (15-7) didn't play each other this season and played just once last year but UNT came away victorious with a 65-47 win at the Super Pit. It was the program's first win over ODU in program history.
MOST POINTS SCORED
North Texas scored 76 points on Wednesday in its 20-point win over MTSU. It's tied for the most points they've scored in a C-USA Championship game in program-history. They scored 76 in a 84-76 first round loss to WKU in the 2016 C-USA Championship.
FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED
North Texas allowed just 56 points on Wednesday in its 20-point win over MTSU. It's the fewest points they've allowed in a C-USA Championship game in program history.
11 ASSISTS FOR JAVION
UNT's Javion Hamlet had 11 assists on Wednesday versus MTSU in his team's 76-56 win. The 11 assists tied a career-high and set the program-record for most assists in a C-USA Championship game. His 11 assists also are tied for the second-most in a C-USA Championship game in league history.
20-POINT WIN
UNT beat MTSU 76-56 on Wednesday in the first round of the C-USA Championship. It's the Mean Green's largest victory (20 pts) in a conference tournament since they beat Arkansas State 85-63 in the first round of the 2008 Sun Belt Tournament. That game was played in Denton at the Super Pit.
HAMLET vs. CURRY
Javion Hamlet and Old Dominion's Malik Curry had played each other prior to playing at their current respective schools. On Nov. 9, 2018, Hamlet was the starting point guard for Northwest Florida St College and Curry was the starting point guard for Palm Beach St. College. Hamlet and his Raiders got the better of Curry and PBSC with a 102-84 victory. However Curry scored 29 points (11-22 FGs). Hamlet didn't too bad either as he scored 26 points (9-13 FGs). However when the two met last year in Denton, Hamlet said after the game that he used the previous meeting as motivation to guard his opponent better. In the rematch last season, Hamlet scored 27 points while also holding Curry to just 9 points.
RECORD WATCH
- Senior Zachary Simmons is eight points shy of moving into 19th place in the program's all-time scoring list and tying Jon Manning ('78-'79) with 1,090 career points.
- Second-year guard Javion Hamlet is one assist away from moving into the top 10 in program history for career assists. He enters Thursday's game with 248 career assists.
- Second-year guard Javion Hamlet enters Thursday 11 points shy of 800 career points.
- Senior Zachary Simmons is two rebounds from moving into 9th all-time in program history for rebounds. Currently in ninth is Fred Mitchell ('78) with 728 career rebounds.
