Game 23, Home Game 11
North Texas 68, Middle Tennessee 70
North Texas Mean Green (13-10, 6-4 SBC), Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (17-5, 9-0 SBC)
February 2, 2012
The Super Pit
Denton, Texas
NEXT GAME: The Mean Green takes on FIU in Miami, Florida on February 9 th at 3:30 PM.
TEAM
- Karen Aston sits one win away from her 100 th as a head coach
- NT bench outscored Middle Tennessee 28-3
- Has had chances to win 22 of 23 games and at least one second-half possession to tie in nine of 10 other games.
- Took its first lead of the game after a Tamara Torru put back lay up at 9:17 in the first and led as many as 9 points
- Held the Blue Raiders without a field goal from 14:12 to 7:08 in the first half
- Went on a 10+ to 0 (11-0) run for the 11th time this season
- Led 35-31 at half with Laura McCoy contributing 10 points
- Forced 14 first half turnovers
INDIVIDUAL
Jasmine Godbolt
- Ended with 12 points and eight rebounds, just missing her 22nd career double-double
- Scored her 1,000th point on a free throw with 2:41 left in the first half
- Became the 13th player in school history score 1,000 points and only the 8th to do it in three or fewer seasons
- Has scored double digits in nine of her last ten games
Desiree Nelson
- Set a career-high in assists during the first half (3) and finished with the night with five
Laura McCoy
- Dropped 13 points on four-of-seven shooting from behind the arc
- Has scored 10+ points for the first time since January 11
- Hit four 3-pointers in three games this season
Sara Stanley
- Scored a career-high 14 points on six-of-seven shooting and finished two rebounds shy of her second career double-double
- Scored in double digits for the third time this season
- Made her first career three-pointer
