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BELIEVE. SERVE. COMPETE 2019-20 SCHEDULE THE MATCHUP OVERALL: 6-7 | H: 5-2 | A: 1-3 | N: 0-2 NORTH TEXAS MEAN GREEN (6-7, 0-0 C-USA) NOVEMBER TIME(ct) TV RESULT Head Coach: Grant McCasland (Baylor, ‘99) 5 Okla. Christian 7:00pm C-USA W, 79-40 Record at North Texas: 47-37 (3rd Season) C-USA Record: 16-20 (3rd Season) 8 at No. 25 VCU 6:00pm ESPN+ L, 59-56 Overall Record: 67-49 (4th Season) vs 12 at Arkansas 7:00pm SEC+ L, 66-43 16 E. Michigan 3:00pm C-USA L. 56-51 WKU HILLTOPPERS (7-5, 0-0 C-USA) Head Coach: Rick Stansbury (Campbellsville, ‘81) 19 NC A&T 7:00pm C-USA W, 80-60 Record at WKU: 62-42 (4th Season) JERSEY MIKES JAMAICA CLASSIC (MONTEGO BAY) C-USA Record: 34-2\ (4th Season) 22 vs. Rhode Island 3:30pm CBSSN L, 60-47 Overall Record: 362-213 (18th Season) 24 vs. No. 15 Utah St. 5:30pm CBSSN L, 68-59 DECEMBER TIME(ct) TV RESULT #GMG STORYLINES GAMEDAY INFORMATION • North Texas is in its third season under 2 at UT Arlington 7:00pm ESPN+ W, 77-66 DATE: Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020 | 6:00 p.m. CT head coach Grant McCasland. The Mean 5 Oklahoma 7:00pm CBSSN FB L, 82-80 Green have had back-to-back 20-win sea- LOCATION: Bowling Green, KY (E.A. Diddle 7 Little Rock 5:00pm C-USA W, 76-53 sons under McCasland. It is the first time Arena) TV: ESPNU 17 at No. 13 Dayton 6:00pm ESPN+ L, 71-58 UNT has had consecutive 20-win seasons since 2009-10 and 2010-11 season. The Mean TALENT: Pat O’Keefe, King McClure 21 UAPB 5:00pm C-USA W, 86-53 Green had five straight 20-win seasons RADIO: KHYI 95.3 FM, KNTU 88.1 FM, TuneINAPP 28 Texas Wesleyan 5:00pm C-USA W, 102-64 from 2006-07 through 2010-11 under Johnny TALENT: Dave Barnett, Hank Dickenson JANUARY TIME(ct) TV RESULT Jones. STATS: MeanGreenStats.com | StatBroadcast 2 at WKU* 7:00pm ESPNU SERIES RECORD: WKU 22, UNT 5 • North Texas’ first 11 opponents this season 4 at Marshall* 2:00pm ESPN+ SERIES NOTE: The Mean Green have lost 10 had a combined winning percentage of .667 straight to WKU. Their last victory over WKU 9 FIU* 8:00pm ESPN+ (72-36). It was the 32nd toughest schedule came on 1/12/12 in Denton (84-67). UNT has lost 11 FAU* 3:00pm ESPN+ in the nation through the first 11 games and the toughest in C-USA. The schedule gets a four straight in Bowling Green. Its last victory 16 at USM* 7:00pm ESPN+ little easier moving forward as their future in Bowling Green came on 1/28/10 with a 84-83 18 at LA Tech* 4:00pm ESPN+ opponents have a combined .548 winning win in OT. 20 Rice* 7:00pm ESPN+ percentage (97-80), which ranks 175th in the nation as of Friday. North Texas’ total 23 UTSA* 7:00pm Stadium on FB A WIN WOULD strength of schedule last season ranked 25 UTEP* 5:00pm ESPN+ 219th. • Improve UNT’s 2019-20 record to 7-7 and road FEBRUARY TIME(ct) TV RESULT record to 2-3. 1 at Rice* 2:00pm ESPN+ • UNT’s first 11 D1 opponents combined gave up just 61 points per game. Four of UNT’s • End a 10-game losing streak to WKU. 6 at Middle Tenn.* 6:30pm ESPN+ first 11 D1 opponents ranked in the top 50 8 at UAB* 2:00pm ESPN+ in scoring defense (VCU, Arkansas, Eastern • Be North Texas’ third straight win. 13 Charlotte* 7:00pm C-USA Michigan and Utah St.) Arkansas Pine Bluff was the only opponent ranked outside of 15 Old Dominion* 1:00pm ESPNU the top 200. UNT averaged 66 points per • Be the third year in a row the Mean Green 22 Bonus Play* TBD TBD game during the first 11-game stretch. start conference play 1-0. Grant McCasland is 27 Bonus Play* TBD TBD in his fourth year as a D1 head coach and has • According to KenPom.com, North Texas’ MARCH TIME(ct) TV RESULT never lost a conference opener at either UNT or first 12 opponents combined was the fifth Arkansas State. 1 Bonus Play* TBD TBD toughest offensive schedule in the nation. 4 Bonus Play* TBD TBD Ken Pom ranked seven of the first 12 oppo- 7 Bonus Play* TBD TBD nents in the top 100 defensively. RECORD WATCH C-USA MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP (Frisco) • UNT is one of the nation’s top 3-point .