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Women’s Basketball Welcomes Tulane to Super Pit Saturday
2/13/2026 2:12:00 PM | Women's Basketball
DENTON, Texas – The UNT women's basketball team hosts Tulane Saturday afternoon at the Super Pit in the first of back-to-back home games.
North Texas (13-11, 7-5 American) is coming off an intense two-game road trip that saw both contests decided on the final possession and a season-high 13-point comeback last Saturday against Temple. It also nearly took down league-leading Rice two days later but ultimately dropped a back-and-forth battle, 70-68. The Mean Green now return home to the Super Pit, where they have won 14 of their past 16 games against American Conference opponents.
One of the sport's most dominant inside forces, Megan Nestor tallied 14 points and 15 rebounds against Rice to give her 10 double doubles in her last 11 games. She currently leads the nation in nearly every major rebounding category and needs just 34 more to break the program's all-time single season record of 364, set by Sharon Shelton in 1977-78.
Meanwhile, head coach Jason Burton continues to soar up the UNT record books as well. A victory on Saturday would give him 62 as head coach at North Texas, just four shy of tying Judy Nelson for third-most in program history.
North Texas trails the all-time series to Tulane, 6-3, but has won two straight games and three of four meetings since joining the American Conference. The past five contests in the series have been decided by an average margin of 4.4 points dating back to 2014. More recently, UNT secured a victory at Tulane for the first time ever back on Jan. 10 by a score of 59-53. Nestor had another double double in that game while Chania Price scored a career-high 15 points.
The game is slated for a 2:00 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 welcomes Tulane to the Super Pit on Saturday in the first of back-to-back home games.
• UNT has won 14 of its past 16 games at the Super Pit against the American and is 19-4 in home conference games under head coach Jason Burton.
• Saturday's game is a rematch from Jan. 10 when UNT won at Tulane for the first time in program history.
• 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 leads the nation in both total rebounds (13.8) and offensive rebounds (5.6) per game and is the American's only player averaging a double double on the season.
BIG MEG POSTING BIG NUMBERS
• Megan Nestor is a difference maker down low as one of two Division I players averaging 13+ points and 13+ rebounds per game. Her 15 double doubles on the season also lead the American and rank top 10 in the entire country.
• She is best rebounder in the sport, leading the NCAA in total rebounds (331), offensive rebounds (134), rebounds per game (13.8) and offensive rebounds per game (5.6)
• Nestor is the country's only player to have recorded 20+ rebounds in four different games this season and the American's first player to ever do so.
• With rebound outings of 31, 27 and 24, Nestor has accounted for the three of the seven highest rebounding games in the NCAA this season. She is one of our four players in the last decade to have reached 24 rebounds three times in a single season.
• At 13.8 rebounds per game, she is pacing to break the program and American Conference's single-season rebounding record. Her 27- and 31-rebound games already claimed the top two spots for single-game rebounds among UNT and American players.
PROCTOR IN CONFERENCE PLAY
• Aysia Proctor has been on a tear since joining the starting lineup for the American Conference opener on Dec. 30.
• Through 12 conference games, Proctor ranks eighth in the American in scoring at 14.6 PPG while sinking 41.0% of her 5.1 three-point attempts per game.
• Proctor enters Saturday as one of three players in the league averaging 13+ points per game and shooting at least 37% from behind the arc on the year.
A WIN WOULD...
• Improve North Texas to 14-11 and 8-5 against American competition.
• Improve North Texas to 15-2 in its past 17 conference games at the Super Pit.
• Extend UNT's win streak over Tulane to three and give it wins in four of their past five meetings.
• Give Jason Burton 62 career wins as head coach at North Texas, just four shy of tying Judy Nelson for third-most in program history.
