Game 23, Home Game 13

At North Texas 66, Middle Tennessee 68

North Texas Mean Green (13-10, 6-4 SBC), Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (21-3, 10-0 SBC)

February 2, 2012 – 7:00 PM

The Super Pit

Denton, Texas

NEXT GAME: The Mean Green takes on FIU in Miami, Florida on February 9th at 6:00 PM.

TEAM
 - NT’s nine steals are the second most since playing South Alabama on January 5th
- Recorded the second most blocks of the season (7)
- The Blue Raiders haven’t appeared at the Super Pit since Dec. 31, 2008
- Alzee Williams and Tony Mitchell combined scored NT’s first 19 points to open the second half
- Trailed MT 36-26 at half and led by as many as nine points
 - A. Williams scored NT’s first six points and nine within the first eight minutes of play
- Attendance of 5,510 is the second largest crowd of the season 
- Johnny Jones sits two SBC wins away from becoming the fifth coach in league history to win 90 conference games


INDIVIDUAL

Tony Mitchell (6 double-doubles so far)
- Finished the night with 16 points and11 rebounds
- Tallied seventh double-double of the season
- Scored in double-digits for the sixth straight game
- Second straight game with 5+ blocks

Alzee Williams
- Set a career-high in points 29) field goals made (10), free throws made (9), and free throws attempted (11)
- Set a career-high in points after knocking down a pair of free throws after a MT technical foul
- Fourth Mean Green player to score 20+ points this season
- Scored double-digit points for the ninth time this season

Brandon Walton
- Has scored 8+ points in seven straight games