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Women’s Basketball Goes for Third Straight Win Saturday at Charlotte
2/20/2026 4:31:00 PM | Women's Basketball
DENTON, Texas – The UNT women's basketball team visits Charlotte Saturday afternoon looking to secure its third consecutive win and continue climbing up the American Conference standings.
North Texas (15-11, 9-5 American) is coming off perhaps its most complete performance of the season, crushing UAB by 30 points Tuesday at the Super Pit. Five Mean Green players scored in double digits to complement another stingy defensive effort that allowed just 54 points and forced 19 Blazer turnovers. It also outscored UAB 40-24 in the paint and 17-2 in fast break points.
The story of the game came from Megan Nestor, who grabbed her 365th rebound of the season to surpass Sharon Shelton's program record that had stood since 1978. Nestor completed the game with 16 points and 14 rebounds for her 17th double double and is now up to 373 boards on the year. She needs 46 more to also break the American Conference record, which was set by South Florida's Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeau in 2023.
Aysia Proctor was the game-high scorer for the third straight night, tallying 22 points on an efficient 9-of-16 from the floor. She has been the American's third-best scorer during conference play at 15.6 points per game. Also producing in the backcourt was Andi Schissler, who has reached double figures four times in the last six games while sinking 16-of-34 attempts from deep.
Despite a 12-14 overall record, the 49ers enter the weekend with victories in three of their past four games. The battle on the glass will be crucial Saturday, as the nation's leading rebounder goes against a Charlotte frontcourt that ranks fourth in the country in offensive rebounds per game (17.7). A win by the Mean Green would be their first ever at Halton Arena.
The game is slated for a 4:00 p.m. CT tip-off and will be available for streaming on ESPN+ with Bobby Rosinski and Kam Roach on the call. Sam Kaman will also provide radio coverage through the Varsity Network App.
WHAT 2 WATCH 4
• North Texas travels to Charlotte Saturday afternoon looking to secure its third straight win and fifth in the last six games.
• Saturday provides another crucial test in UNT's ascent up the American Conference standings. At 9-5 in league play, UNT is currently tied for third with South Florida and just half a game ahead of Tulsa (8-5). Its win over UAB Tuesday clinched a spot in the conference tournament.
• UNT has won seven of its last 10 road games against American opponents.
• Megan Nestor has continued to dominate inside since making national headlines with her 34-point, 31-rebound performance against Texas Southern on Dec. 6. She now leads the nation in both total rebounds (14.3) and offensive rebounds (5.8) per game and has 17 double doubles on the season.
BIG MEG POSTING BIG NUMBERS
• Megan Nestor is a difference maker down low, averaging 13 points and 14.3 rebounds per game. That production has jumped to 13.7 PPG and 16.6 RPG in conference play.
• Her 17 double doubles on the season lead the American and rank top five in the country. She is the American's only player averaging a double double.
• She leads the NCAA in total rebounds (373), offensive rebounds (150), rebounds per game (14.3) and offensive rebounds per game (5.8).
• Nestor is the nation's only player to have recorded either 20 rebounds in five different games or 15 rebounds in 11 games this year. Those are both the highest totals in American Conference history.
• With rebound outings of 31, 28 and 27, Nestor has accounted for the three of the five highest rebounding games across the NCAA this season. She is the first player since at least 1982 to reach 27 rebounds three times in a single season.
• Those three performances also hold the top three spots for single-game rebounds in UNT and American Conference history.
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 14 conference games, Proctor is tied for third in the American by scoring 15.6 points per game. She is also sinking 40.8% of her 5.4 three-point attempts per game in that span.
• Proctor is one of three players in the league averaging 13+ points and shooting better than 37% from deep on the year.
• She has been the game-high scorer in each of UNT's last three contests while tallying 20.7 PPG.
DEFENSIVE DATA
• The Mean Green's defense has been crucial to their success this year, ranking top three among American teams in scoring defense (61.0), opponent field goal percentage (38.3), turnovers forced per game (19.2) and steals per game (9.2).
• UNT has held its opponent under 60 points 13 times this season, the second-highest total in the American. North Texas holds an 11-2 record in those instances.
• During its active three-game win streak at the Super Pit, UNT has surrendered 50 points per game. That includes 47 to Tulane, its lowest total allowed in a league game since joining the American.
A WIN WOULD...
• Improve North Texas to 16-11 and 10-5 in American Conference play.
• Give UNT its third win in a row, matching its longest streak of the season, and fifth in the past six games.
• Give UNT its eighth win in its last 11 road games against American opponents.
• Mark UNT's third straight season winning 10+ conference games. It had done so just seven times before the Jason Burton era.
• Give Burton 64 career wins as head coach at North Texas, just two shy of tying Judy Nelson for third-most in UNT history.
• Mark UNT's first win ever at Charlotte.
