Games tonight...

CMJ · February 22, 2003

Any thoughts? Post them here.

CaraBear · February 22, 2003

Hahah I hope we win!!!

NT80 · February 22, 2003

Seniors could be sidelined for final home game

Davis, J. Green don’t practice Friday

02/22/2003

By Tim MacMahon / Staff Writer

North Texas seniors Chris Davis and Jermaine Green sat out practice Friday — the eve of their final home game — because of illness and injury, respectively.

Both players are questionable for Saturday night’s game against South Alabama at the Super Pit, though they both said they would attempt to play.

Davis has felt ill all week and went to the hospital because of dehydration early Friday morning, hours after playing 36 minutes in a loss to New Orleans.

"I’m going to drink a lot of fluids and get some rest," said Davis, who is 75 points shy of becoming the UNT’s all-time leading scorer. "I’ll be fine. But if the game was today [Friday], I couldn’t go."

Green injured his with 5:14 remaining in the loss to New Orleans. He returned approximately one minute later but was ineffective down the stretch. Like Davis, Green said he expects to play, though he will be less than 100 percent.

"I’ve got to play my last home game," Green said.

Coach Johnny Jones said he wouldn’t know the status of Davis and Green — UNTs top two scorers and rebounders — until Saturday afternoon.

"It’d be really tough if they couldn’t play for several reasons — Chris chasing the scoring record and it being Senior Night," Jones said. "You always want to see your seniors go out with a bang. It’s unfortunate that we haven’t had a winning season, but you want to draw something positive from every situation. Winning on Senior Night would be very positive."

The Mean Green (7-17, 2-10), which has lost 10 of its last 11 games, will clinch sole possession of last place in the Sun Belt West Division with a loss. South Alabama (11-13, 5-8) is just above UNT in the standings.

UNT suffered a 76-71 loss at South Alabama on Jan. 25 despite 29 points from Davis, who ranks second in the league in scoring at 19.0 points per game. The Jaguars benefited from a 48-17 advantage in free throws attempted.