North Texas 64 at Texas Tech 69
November 16, 2011 - 7 p.m.
United Spirit Arena
Lubbock, Texas
NEXT GAME: North Texas continues its road swing at Metroplex rival UT Arlington on Nov. 22 at 7 p.m.
INDIVIDUAL
Chris Jones
Chris Jones finished the night with 31 points, which are the most points by a North Texas freshman in the Johnny Jones era (2002-Present). Jones surpassed his scoring total in the season opener four minutes into the contest.
Alonzo Edwards & Roger Franklin
Big 12 experience helped Roger Franklin (Oklahoma State) post three steals and Alonzo Edwards (Nebraska) two steals against the Red Raiders. NT edged the Red Raiders 12-4 in steals.
TEAM
Texas Tech now leads the overall series 9-6, and avenges last year’s North Texas 92-83 overtime win in Denton.
NT forced 12 steals on the night, marking its first back-to-back double digit steal games since the opening two contests of the 2007-08 season (10 each).
Texas Tech committed 20 turnovers on the night, and NT made them pay. The Mean Green outscored the Red Raiders 23-8 in points off turnovers.
North Texas made its first nine free throw attempts of the night, and finished the evening with an 81.0 percent mark from the stripe – a stark improvement over Friday’s 12-of-20 (60 percent) from the stripe.
