Men's Golf Makes Big Move in Round 2

CHOUDRANT, La. - The UNT men's golf team moved up the leaderboard in Monday's second round of the Argent Financial Classic at Squire Creek Country Club thanks to a blistering 4-under 68 from senior James Tureskis.

The Mean Green moved up seven spots on the leaderboard into a tie for seventh at 7-over par, thanks to an even-par 288, which was the third-best team round of day. UNT is now one shot back of sixth-place Little Rock and three back of fifth-place Louisiana entering Tuesday's final round.

Tureskis moved up 45 spots on the individual leaderboard into a tie for 10th place, as he sits at 1-under par going to the final round. Freshman Blake Keen, who had a 3-under 69 on Sunday, was 3-over on Monday to enter Tuesday's final round at even-par in a tie for 12th place. Tureskis had a bogey-free second round with birdies on 1, 2, 9 and 13.

Dawson Meek also broke par on Monday with a 1-under 71 and moved up 24 spots to a tie for 31st.

For Tuesday's final round, the Mean Green will be paired with Louisiana Tech and UAB, beginning at 8 a.m.

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Team Leaderboard
T1. Houston (-7)
T1. Troy (+7)
3. South Alabama (E)
4. Rice (+2)
5. Louisiana (+4)
6. Little Rock (+6)
T7. UNT (+7)
T7. Louisiana Tech (+7)
9. UAB (+8)
T10. Middle Tennessee (+9)
T10. Western Kentucky (+9)
T12. Abilene Christian (+14)
T12. ULM (+14)
T12. Southern Miss (+14)
15. Jacksonville State (+16)
16. Louisiana Tech-B (+19)
17. Lamar (+20)
18. Nicholls (+37)

Player Leaderboard
T10. James Tureskis (-1)
T12. Blake Keen (E)
T31. Dawson Meek (+2)
T53. Dylan Allen (+5)*
T60. Joe Stover (+6)
T69. Alex Huang (+7)
*competing as an individual

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