• Senior Roosevelt Smart enters Thursday’s game 11 First Round TBD ESPN+ shooting teams. They rank in the top 60 in as the program’s active leading scorer with 1,059 points. The 20th most in program history. He is 12 Quarterfinals TBD Stadium the nation in 3FG percentage (32nd, 37.9%), total 3FG made (44th, 116 made), 3FGs per 5 points from tying Alzee Williams (class of ’14) 13 Semifinals TBD CBSSN game (60th, 8.9 per game). for 19th most in program history. He is 364 points 14 Championship 7:30pm CBSSN from John Savage (1961-64) whose 1,423 career * C-USA Games • UNT has one of the nation’s top defenses, points are the 10th most in school history. All games can be heard on KNTU 88.1FM, KHYI 95.3FM, TuneIN app holding opponents to just 61.4 PPG which ranks 37th in the nation. Not including the • Roosevelt Smart’s 190 career 3-pointers are the season opener, they’ve held all but one op- second-most in school history. He is 19 3-pointers ponent below their season scoring average. away from Calvin Watson’s (class of ‘07) program record 208 career 3-pointers. • Redshirt junior point guard Javion Hamlet has started to find his groove as the team’s • Redshirt sophomore Umoja Gibson enters floor general. In the team’s first seven Thursday’s game with 141 career 3-pointers. After games, Hamlet had 15 assists and 24 turn- making five 3-pointers in the Mean Green’s most overs (.6 A/TO). But in UNT’s last six games, recent game he moved into ninth place all-time he’s had 37 assists (6.1 per game) and just 13 at UNT. He is two 3-pointers from Jordan Williams turnovers (2.8 A/TO). (‘15) whose 143 career 3-pointers are the eighth most in program history. Gibson is averaging three 3-pointers per game this year. BY THE NUMBERS 68.8 45.7 37.9 34.4 12.2 2.7 6.9 61.4 39.8 30.5 0.8 SCORING FG% 3FG% AST-TO POINTS FG% 3FG% REBS ASTS BLKS STLS DEFENSE DEFENSE DEFENSE RATIO 78.8 47.8 34.8 36.5 12.4 4.8 6.1 73.1 42.4 31.1 0.8 #BELIEVESERVECOMPETE @MEANGREENMBB @MEANGREENMBB @MEANGREENMBB > NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Hometown/Previous School(s) 0 James Reese Guard 6-4 169 Junior Eastover, SC/ Odessa College/ Buffalo/ AC Flora HS 1 Umoja Gibson Guard 6-1 168 R-Sophomore Waco, TX/ University HS 2 Roosevelt Smart Guard 6-3 184 Senior Chicago, IL/ New Mexico JC/ Palatine H 3 Javion Hamlet Guard 6-4 191 R-Junior Memphis, TN/ NWF St. College/ Motlow St./ Whitehaven HS 4 Jalen Jackson Guard 5-11 175 Freshman San Antonio, TX/ Wagner HS 5 Abdul Mohamed Forward 6-7 190 R-Junior Ottawa, ON/ Gillette College/ Bell HS 10 Jahmiah Simmons Forward 6-4 210 R-Junior St. Thomas, USVI/ Arkansas State/ Pace HS 11 JJ Murray Guard 6-1 175 R- Junior Rowlett, TX/ Eastfield College/ Rowlett HS 13 Thomas Bell Forward 6-6 186 Junior East Saint Louis, IL/ Kaskaskia College/ Cahokia HS 20 Karston Miller Guard 6-3 215 Freshman Buford, Georgia/ Buford HS 22 Larry Wise Guard 6-5 194 R-Freshman Waxahachie, TX/ Waxahachie HS 23 Deng Geu Forward 6-8 201 Graduate Senior Sioux Falls, SD/ North Dakota St./ Washington HS 24 Zachary Simmons Forward 6-10 235 Junior Abilene, TX/ Cedar Hill HS 35 Shakeem Alcindor Forward 6-8 228 Sophomore Saint Croix, USVI/ Link Year Prep 55 DJ Draper Guard 6-0 172 R-Senior Bedford, TX/ Birdville HS > COACHING & SUPPORT STAFF Title Name Experience Alma Mater Head Coach Grant McCasland Third Year Baylor (‘99) Associate Head Coach Ross Hodge Third Year Texas A&M Commerce (‘03) Assistant Coach Jareem Dowling Third Year Maryland Eastern Shore (‘05) Assistant Coach Matt Brauer Second Year Wichita State (‘08) Special Asst. To The HC Nelson Haggerty First Year Baylor (‘95) Director of Operations Andy Schmitt Second Year Illinois (‘13) Strength and Conditioning Andrew Wright First Year TCU (‘13) Director of Scouting, Analytics Chris Blakeley Third Year Abilene Christian (‘15) Athletic Trainer Will Rath Third Year Saint Louis University(‘14) >BY LOCATION >BY CLASS >BY PRONUNCIATION Canada (1) Freshmen (3) Shakeem Alcindor (al-cin-der) Abdul Mohamed (Ontario) Jalen Jackson Deng Geu (goo) Georiga (1) Karston Miller Umoja Gibson (oo-mo-jah) Karston Miller (Buford) Larry Wise* Jamiah Simmons (jah-my-uh) Illinois (1) Sophomores (2) Roosevelt Smart (Chicago) Shakeem Alcindor Thomas Bell (Cahokia) Umoja Gibson* Tennessee (1) Juniors (7) Javion Hamlet (Memphis) Thomas Bell Texas (6) Javion Hamlet* DJ Draper (Bedford) Abdul Mohamed* Umoja Gibson (Waco) JJ Murray* Jalen Jackson (San Antonio) James Reese JJ Murray (Rowlett) Jahmiah Simmons* Zachary Simmons (Abilene) Zachary Simmons Larry Wise (Waxahachie) Seniors (2) South Carolina (1) DJ Draper* James Reese (Eastover) Deng Geu^ South Dakota (1) Roosevelt Smart Deng Geu (Sioux Falls) *Indicates Redshirt U.S.