UNT women run off Troy

MeanGreen61 · January 27, 2006

UNT women runs off Troy

11:38 PM CST on Thursday, January 26, 2006

By BRETT VITO / Denton Record-Chronicle

DENTON – North Texas held Troy scoreless for more than nine minutes Thursday during an 18-0 run in the first half and went on to its first Sun Belt Conference win, 71-46, at the Super Pit this season.

UNT trailed 6-2 before holding Troy scoreless for 9:39 during its run that ended with the Mean Green leading 20-6. UNT never trailed the rest of the way.

Erika Bobo, who missed the second half of UNT's loss to Arkansas State on Saturday because of a concussion after hitting her head on the floor, scored a game-high 18 points. She also finished with four assists to push her career total to 299, behind only Ramona Black (416) and UNT career leader Rosalyn Reades (458).

Danielle Realph led Troy (7-10, 1-5) with 15 points.

UNT (14-5, 4-3), which equaled its win total from last season, moved into a tie for the Sun Belt West Division lead by winning the opener of a five-game homestand. The Mean Green lost its first two Sun Belt home games.

NORTH TEXAS 71, TROY 46

TROY (7-10, 1-5)–Hairston 3-13 0-0 6, Jones 1-5 0-0 2, Lewis 1-13 4-4 6, Holman 1-7 0-0 3, Morrissy 3-7 1-3 7, Scott 0-1 0-0 0, Roper 1-2 0-0 3, Muse 1-4 0-0 2, Seay 1-1 0-0 2, Realph 6-7 0-0 15. Totals 18-60 5-7 46.

UNT (14-5, 4-3)–A. Jackson 4-8 0-0 8, Sanders 2-6 0-0 4, Bobo 7-12 2-5 18, Mireles 2-6 1-1 6, Williams 2-6 0-0 5, Howard 1-2 7-8 9, Lee 0-1 0-0 0, S. Jackson 3-4 0-0 7, Hall 0-2 2-2 2, Wali 2-4 0-0 5, Wilson 0-1 1-2 1, Vation 0-0 0-0 0, Ajekwu 3-7 0-1 6. Totals 26-59 13-19 71.

Halftime–UNT 33-20. 3-point goals–Troy 5-14 (Hairston 0-2, Lewis 0-2, Holman 1-4, Scott 0-1, Roper 1-2, Realph 3-3), UNT 6-15 (Bobo 2-3, Mireles 1-4, Williams 1-3, Lee 0-1, S. Jackson 1-1, Wali 1-1, Wilson 0-1, Ajekwu 0-1). Fouled out–Muse. Rebounds–Troy 40 (Jones 8), UNT 39 (Ajekwu 6). Assists– Troy 9 (Lewis 6), UNT 17 (Bobo 4). Total fouls–Troy 18, UNT 12. A–1,112.