Males’s Basketball Travels To Temple Sunday

PHILADELPHIA – The UNT males’s basketball group is in The City of Brotherly Love Sunday aiming to increase its present win streak and construct off the Thursday evening dwelling win over Memphis.

The Mean Green (14-11, 5-7) and Temple Owls (15-9, 7-4) are scheduled to tip-off contained in the Liacouras Center at 1 p.m. CT on Sunday. The sport shall be broadcast on the Mean Green Sports Network, offered by Learfield on KHYI 95.3 FM and on ESPN+.

North Texas is coming off a 76-69 dwelling win over Memphis for its second straight victory. Sunday they will tackle a Temple group trying to bounce again after a 77-66 street loss at Tulane on Wednesday. This would be the first and solely common season matchup this 12 months between the Mean Green and Owls. The two packages cut up their two conferences final season with Temple getting the higher of North Texas in the newest matchup, 66-61 in Philadelphia, in what was the season’s final common season sport. The five-point loss snapped a then seven-game win streak for UNT. 

Temple and North Texas have solely met thrice with all three earlier matchups coming after the Mean Green becoming a member of the American in 2023. UNT leads the all-time collection historical past 2-1 however is 0-1 on the Owls’ Liacouras Center.

After Sunday’s street sport the Mean Green return dwelling to the Super Pit to host Tulane on Thursday. North Texas has simply three remaining dwelling video games left on its schedule. 

DAVID TERRELL JR.’S LAST 10

Since the calendar switched to 2026, North Texas level guard David Terrell Jr. has been on an general tear. Over the final 10 video games, Terrell averaged 15.2 ppg on 42.7% capturing, 4.5 apg with a 2.8 help/turnover ratio, 4.2 rpg and a pair of.4 spg. Prior to this latest 10-game stretch, Terrell was averaging 11 ppg, 4.8 apg with a 1.8 help/turnover ratio, 3.3 rpg and 1.3 spg. Terrell has scored in double figures in 9 of the final 10 video games. He scored in double figures in simply eight of the primary 15 video games of the 12 months.

WELCOME BACK HAMMER TIME

North Texas reserve ahead Buddy Hammer Jr. returned from harm on Thursday to assist lead UNT to the seven-point win over Memphis by scoring a profession excessive 9 factors in quarter-hour of motion and grabbing 4 rebounds, three of which have been offensive boards. Hammer had missed the earlier two video games with an sickness.

TOP 10 IN STEALS

UNT enters Sunday with 249 steals on the 12 months. It already ranks eighth in program historical past for many single season steals. UNT’s present tempo of 10.0 SPG common would rank second in program historical past behind the 1997-98 group that averaged 11.6 SPG. UNT guard Je’Shawn Stevenson has a group main 53 steals. It is the ninth most single season steals by a UNT participant in program historical past. The newcomer is just 7 steals shy of breaking into the highest 50 for many profession steals in UNT historical past.

For extra data on UNT males’s basketball tickets, contact the Mean Green Ticket Office at 940-565-2527 or at ticketoffice@unt.edu. Fans can go to the UNT Athletics Ticket Office positioned at Gate 2 of DATCU Stadium between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday by means of Friday.