Scores

Final

North Texas 72

(19-10, 8-8 Sun Belt)

AR-Little Rock 69

(15-16, 7-9 Sun Belt)

8:30 PM ET, March 1, 2011

Jack Stephens Center, Little Rock, AR

1 2 T
UNT 30 4272
UALR 31 3869

Top Performers

North Texas: S. Shorter 24 Pts, 7 Reb, 3 Ast, 1 Blk

Arkansas-Little Rock: G. Leeper 11 Pts, 6 Reb, 1 Stl, 2 Blk

North Texas ends regular season with victory

Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Shannon Shorter scored a career-high 24 points and North Texas beat Arkansas-Little Rock 72-69 Tuesday night in the regular season finale for both.

Tristan Thompson added 15 points and Dominique Johnson had 12 for the Mean Green (19-10, 8-8), who edged the Trojans in the standings to earn the West Division No. 4 seed for the conference tournament. North Texas will play Troy on Saturday in the first round.

D'Andre Williams and Gus Leeper each scored 11 points to lead Arkansas-Little Rock (15-16, 7-9), which will face South Alabama in the opening round.

There were 16 lead changes and 13 ties before North Texas took the lead for good when Shorter scored with 2:37 left to make it 63-61.

The Mean Green played without second-leading scorer Josh White (foot injury) for the first time in 114 games.

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Team Stat Comparison

 
UNT
UALR
Points 72 69
FG Made-Attempted 21-44 (.477) 23-62 (.371)
3P Made-Attempted 2-12 (.167) 7-22 (.318)
FT Made-Attempted 28-33 (.848) 16-23 (.696)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) 17 (0/0) 22 (0/0)
Largest Lead 7 5

Game Leaders

 
UNT
UALR
PointsS. Shorter 24G. Leeper 11
ReboundsS. Shorter 7E. Kibi 8
AssistsD. Johnson 6S. Bozeman 7
StealsD. Johnson 1S. Bozeman 1
BlocksG. Odufuwa 2G. Leeper 2
Team Stats: North Texas | Arkansas-Little Rock

2010-11 Season

DATEGAMELINKS
Dec 30, 2010 @UNT 81, UALR 69Recap
Feb 10, 2011 UNT @ UALR8:30 PM ET
» Mar 1, 2011 UNT 72, @UALR 69Recap
Mar 8, 2011 UALR 64, @UNT 63Recap

Next 5 Games

UNT
UALR
03/05 TROY 7:30pm
03/06 @FAU 7:45pm
03/07 @WKU 7:00pm
03/08 UALR 7:00pm
11/11 SG 8:00pm
 03/05 @USA 10:00pm
03/06 @ARST 9:45pm
03/07 @MTU 9:30pm
03/08 @UNT 7:00pm
03/15 UNCA 6:30pm
Complete Schedule: North Texas | Arkansas-Little Rock

Sun Belt - West Standings

TEAMCONF W-LTOTAL W-L
North Texas8-822-11
Arkansas-Little Rock7-919-16
Arkansas State11-517-15
Louisiana-Lafayette11-514-15
Denver9-713-17
Louisiana-Monroe2-147-24
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