University of North Texas
-224,151 CUSA
Louisiana Tech
-208,115 CUSA
Conference Champs!
2/26/2022 4:13:00 PM | Men's Basketball
DENTON — The North Texas men's basketball team is the Conference USA West Division champs.
The Mean Green defeated Louisiana Tech Saturday afternoon, 56-49 at the Super Pit to clinch the division title with two games remaining in front of a crowd of 8,522, the fourth largest in Super Pit history.
UNT (22-4, 15-1 C-USA) was led by Abou Ousmane with 13 points and seven rebounds. The win is North Texas' 14th straight, which ties the program record. It's also their 15th conference win that sets a program record. The 22 wins is the most UNT has won in a single season in the Grant McCasland era.
With the game tied 49-49 with less than four minutes remaining, UNT's Tylor Perry converted a pair of free throws and drained a 3-pointer with 56 seconds left. The triple was his only field goal of the game. Rubin Jones added two free throws with 15 seconds left to ice the game. Perry had nine points and was 6-of-6 at the foul line. Jones finished with seven points and six boards.
Mardrez McBride and Thomas Bell each chipped in with 10 points. Bell also grabbed six rebounds.
LA Tech drops to 20-8 (11-5) on the year. Kenneth Lofton Jr. had 13 points and nine rebounds to lead the Bulldogs.
The Mean Green conclude the regular season with trips to UTSA and UTEP next week.
