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UNT Men's Basketball Hangs on for Win at South Alabama, Despite Off Day Offensively
Je'Shawn Stevenson scored a game-high 22 points, including the decisive free throw, helping North Texas overcome South Alabama’s multiple late chances in a one-point game.
- On Sunday, Je'Shawn Stevenson sealed North Texas Mean Green's 58-57 win over South Alabama Jaguars at the Mitchell Center with a free throw with 32 seconds remaining after scoring 22 points.
- Without forward Peyton Law, who suffered a season-ending knee injury on Dec. 5, South Alabama Jaguars had won three one-possession games earlier but couldn’t complete a fourth, Richie Riley said.
- Despite poor shooting, North Texas Mean Green shot 33.9% overall, committed 14 turnovers and 21 fouls, while Stevenson scored 11 points in the half and grabbed five rebounds.
- South Alabama drops to 8-3 and ends a streak of narrow wins, now heading into Sun Belt play at Louisiana-Monroe on Wednesday with a Dec. 29 non-conference game before their Jan. 10 home opener.
- In the final seconds, South Alabama had multiple chances after calling timeout with 7.1 seconds left but missed a corner 3, a follow and a tip-in following Hantz Louis-Jeune's inbounds pass.
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UNT men's basketball hangs on for win at South Alabama, despite off day offensively
North Texas held on for a 58-57 win at South Alabama on Sunday. The Mean Green struggled from 3-point range, but got hot for just long enough to build a lead. UNT escaped when the Jaguars missed two shots in…
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Stevenson leads North Texas over South Alabama 58-57
Je'Shawn Stevenson led the North Texas Mean Green with 22 points and secured the victory with a free throw with 32 seconds left as the Mean Green defeated the South Alabama Jaguars 58-57.
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Jags Come up Short in Defensive Battle with North Texas
MOBILE, Ala. – South Alabama men's basketball fell just short in a wire-to-wire, tightly contested defensive battle Sunday afternoon, dropping a 58–57 decision to North Texas at the Mitchell Center. The Jaguars moved to 8–3 on the season, while the Mean Green also improved to 8–3.
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