Monday, January 16
Miami, FL
6 PM CT
University of North Texas
-154,62 CUSA
64
at
57
FIU
-810,25 CUSA
1
2
F
North Texas
25
39
64
FIU
26
31
57
Mean Green Come Back To Beat FIU, 64-57
1/16/2023 8:36:00 PM | Men's Basketball
MIAMI — The North Texas men's basketball team ended the game on a 19-4 run to beat FIU in Miami, 64-57, Monday night.
Tylor Perry led the way for the Mean Green with 17 points and seven rebounds. Jayden Martinez scored all 13 of his points in the second half and 11 of it in the final 12 minutes as UNT came back from an eight-point second half deficit with eight minutes to go.
"I told them to stay the course and compete," said head coach Grant McCasland. "Our offense (in the first half) panicked. (FIU's) activity level the first 20 minutes was really good. As a team we settled in and found out how we were going to win it — just took us 25 minutes to figure it out."
After FIU (8-10, 2-5) shot over 60 percent in the first half, North Texas (15-4, 6-2) held them to just 36.7 percent in the second half and 1-of-6 from deep.
Over the final eight minutes of the game, North Texas turned forced turnovers into points by working it inside-out and going on a run. With 5:16 left in the game, Martinez drilled a 3-pointer to give his team a 54-53 lead, which they would never give back.
In addition to Perry's 17 points and Martinez's 13 points, Kai Huntsberry and Abou Ousmane also scored in double figures Monday night as they scored 13 each. Ousmane added nine rebounds to his stat total.
North Texas returns home Thursday night to host Rice at 7 p.m. CT from the Super Pit. Thursday's game against the Owls will be broadcast on ESPN+ and the Mean Green Sports Network, presented by Learfield.
North Texas basketball fans can save up to 50 percent on tickets for upcoming home games with an advance purchase as part of North Texas Athletics' Texas Two Step Mini Plan. By using the promotion, Mean Green fans can attend two of the next three men's basketball home games and pay as low as 16 dollars total before fees. The deal is almost a buy one and get one free. The mini plan is only available for advance online purchase and is live until tip-off of the men's basketball Jan. 26 home game versus UTSA.
Purchase tickets here.
Tylor Perry led the way for the Mean Green with 17 points and seven rebounds. Jayden Martinez scored all 13 of his points in the second half and 11 of it in the final 12 minutes as UNT came back from an eight-point second half deficit with eight minutes to go.
"I told them to stay the course and compete," said head coach Grant McCasland. "Our offense (in the first half) panicked. (FIU's) activity level the first 20 minutes was really good. As a team we settled in and found out how we were going to win it — just took us 25 minutes to figure it out."
After FIU (8-10, 2-5) shot over 60 percent in the first half, North Texas (15-4, 6-2) held them to just 36.7 percent in the second half and 1-of-6 from deep.
Over the final eight minutes of the game, North Texas turned forced turnovers into points by working it inside-out and going on a run. With 5:16 left in the game, Martinez drilled a 3-pointer to give his team a 54-53 lead, which they would never give back.
In addition to Perry's 17 points and Martinez's 13 points, Kai Huntsberry and Abou Ousmane also scored in double figures Monday night as they scored 13 each. Ousmane added nine rebounds to his stat total.
North Texas returns home Thursday night to host Rice at 7 p.m. CT from the Super Pit. Thursday's game against the Owls will be broadcast on ESPN+ and the Mean Green Sports Network, presented by Learfield.
North Texas basketball fans can save up to 50 percent on tickets for upcoming home games with an advance purchase as part of North Texas Athletics' Texas Two Step Mini Plan. By using the promotion, Mean Green fans can attend two of the next three men's basketball home games and pay as low as 16 dollars total before fees. The deal is almost a buy one and get one free. The mini plan is only available for advance online purchase and is live until tip-off of the men's basketball Jan. 26 home game versus UTSA.
Purchase tickets here.
Team Stats
UNT
FIU
FG%
.377
.475
3FG%
.320
.267
FT%
.714
.714
RB
37
28
TO
10
16
STL
12
3
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
17
FGM
6
3FGM
4
FTM
1
Pts
13
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
1
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Players Mentioned
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