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Men's basketball: Champs up next for UNT

Mean Green hopes to get well vs. W. Kentucky

02/08/2003

By Tim MacMahon / Staff Writer

It won’t get any easier for the North Texas on Saturday night, when the Mean Green welcomes two-time defending Sun Belt champion Western Kentucky to the Super Pit.

Two trends don’t bode well for UNT entering the game: The Mean Green has lost seven of its last eight games, and Western Kentucky is 3-0 in the series with an average margin of victory of more than 27 points.

UNT swingman Chris Davis, however, doesn’t want to dwell on the negative.

"If we come out with the mentality we had against New Mexico State and play for 40 minutes," Davis said, "I think we have a good chance to win this game."

Davis is referring to the Mean Green’s home victory over the Aggies a week ago. But that win was sandwiched by blowout losses to Louisiana-Lafayette and Middle Tennessee.

Now the Mean Green (7-14, 2-7) must attempt to slow down a Hilltoppers (14-8, 6-2) team with offensive weapons at every position.

Point guard Patrick Sparks leads Western Kentucky in scoring with 12.5 points per game, but his ability to distribute the ball is his most valuable asset. The sophomore leads the Sun Belt in assists with 6.2 per game.

Swingman Mike Wells and forwards David Boyden and Nate Williams also average in double figures, while forward Flip Videnov nearly does. All four players have the ability to shoot the ball or score in the paint.

Western Kentucky is without 7-1 center Chris Marcus, an All-American whose college career officially ended earlier this week because of a lingering ankle injury.

"They played a lot without Marcus last year and had a great deal of success," UNT coach Johnny Jones said. "They’ve got great perimeter shooters, and their post players are able to deliver when they get the ball inside. They’re the champions, and we’ll have to be on top of our defensive game to stop them."

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Haha, we're saying the same thing.  We aren't exactly the road warriors this year.. having only won 2 road games this year!!  Hopefully we can skip town with a win tonight.

Thanks for the confidence booster. smile.gif

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The refs as a crew weren't bad tonight.

The only gripe I have about them was the crap call that resulted in a rediculous tech. We had shaved their lead to 6 and that deflated all our momentum.

Not gonna say we lost because of that, but it probably prevented any shot we had.

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