Men's Basketball
| Game Time With Ragin' Cajuns Moved Up To 5 p.m. On Thursday | ||||||||||
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DENTON, Texas (1/4/09) - Thursday's North Texas men's basketball game at Louisiana-Lafayette, originally scheduled for 7 p.m., has been moved up to 5 p.m. at the Cajundome. Pregame on the Mean Green Radio Network will begin at 4:30 p.m. The Thursday evening game will pit the Sun Belt Conference's top two individual rebounders in North Texas' George Odufuwa (9.5 rpg) and ULL's Tyren Johnson (8.2 rpg). Last week, North Texas picked up a split against the Sun Belt's Arkansas duo, as head coach Johnny Jones moved into second place in program history in wins with 135. Now, Jones & Co. focus their attention to Johnson and Louisiana-Lafayette. One of the league's most potent players, Johnson leads the Ragin' Cajuns in scoring (15.4 per game), rebounds (8.2) assists (39), steals (19) and blocks (20).Tristan Thompson is taking the Sun Belt by storm this season, scoring at least 18 points in each league game so far. The junior has averaged 20.7 points per game on 52.6 percent shooting over his last six outings - including 21-of-40 (52.5 percent) from 3-point. Ever since the 2006-07 season, North Texas has owned the Cajundome. The Mean Green has won five of its last six games at the 'Dome, including the 2007 Sun Belt Tournament championship. Prior to that season, North Texas hadn't won at the Cajundome in any of its eight tries. Louisiana-Lafayette holds a slim 15-13 margin in the all-time series with North Texas, but the Mean Green has taken six of the last seven meetings, including both games in 2008-09. |
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Courtesy: Rick Yeatts
