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February 05, 2007

Wooden to wear a mask

North Texas junior center Keith Wooden will wear a mask for at least the Mean Green's next few games after breaking his nose in a win over Western Kentucky on Saturday. Wooden went to the doctor early Monday morning to be fitted for a mask and was at practice later in the day.

Wooden scored in the paint in the second half against WKU and took a shot to the nose that caused him to miss the rest of the game.

UNT nearly lost a huge second half lead and the game without Wooden's presence down low.

UNT head coach Johnny Jones said Wooden shouldn't have any problem playing with a mask. UNT won't really know how Wooden will react until he gets into Thursday's game against New Orleans, though.

At this point one would hate to see UNT have to change its rotation. The Mean Green has won four of its last five and is in a tie for second place in the Sun Belt Conference's West Division standings with Arkansas State.

UNT has a real shot at the division title and a first-round bye in the conference tournament if it can continue its recent roll over the last few weeks of the regular season.

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