Sunday, March 9
Philadelphia, PA
1 PM
University of North Texas
23-7,14-4AAC
61
at
66
Temple
17-14,9-9AAC
1
2
F
North Texas
24
37
61
Temple
34
32
66
Men's Basketball Loses At Temple, 66-61
3/9/2025 3:59:00 PM | Men's Basketball
PHILADELPHIA — The UNT men's basketball team lost 66-61 at Temple Sunday afternoon to close out the regular season. The loss snaps what was a season-best seven game winning streak.
The Mean Green (23-7, 14-4) finish second in the American Athletic Conference standings with a 14-4 league record, their third-most single season league wins in program history. They earned the conference tournament's No. 2 seed and will start the 13-team tournament on Friday in the quarterfinal round at 6 p.m. CT from Dickies Arena in Fort Worth.
Sunday North Texas was led in scoring by Atin Wright who scored all 18 of his points in the second half. He made just one 3-pointer on Sunday as the Owls (17-14, 9-9) held North Texas to a season low two 3s.
"Ultimately we dug ourselves too big of a hole," said head coach Ross Hodge of his team. UNT trailed by as many as 15 points Sunday. "Got to give (Temple) coach Adam Fisher and his staff and team a lot of credit. They played with more purpose. But I love the fight from our team. A lot lesser of teams would have given up and we fought and scrapped and gave ourselves a chance but just ultimately dug ourselves too big of a hole."
North Texas' 23 regular season wins this year are tied for the second-most regular season wins in program history.
Friday's AAC Tournament quarterfinal game will be broadcast on the Mean Green Sports Network, presented by Learfield and on ESPNU. They will play the winner of the seven seed versus 10 seed.
For more information on UNT Basketball tickets, contact the Mean Green Ticket Office at 940-565-2527 or at ticketoffice@unt.edu. Fans can purchase tickets at www.meangreentickets.com or visit the UNT Athletics Ticket Office located at Gate 2 of DATCU Stadium between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The Mean Green (23-7, 14-4) finish second in the American Athletic Conference standings with a 14-4 league record, their third-most single season league wins in program history. They earned the conference tournament's No. 2 seed and will start the 13-team tournament on Friday in the quarterfinal round at 6 p.m. CT from Dickies Arena in Fort Worth.
Sunday North Texas was led in scoring by Atin Wright who scored all 18 of his points in the second half. He made just one 3-pointer on Sunday as the Owls (17-14, 9-9) held North Texas to a season low two 3s.
"Ultimately we dug ourselves too big of a hole," said head coach Ross Hodge of his team. UNT trailed by as many as 15 points Sunday. "Got to give (Temple) coach Adam Fisher and his staff and team a lot of credit. They played with more purpose. But I love the fight from our team. A lot lesser of teams would have given up and we fought and scrapped and gave ourselves a chance but just ultimately dug ourselves too big of a hole."
North Texas' 23 regular season wins this year are tied for the second-most regular season wins in program history.
Friday's AAC Tournament quarterfinal game will be broadcast on the Mean Green Sports Network, presented by Learfield and on ESPNU. They will play the winner of the seven seed versus 10 seed.
For more information on UNT Basketball tickets, contact the Mean Green Ticket Office at 940-565-2527 or at ticketoffice@unt.edu. Fans can purchase tickets at www.meangreentickets.com or visit the UNT Athletics Ticket Office located at Gate 2 of DATCU Stadium between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Team Stats
UNT
Temple
FG%
.385
.476
3FG%
.167
.500
FT%
.826
.690
RB
23
34
TO
4
12
STL
7
2
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
18
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
11
Pts
15
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
6
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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