Marshall University Athletics
Thursday, January 13
Denton, TX
7:30 PM
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-85,31 CUSA
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Aaliyah Dunham
Mean Green Downs Thundering Herd, 64-54
1/13/2022 10:52:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Herd turns attention to Rice on Saturday
FINAL STATS
KEMPER POSTGAME INTERVIEW
DENTON, Texas – The North Texas women's basketball team triumphed over visiting Marshall 64-54 Thursday evening at The Super Pit in Denton, Texas.
The victory vaulted the Mean Green to 7-5 overall and 1-1 in Conference USA, while the Thundering Herd dipped to 8-5 and 3-1 in the league.
North Texas was powered by Jazion Jackson (16) and Quincy Noble (14), who netted a combined 30 points apiece. 5'6" Aly Gamez led the team with nine rebounds and Noble added six rebounds and five assists, which offset a 5-for-14 performance from the field, including an 0-for-6 clip from 3-point range.
Marshall was led by Savannah Wheeler who struggled in her own right, scoring 15 points on 4-for-15 shooting and 2-for-8 from 3-point range. She now was 992 points, eight shy of becoming Marshall's 23rd 1,000-point scorer.
Kennedi Colclough fought through foul trouble to post 13 points on 5-for-9 shooting. Lorelei Roper grabbed a team-best nine rebounds.
Marshall battled early, taking a one-point lead (11-10) on an Arionna Redman fast break layup with 2:55 left in the first quarter. However, North Texas got five points from Jackson and a three-point play by Amber Dixon to grab a seven-point advantage through one quarter of play.
The Herd closed to within five several times in the second quarter, but went to the locker room down by nine (34-25).
The third quarter went much the same way and the Mean Green remained in control until the Thundering Herd made a run in the fourth quarter. With the home team up 54-40, Roper, CC Mays and Colclough scored on consecutive possessions, which prompted North Texas head coach Jalie Mitchell to request a timeout at the 7:08 mark to stem the tide.
Out of the timeout, Noble promptly converted a three-point play and the visitors got no closer than seven the rest of the way.
The Mean Green led for 36 minutes and 33 seconds.
North Texas held a 46-37 edge in rebounding and 30-18 on points in the paint.
"Credit goes to North Texas," Herd head coach Tony Kemper said. "I thought they were ready to play. They were very physical. There were many times during the game that I looked out there and thought if they make this (shot), they deserve to make it. They worked really hard to get the ball back after misses. We got beat pretty good on the glass and that was important because neither team shot very well.
"We didn't have nearly enough offensive rebounds. And offensively we didn't have enough people with good enough games to win on the road."
As Kemper noted, both teams struggled from the perimeter. Marshall went 5-for-23 (21.7 percent), while North Texas made four of its 23 shots from deep (17.4 percent).
The free throw line was a different story as MU went 15-for-16 (93.8 percent), compared to NT's 14-for-20 (70 percent) effort.
The Thundering Herd is back in action Saturday at 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT when it travels to Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston to face Rice. The Owls (5-5, 0-2) fell 78-61 to WKU at home on Thursday.
KEMPER POSTGAME INTERVIEW
DENTON, Texas – The North Texas women's basketball team triumphed over visiting Marshall 64-54 Thursday evening at The Super Pit in Denton, Texas.
The victory vaulted the Mean Green to 7-5 overall and 1-1 in Conference USA, while the Thundering Herd dipped to 8-5 and 3-1 in the league.
North Texas was powered by Jazion Jackson (16) and Quincy Noble (14), who netted a combined 30 points apiece. 5'6" Aly Gamez led the team with nine rebounds and Noble added six rebounds and five assists, which offset a 5-for-14 performance from the field, including an 0-for-6 clip from 3-point range.
Marshall was led by Savannah Wheeler who struggled in her own right, scoring 15 points on 4-for-15 shooting and 2-for-8 from 3-point range. She now was 992 points, eight shy of becoming Marshall's 23rd 1,000-point scorer.
Kennedi Colclough fought through foul trouble to post 13 points on 5-for-9 shooting. Lorelei Roper grabbed a team-best nine rebounds.
Marshall battled early, taking a one-point lead (11-10) on an Arionna Redman fast break layup with 2:55 left in the first quarter. However, North Texas got five points from Jackson and a three-point play by Amber Dixon to grab a seven-point advantage through one quarter of play.
The Herd closed to within five several times in the second quarter, but went to the locker room down by nine (34-25).
The third quarter went much the same way and the Mean Green remained in control until the Thundering Herd made a run in the fourth quarter. With the home team up 54-40, Roper, CC Mays and Colclough scored on consecutive possessions, which prompted North Texas head coach Jalie Mitchell to request a timeout at the 7:08 mark to stem the tide.
Out of the timeout, Noble promptly converted a three-point play and the visitors got no closer than seven the rest of the way.
The Mean Green led for 36 minutes and 33 seconds.
North Texas held a 46-37 edge in rebounding and 30-18 on points in the paint.
"Credit goes to North Texas," Herd head coach Tony Kemper said. "I thought they were ready to play. They were very physical. There were many times during the game that I looked out there and thought if they make this (shot), they deserve to make it. They worked really hard to get the ball back after misses. We got beat pretty good on the glass and that was important because neither team shot very well.
"We didn't have nearly enough offensive rebounds. And offensively we didn't have enough people with good enough games to win on the road."
As Kemper noted, both teams struggled from the perimeter. Marshall went 5-for-23 (21.7 percent), while North Texas made four of its 23 shots from deep (17.4 percent).
The free throw line was a different story as MU went 15-for-16 (93.8 percent), compared to NT's 14-for-20 (70 percent) effort.
The Thundering Herd is back in action Saturday at 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT when it travels to Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston to face Rice. The Owls (5-5, 0-2) fell 78-61 to WKU at home on Thursday.
Team Stats
Marsh
UNT
FG%
.288
.377
3FG%
.217
.174
FT%
.938
.700
RB
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TO
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12
STL
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Game Leaders
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FGM
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FTM
5
Pts
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FGM
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3FGM
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FTM
2
Pts
6
FGM
1
3FGM
0
FTM
4
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