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Women’s Basketball Set to Face South Florida Saturday
1/2/2026 2:50:00 PM | Women's Basketball
DENTON, Texas – UNT women's basketball will continue its road swing in the state of Florida to open American Conference play against South Florida Saturday night inside the Yuengling Center.
The Mean Green are coming off an 81-56 win over Florida Atlantic Tuesday behind a career-high 22 points from Aysia Proctor in her first start of the season. Meanwhile, South Florida fell to Rice in its conference opener, 70-68.
The series between North Texas and USF has been a tight one since the Mean Green joined the conference in the 2023-24 season. Both teams have won twice with all four games being decided by 10 points or less. The Bulls have won the last two, most recently knocking UNT out of the American Conference tournament in the semifinals last season on their way to an NCAA Championship berth.
South Florida is 7-7 on the season under interim head coach Michelle Woods-Baxter who was promoted before the start of the season after Jose Fernandez departed to take the head coach position for the WNBA's Dallas Wings. The preseason favorite in the conference, USF is led by Edyn Battle, who averages 14.4 points per game and Carla Brito, who was tabbed the preseason player of the year by the league's coaches.
The game can be seen on ESPN+ and can be heard on the Varsity Network app with Sam Kaman on the call. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m. CT/7 p.m. ET.
WHAT 2 WATCH 4
• North Texas will face the preseason favorite in the American Conference, South Florida, Saturday night in Tampa.
• UNT won the first two meetings after joining the American, but USF has won the last two matchups last season. The largest margin of victory in any of those games was 10 points.
• North Texas shook up the starting lineup against Florida Atlantic with Aysia Proctor and Cherie Spencer making their first starts of the season.
• Megan Nestor made national headlines with her 34-point, 31-rebound performance against Texas Southern on Dec. 6, and earned the American Conference Player of the Week.
PROCTOR'S CAREER NIGHT
• Aysia Proctor made the most of her first start for North Texas against Florida Atlantic on December 30.
• After averaging 11.3 points per game off the bench during the nonconference slate, Proctor exploded for a career-high 22 points against the Owls with four 3-pointers.
• It was Proctor's first start since March 12, 2024, while at UTSA.
A WIN WOULD…
• improve North Texas to 8-6 on the year
• Give UNT a 2-0 start to conference play for the second consecutive season
• Tie the series with USF at 3-3
