DEC. 20 | LOUISIANA AT MONROE GAME 11 NORTH TEXAS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Assistant Director of Athletics Communications (women’s basketball contact): Becca Walters MeanGreenSports.com • Twitter/Facebook/Instagram: MeanGreenWBB • #GDED • #GMG 2019-20 SCHEDULE Friday, Dec. 20 | 7 PM Overall: 4-6 • C-USA: 0-0 The Super Pit | Denton, Texas DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT 11/3 Texas Woman’s (Exh.) W, 95-43 North Texas Louisiana at Monroe MEAN GREEN WARHAWKS 11/7 Mid-Amer. Christian L, 61-59 11/11 Alcorn State W, 67-31 11/15 UT Arlington L, 68-49 11/20 Xavier (La.) W, 68-31 11/26 CSU Bakersfield L, 61-52 Rainbow Wahine Showdown 11/29 Hawaii W, 66-60 11/30 Texas L, 63-57 12/1 No. 12 NC State L, 76-65 12/7 Louisiana W, 69-66 2019-20 Record . 4-6 2019-20 Record . 1-7 2019-20 Sun Belt Record . 0-0 12/16 Utah State L, 66-55 2019-20 Conference USA Record . 0-0 Current Streak . Lost 1 Current Streak . Lost 4 12/20 Louisiana-Monroe 7 PM Last game . L, 66-55 at Utah State Last game . L, 74-59 at Nicholls State 12/29 Texas A&M-Texarkana 3 PM All-time vs . ULM . 10-29 All-time vs . UNT . 29-10 1/2 Western Kentucky* 7 PM 1/4 Marshall* 3 PM Follow the game: 1/9 FIU* Watch: C-USA.TV 1/11 Florida Atlantic* Radio: KNTU 88.1 FM 1/16 Southern Miss* 7PM Live Stats: meangreenstats.com 1/18 LA Tech* 3 PM Live Tweets: @MeanGreenWBB 1/23 UTSA* 1/25 UTEP* 2 PM About the Mean Green About the Warhawks UNT dropped a 66-55 decision ULM has struggled early on 2/1 Rice* at Utah State Monday. Anisha this season with an overall 2/6 Middle Tennessee* 7PM George led the way with 15 record of 1-7 with the lone win 2/8 UAB* 3PM points and 10 rebounds, while coming against Northwestern 2/13 Charlotte* Callie Owens and Destinee State Nov. 18. The Warhawks 2/15 Old Dominion* McDowell each produced 11 hosted Louisiana in an exhi- 2/20 Rice* 7 PM points. George continues her bition contest Tuesday and dominance inside the paint 2/22 TBD* TBD dominated in the 84-40 vic- for North Texas by averaging tory. Lauren Fitch averages 2/26 TBD* TBD a double-double of 12.9 points team-highs of 14.9 points, 5.5 2/29 TBD* TBD and 10.5 rebounds while shoot- rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.4 ing over 65 percent from the 3/5 TBD* TBD steals. Amber Thompson puts 3/7 TBD* field. McDowell is second on the team in both categories up 7.9 points, and Diamond 3/11-14 C-USA Tournament TBD with averages of 10 points and Brooks adds 7.5. The Warhawks Home games in bold 7.2 boards. The Mean Green are being outscored 66.9-to- 57.5 per game and are losing All times CST *C-USA game are putting up 60.7 points per contest and allowing 58.3 while the rebounding battle, 39.5-to- 33.3. @MeanGreenWBB outrebounding their opponents by 5.1. History between the squads Alexis Hyder wasn’t far behind By George! The Mean Green and Warhawks Goodwin’s point total with her Post Anisha George, the team’s have faced each other 39 times in sixth double-double of the sea- lone senior, is off to a hot start a three-decade span between the son. Hyder tallied 23 points and 14 and already has recorded five 1982-83 and 2012-13 seasons with rebounds against ULM. double-doubles, the fifth-high- ULM being the victor on 29 occa- est total in the country. The St. sions. The most recent meetings Callie’s coming on Croix, Virgin Islands, native is resulted in a pair of Mean Green Redshirt junior Callie Owens is hav- averaging 12.9 points and 10.5 wins, a 79-51 drubbing inside The ing her best year in a Mean Green rebounds per game. Her 26 Super Pit Jan. 5, 2013, and a tight uniform and the finest in her col- rebounds in the season opener 76-75 game in Monroe Feb. 14, legiate career. The Plano native is against Mid-America Christian 2013. averaging 7.6 points (third best on is still the single-game high by a the team) and 3.9 rebounds (fourth player nationally this year – three Last time they met on the team) while shooting 42 higher than the next closest MONROE, La. (Feb. 14, 2013) - percent from the field and 32 per- total. George is ranked 15th North Texas’ Loryn Goodwin land- cent on 3-pointers. Owens tallied a nationally averaging 4.6 offen- ed