No. 4 (West) North Texas 83, vs. No. 5 (East) Troy 69
North Texas Mean Green (20-10, 8-8 Sun Belt), Troy Trojans (8-21, 6-10 Sun Belt)
March 5, 2011 - 6:30 p.m.
Summit Arena
Hot Springs, Ark.

NEXT GAME: North Texas plays East No. 1 seed Florida Atlantic at 6:45 p.m. in the Convention Center Court in Hot Springs tomorrow, Sunday, March 6 in Hot Springs, Ark. The winner of that game advances to the Sun Belt semifinals.

TEAM

-This victory gives North Texas a fifth straight 20-win season, the longest active streak in the Sun Belt. This is the fourth time in this span of five years that the Mean Green had its 20^th win in the Sun Belt Tournament.

-North Texas is now on a three game winning streak.

-North Texas is on a four game winning streak in Sun Belt Tournament games and has won six of its last seven SBC Tournament games.

-The Mean Green have reached at least the quarterfinal of the Sun Belt Tournament for the past five years.

-North Texas is 16-1 this year when holding its opponent to under 45% shooting.

-North Texas is 87-16 under Johnny Jones when scoring 80 or more points.

-This current North Texas team has the 4^th and 5^th most prolific scorers in school history in Josh White (4^th) and Tristan Thompson (5^th)

-Had five or more players in double figures for the sixth time this season and second time against Troy this season

-Had four or more players in double figures for the 19^th time this season.

INDIVIDUAL

George Odufuwa
-Moved past Willie Davis (847, 1964-68) into 4^th place on North Texas' career rebound list. He has 846 career rebounds

-Notched his 33^rd career double-double. This is his 16^th double-double of 2010-11

-Reached double-digits in scoring for the 50^th time in his career and 21^st time this season.

-Had the fourth-most rebounds for a North Texas player in a Sun Belt Tournament game with 13. He had 13 rebounds against Denver last year

-Had double-digit rebounds for the 18^th time this season. He has ten or more rebounds in five of six games. He has had double-digits in each of his last four Sun Belt Tournament games.

-Averages 10.7 points and 9.6 rebounds in Sun Belt Tournament games for his career.

-Tied the North Texas record for assists in a Sun Belt Tournament game and set his career-high in assists with six.

Tristan Thompson
-Recorded the 26^th 500-point season in school history. He has 514 points on the season.

-Moved past Fred Hopkins (1,535, 1953-56) and Fred Mitchell (1,538, 1975-78) into 5^th place on North Texas' career scoring list. He has 1,550 career points

-Has scored in double digits for the 26^th time in 30 games this season. He now has scored in double digits in 50 of his last 55 games, dating back to last season. He has 73 double-digit scoring games in his career.

Kedrick Hogans
- Moved past Thomas Gibson (76, 1990-92) into 4^th place on North Texas' career blocks list. He has 77 career blocks

Josh White
-Has scored in double figures 21 games this season and 85 times in his career. He has scored in double digits in the last five games he has played

Shannon Shorter
-Reached double figures in scoring for the seventh time this season. He has 17 double figure scoring games for his career.

Dominique Johnson
-He has 39 double figure scoring outings for his career and 20 this season.

Ben Knox
-Had six rebounds, his second-highest total of the season, and the most for him since December 30 against UALR.

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