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Women’s Basketball Hosts Tulsa on Friday Afternoon
1/22/2026 10:38:00 AM | Women's Basketball
DENTON, Texas – The UNT women's basketball team squares off against Tulsa Friday afternoon at the Super Pit in a pivotal American Conference matchup.
The Mean Green (11-8, 5-2 American) have won four of its past five games, including a 72-59 victory at UAB earlier this week. Cherie Spencer highlighted the win over the Blazers, setting new career highs in points (16), assists (4), steals (5) and field goals made (7). With that performance, she became the first UNT freshman since at least the 1981-82 season to record 16 points, four assists and five steals in a single game.
Aysia Proctor also tallied 13 points against UAB, extending her streak of double-digit scoring games to seven. She enters Friday as the American's leading scorer in conference play (18.0 PPG) and is its only player averaging 13+ points while shooting better than 41% from deep on the season. Megan Nestor forms a dangerous duo alongside Proctor, dominating the paint with 12.5 points and 12.5 rebounds per game. Her mark of 4.9 offensive rebounds per game currently leads the nation, while her total rebound average ranks second in the NCAA.
North Texas and Tulsa played two tightly contested contests last season, both of which ultimately went UNT's way by a total of seven points. The Golden Hurricane bring a 12-6 record to the Super Pit and possess the conference's highest-scoring duo in Mady Cartwright and Hannah Riddick at 30.3 combined points per game.
The game is slated for a 2:30 p.m. tip-off and will be available for streaming on ESPN+ with Kyle Youmans and Brian Burton on the call. Sam Kaman will also provide radio coverage through the Varsity Network App.
WHAT 2 WATCH 4
• North Texas returns home Friday to face Tulsa in a crucial matchup to keep pace with the American Conference's top contenders.
• UNT won a program-record 13 straight home games versus conference opponents before Rice snapped the streak last Saturday. The Mean Green are 18-3 against the American at the Super Pit under Jason Burton.
• Megan Nestor has maintained her dominance in the paint since making national headlines with her 34-point, 31-rebound performance against Texas Southern on Dec. 6. She is the American's only player averaging a double double and one of just four players in the NCAA boasting a 12-point, 12-rebound stat line for the year.
• Aysia Proctor has been the American's top scorer through seven conference games, leading the league at 18.0 points per game while shooting 52.6% from deep.
BIG MEG POSTING BIG NUMBERS
• Megan Nestor has been a difference maker in the frontcourt, averaging 12.5 points and 12.5 rebounds per game. Her 10 double doubles on the season leads the American and ranks top 10 in the entire country.
• She is the sport's best offensive rebounder (4.9 per game) and ranks second in the NCAA with 12.5 total rebounds per game.
• Nestor is one of two players in America to have recorded 15+ rebounds in seven different games. She has reached that mark three times already in conference play.
• Nestor has entered the program record books as well, becoming UNT's second player ever with multiple 21-rebound outings in a season. Her current mark of 12.5 rebounds per game would also be the highest in program history.
PROCTOR'S START TO CONFERENCE PLAY
• Aysia Proctor has been on a tear since joining the starting lineup for the American Conference opener on Dec. 30.
• Through seven conference games, Proctor leads the American in scoring (18.0 PPG) while sinking an incredible 52.6% of her 5.4 three-point attempts per game.
• Proctor enters Friday's contest as the league's only player averaging at least 13 points per game and shooting better than 41% from behind the arc.
• Her 43.2% field goal percentage on the season is third best in the American.
• She has reached double-digit scoring in seven straight games, good for the longest 10-point stretch of her career.
A WIN WOULD...
• Improve North Texas to 12-8 overall and 6-2 against American competition.
• Give UNT at least a 6-2 start to conference play for the third time in as many tries.
• Improve North Texas to 14-1 in its last 15 conference games at the Super Pit.
• Make UNT 12-1 at home in the month of January under Jason Burton.
• Extend the Mean Green's win streak against Tulsa to three.