seven 3-pointers on Thursday UNT career-high 16 points against sive rebounds per game. On the night against the Warhawks, none Louisiana Dec. 7 and has produced scoring end, George is convert- bigger than her clutch offering a double-digit scoring effort three ing 65.5 percent of her shots to from the right wing with 3.3 sec- times this season. lead Conference USA and rank onds remaining that won a key ninth in the nation. Sun Belt road game for the Mean Non-con results Green, 76-75. With a pair of non-conference D-Mac attack games remaining, UNT looks to Forward Destinee McDowell Goodwin led all scorers with a even its overall record to .500 be- (Fort Worth, Texas) is showing career-high 28 points on 7-of-12 fore Conference USA play begins remarkable consistency through shooting from 3-point, including Jan. 2. Dating to the 2015-16 sea- the beginning of her college ca- a pair of threes in the final three son, the Mean Green are 28-28 in reer. The 5-foot-11 forward scored minutes that made the North Tex- games occurring before the start 14 points and pulled down nine as (10-15, 9-7 Sun Belt) comeback of C-USA play. The team posted a rebounds in each of her first two possible. mark of 7-5 in pre-conference play college games, while also nab- last season. bing a game-high five steals in a After starting the second half 1-of- win over Alcorn State. McDowell 4 from the floor, the Warhawks Getting to the line is averaging 10 points and 7.2 (7-17, 5-10 Sun Belt) connected on The Mean Green have made 175 rebounds per game – second on their next nine attempts to over- trips to the free throw line this the team behind George in both come an eight-point NT second season compared to 118 from their categories. She is also averaging half lead. ULM shot 62.5 percent opponents, nearly six more at- 2.5 steals per game and nabbed from the floor in the second half tempts per game. Beginning with eight takeaways in a win over and led by four points, 75-71, with the Rainbow Wahine Showdown Xavier (La.) Nov. 20 for the sec- 33 seconds remaining. That’s Nov. 29-Dec. 1, where the team ond-highest total in Mean when NT’s Sara Stanley hit a put- sank 44 of their 59 attempts (74.6 Green history and the third best back layup with 10 seconds to play, percent) during the three games, showing in NCAA Division I this and ULM missed its free throw they have gone a combined 18- season. She had her first career attempt on the next trip down the of-27 (66.7 percent) in the last two double-double in the loss to CSU floor. Off the miss, Laura McCoy contests. The Mean Green did not Bakersfield with 10 points and 12 found Goodwin on a 30-foot outlet begin the season at such a clip rebounds. pass down the right sideline, and by only converting 46-of-89 (51.7 the freshman nailed the shot. percent) throughout the first five UNT versus top 25 games. Destinee McDowell has The final opponent for North Not only did the freshman hit the been almost a sure bet at the line Texas at the Rainbow Wahine game winner for NT, but she also by knocking down nearly 82 per- Showdown, No. 12 NC State, was found the school record book in cent of her tries. the latest top 25 team to face the process. Just minutes into the the Mean Green in program game, Goodwin splashed home Three-point woes history. Following the 76-65 UNT NT’s 135th 3-pointer on the year, The Mean Green have encountered loss Dec. 1, the Mean Green are which broke the 2001-02 squad’s shooting trouble from beyond 1-18 all-time against the top 25 grip on the NT single-season re- the arc by connecting on just 21.3 teams, with that one win com- cord. Goodwin’s seven 3-pointers percent of their attempts, rank- ing over No. 17 Oklahoma in 2015 moved her from sixth into third ing them 344 of the 348 teams – Jalie Mitchell’s first win as a in school history for single-season in NCAA Division I. In 2018-19, the college head coach. 3-pointers. Goodwin, who has squad concluded the season at hit an NT record 14 threes in the 30.4 percent while knocking down Jackson leading in minutes last two games, is now only four 5.1 per game compared to 3.9 this As one member of UNT’s her- 3-pointers behind Jill Medlock for season.