LSU Eager to Defeat North Texas

[Harry]

Although this season's North Texas team is much different than the senior-laden team that beat LSU by 20, the Tigers have to figure out how to contain freshman forward Tony Mitchell, who just recently became eligible.

Mitchell committed to play for Missouri, but was ruled as an academic partial qualifier and instead went to North Texas, which allows partial qualifiers to enroll.

Although he has only been able to play in two games -- Mitchell's eligibility date was Dec. 18 -- his impact has been noticeable.

"You know where he's going to be," Johnson said of Mitchell. "He's going to be dunking everything. ... Only a handful of guys in the country have a motor like he does. He's going to be active around the rim or be above it if you don't put a body on him."

Mitchell, 6 feet 8 and a Dallas native who played on the U.S. 19-and-younger team in Latvia this summer, has scored 24 points and grabbed 18 rebounds in 42 minutes this season.

"As coaches, you look at guys who can have an impact at an elite level," Johnson said. "There's two of them on our schedule, and he's one of them."

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[greenminer]

"As coaches, you look at guys who can have an impact at an elite level," Johnson said. "There's two of them on our schedule, and he's one of them."

High praise.

**edit, I wonder who the other is?

Edited December 22, 2011 by greenminer

[bono]

High praise.

**edit, I wonder who the other is?

in another quote he mentioned that it was the Mississippi State transfer from UTEP - Arnett Moultrie