Saturday, January 11
Denton, Texas
2 PM
University of North Texas
vs
South Florida
Mean Green Set to Host Rice Wednesday
1/14/2025 10:32:00 AM | Women's Basketball
DENTON, Texas — The UNT women's basketball team is set to host in-state foe Rice on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. CT in The Super Pit.
North Texas, sitting at 12-5 overall and 4-1 in American Athletic Conference play, will look to keep pace among the conference leaders. The Mean Green handed South Florida its first conference loss of the season on Saturday, 72-65, leaving UTSA as the only undefeated team in the conference.
Tommisha Lampkin showed why she was one of the preseason players of the year in the conference against USF. She tied a career high with 29 points, while converting 11-of-12 attempts from the field to become the only UNT player in at least 20 years to score more than 25 points with a field goal percentage of better than 90% in a game. Lampkin earned a spot on the AAC's Weekly Honor Roll for the fourth time this season following Saturday's performance.
Rice enters Wednesday's contest at 9-7 overall and 2-2 in conference play following its 70-59 win over Memphis on Sunday. The Owls are led by Preseason All-AAC First Team selection Malia Fisher who is averaging 12.0 points and 6.6 rebounds per game this season.
The teams split last season's meetings with North Texas going on the road to defeat Rice, 63-54, on March 2, 2024, in the regular season. However, Rice got the last laugh in the quarterfinals of the AAC Championship as the Owls upset UNT, 61-59, and went on to clinch their berth to the NCAA Tournament.
Wednesday's content will be streamed on ESPN+ with Kyle Youmans and Brian Burton on the call. The game can also be heard on the Varsity Network App with Zac Babb.
WHAT 2 WATCH 4
• UNT and Rice will meet for the first time since the Owls eliminated North Texas from the AAC Tournament in March.
• Tommisha Lampkin was named to the AAC Honor Roll following her performances against Tulane and USF.
• North Texas is 8-1 in The Super Pit this season and 2-0 at home during AAC play coming off a 72-65 win over South Florida.
• The Mean Green are closing in on the program's 600th career win, currently sitting at 597 entering Wednesday.
ANYBODY ON ANY NIGHT
• UNT women's basketball had never had three players score 20+ points in a game until Nov. 4, 2024 against Alcorn State.
• Kyla Deck (27), Tommisha Lampkin (23) and Desiree Wooten (20) became the first trio to accomplish the feat in program history
• UNT is one of 12 teams to have three players score 20+ points in a game this season, and it was only done a total of 19 times in the 2023- 24 campaign.
• To put the versatility of UNT's scoring into perspective, the Mean Green had a 20-point performance 18 times in the 2023-24 season with only three of them not coming from Tommisha Lampkin or DesiRay Kernal.
A WIN WOULD...
• Improve UNT to 13-5 on the season, 5-1 in AAC play
• Make North Texas 9-1 at home this season
• Be the 598th win in program history
North Texas, sitting at 12-5 overall and 4-1 in American Athletic Conference play, will look to keep pace among the conference leaders. The Mean Green handed South Florida its first conference loss of the season on Saturday, 72-65, leaving UTSA as the only undefeated team in the conference.
Tommisha Lampkin showed why she was one of the preseason players of the year in the conference against USF. She tied a career high with 29 points, while converting 11-of-12 attempts from the field to become the only UNT player in at least 20 years to score more than 25 points with a field goal percentage of better than 90% in a game. Lampkin earned a spot on the AAC's Weekly Honor Roll for the fourth time this season following Saturday's performance.
Rice enters Wednesday's contest at 9-7 overall and 2-2 in conference play following its 70-59 win over Memphis on Sunday. The Owls are led by Preseason All-AAC First Team selection Malia Fisher who is averaging 12.0 points and 6.6 rebounds per game this season.
The teams split last season's meetings with North Texas going on the road to defeat Rice, 63-54, on March 2, 2024, in the regular season. However, Rice got the last laugh in the quarterfinals of the AAC Championship as the Owls upset UNT, 61-59, and went on to clinch their berth to the NCAA Tournament.
Wednesday's content will be streamed on ESPN+ with Kyle Youmans and Brian Burton on the call. The game can also be heard on the Varsity Network App with Zac Babb.
WHAT 2 WATCH 4
• UNT and Rice will meet for the first time since the Owls eliminated North Texas from the AAC Tournament in March.
• Tommisha Lampkin was named to the AAC Honor Roll following her performances against Tulane and USF.
• North Texas is 8-1 in The Super Pit this season and 2-0 at home during AAC play coming off a 72-65 win over South Florida.
• The Mean Green are closing in on the program's 600th career win, currently sitting at 597 entering Wednesday.
ANYBODY ON ANY NIGHT
• UNT women's basketball had never had three players score 20+ points in a game until Nov. 4, 2024 against Alcorn State.
• Kyla Deck (27), Tommisha Lampkin (23) and Desiree Wooten (20) became the first trio to accomplish the feat in program history
• UNT is one of 12 teams to have three players score 20+ points in a game this season, and it was only done a total of 19 times in the 2023- 24 campaign.
• To put the versatility of UNT's scoring into perspective, the Mean Green had a 20-point performance 18 times in the 2023-24 season with only three of them not coming from Tommisha Lampkin or DesiRay Kernal.
A WIN WOULD...
• Improve UNT to 13-5 on the season, 5-1 in AAC play
• Make North Texas 9-1 at home this season
• Be the 598th win in program history
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