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Women’s Basketball Opens DC Trip with 65-54 Win Over Howard
12/18/2022 4:14:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Three players score in double figures in the win
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 18, 2022) – Led by three different players in double figures and a 41-29 overall edge in rebounds, North Texas kicked off its D.C. road trip with a 65-54 win over Howard Sunday inside Burr Gymnasium.
The Mean Green were led by 24 points from junior Quincy Noble while Jaaucklyn Moore scored 12 and Kendall McGruder chipped in 11 as UNT earned its third win of the season and snapped their three-game losing skid.
As a team, UNT shot 48.0 percent from the floor and 37.5 percent from 3-point range to earn the victory. The trio of Noble, Moore and McGruder combined to knock down nine of 21 shots from downtown.
Howard came out of the gates hot, scoring the first seven points of the game to take an early lead.
With the score 14-10 in favor of the Bison, UNT took the lead for the first time with a 13-0 run fueled by six points from McGruder and another five by Noble.
The lead swelled to as many as 10 in the second quarter after Tommisha Lampkin hit a driving layup to put UNT up 30-20.
Howard was able to cut the deficit down to three at the break as they closed the first half with 11 of the final 15 points to make the score 34-31.
Coming out of the break, the Bison tied things up for the first time in the first quarter with back-to-back 3-pointers to knot the score at 38.
The Mean Green answered by scoring seven of the next eight points to re-extend the lead to six.
In the fourth, UNT was able to pull away with an early run. McGruder knocked down a 3-pointer to spark a 12-3 rally to push the lead to 62-49 and seal the victory. In total, the Mean Green outscored Howard 15-8 in the final quarter.
Noble filled up the stat sheet in the win with 24 points, six rebounds and four assists. Moore, meanwhile, was tied with Lampkin for a team-high seven boards while adding a block and a steal.
Quoting Coach Mitchell
"We've been working really hard over the past week. I think it was a week that we really needed…I'm just excited about the work paying off today. Now it's just a matter of us having some consistency. We'd love to see the same kind of energy, effort, teamwork and leadership when we hit the floor again on Wednesday."
Next Up
The Mean Green will remain in Washington, D.C., to take on Georgetown Wednesday at 12:00 pm CT.
The Mean Green were led by 24 points from junior Quincy Noble while Jaaucklyn Moore scored 12 and Kendall McGruder chipped in 11 as UNT earned its third win of the season and snapped their three-game losing skid.
As a team, UNT shot 48.0 percent from the floor and 37.5 percent from 3-point range to earn the victory. The trio of Noble, Moore and McGruder combined to knock down nine of 21 shots from downtown.
Howard came out of the gates hot, scoring the first seven points of the game to take an early lead.
With the score 14-10 in favor of the Bison, UNT took the lead for the first time with a 13-0 run fueled by six points from McGruder and another five by Noble.
The lead swelled to as many as 10 in the second quarter after Tommisha Lampkin hit a driving layup to put UNT up 30-20.
Howard was able to cut the deficit down to three at the break as they closed the first half with 11 of the final 15 points to make the score 34-31.
Coming out of the break, the Bison tied things up for the first time in the first quarter with back-to-back 3-pointers to knot the score at 38.
The Mean Green answered by scoring seven of the next eight points to re-extend the lead to six.
In the fourth, UNT was able to pull away with an early run. McGruder knocked down a 3-pointer to spark a 12-3 rally to push the lead to 62-49 and seal the victory. In total, the Mean Green outscored Howard 15-8 in the final quarter.
Noble filled up the stat sheet in the win with 24 points, six rebounds and four assists. Moore, meanwhile, was tied with Lampkin for a team-high seven boards while adding a block and a steal.
Quoting Coach Mitchell
"We've been working really hard over the past week. I think it was a week that we really needed…I'm just excited about the work paying off today. Now it's just a matter of us having some consistency. We'd love to see the same kind of energy, effort, teamwork and leadership when we hit the floor again on Wednesday."
Next Up
The Mean Green will remain in Washington, D.C., to take on Georgetown Wednesday at 12:00 pm CT.
Team Stats
UNT
HOW
FG%
.480
.339
3FG%
.375
.280
FT%
.571
.500
RB
41
29
TO
26
17
STL
8
11
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
24
FGM
9
3FGM
4
FTM
2
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
6
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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