Women's Basketball Heads to Wichita State for First Road Contest

DENTON, Texas (Nov. 15, 2022) – After dropping a home contest on Wednesday night against SFA, North Texas looks to bounce back as they travel on the road for the first time in 2022-23 when they take on Wichita State.

It will be just the second all-time matchup between the Shockers and the Mean Green with Wichita St. taking home the only matchup between the two schools last season 67-64 in Denton.

UNT picked up a 71-58 win over Texas A&M-Texarkana to open the season. The Mean Green will be looking to start the year 2-1 for the third consecutive season under head coach Jalie Mitchell.

The Mean Green are coming off one of their best seasons in 2021-22, earning a berth in the Women's NIT for the first time since 2002 when Mitchell was a player and won Sun Belt Player of the Year honors and led the Mean Green to the WNIT in back-to-back seasons.

Wichita State, meanwhile, comes into the contest 2-1 overall with wins over Alcorn State and Oral Roberts as well as a loss to Omaha on their ledger thus far this season. The Shockers went 14-16 a season ago.

Scouting the Shockers

Wichita State heads into the 2022-23 season with a pair of wins in their first three games. The Shockers took down both Alcorn State and Oral Roberts while falling to Omaha.
The Shockers finished last season 14-16 overall and fell in the opening game of the American Conference Tournament.
Wichita State is led offensively by senior guard Trajata Colbert. A stalwart in the offensive lineup Colbert is averaging 16.3 points and 6.7 rebounds per contest thus far this season.
The Shockers have also gotten solid production from junior guard DJ McCarty. A Texas native (Desoto), McCarty is producing 15.7 points per contest and led WSU in scoring with 23 points in the win over Oral Roberts.
Two other players for the Shockers are averaging double figures as Jane Asinde is scoring 12.0 points per game while graduate student Curtessia Dean is averaging 11.7.
This matchup will be a yearly conference contest in the near future with both teams competing in the American in 2023-24.

Quick Facts

UNT will be led this season by two-time All-Conference performer Quincy Noble, who was named to the Preseason All-C-USA team prior to the season. Noble led the Mean Green with 14.4 points per game a season ago en route to earning Second Team All-CUSA honors.
Also returning to the roster is junior Tommisha Lampkin who appeared in 28 games a season ago and averaged 5.4 points per contest. Lampkin led the Mean Green with a 17-point, 15-rebound double-double in the win over Texas A&M-Texarkana.
Sophomore Kendall McGruder also returns after a strong freshman campaign that saw her appear in 28 games and average 3.5 points per contest.
The Mean Green will feature a vastly new lineup in 22-23 with nine newcomers to the roster including five transfers and four new freshmen.
The fresh faces are highlighted by junior Jaaucklyn Moore, who comes to UNT after two extremely successful seasons at UIW. Last season, Moore led the Cardinals to their first-ever NCAA Tournament as they won the Southland Tournament title and was named a First Team All-Southland Conference performer.
UNT also added four talented freshmen, one of which, Breanna Davis, comes to UNT with a family pedigree. Davis' father, Chris, was selected to the UNT Hall of Fame in 2008. Davis scored 10 points in her collegiate debut against Texas A&M-Texarkana.

A Look Back at SFA

UNT was handed its first loss of the 2022-23 season Thursday, falling 80-49 inside the Super Pit against SFA.
The Mean Green were led offensively by Moore who finished with 17 points but were outscored 55-16 across the second and third quarters in the loss.
Noble joined Moore in double figures with 12 points as UNT falls to 1-1 on the young season.
North Texas started the game strong, jumping ahead 7-4 early on a 3-pointer from Noble and found themselves down 13-12 at the end of the first quarter.
SFA stepped on the gas in the second, however, using a 25-5 run over the first eight minutes of the quarter to take a 38-17 lead and ultimately take home the victory.

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