Box Score DENTON, Texas – North Texas' Eric Tramiel scored 19 points to lead four players in double figures and the Mean Green held off a Southeastern Louisiana rally to post a 71-61 victory Tuesday night at the Super Pit.
Josh White added 13 points for UNT (7-4) while George Odufuwa and Tristan Thompson scored 12 points each. Southeastern, which was led by
Damon Forest with 19 points, dropped its second straight game and fell to 7-4 overall on the season.
UNT built a 15-point lead and led 43-29 at halftime before Southeastern cut into the lead. Forest, who finished 6-for-18 from the floor, opened the second half with a pair of 3-pointers that closed the game to 47-37.
The Lions closed to within six points on three occasions, the last on a layup by
Robert Tibbs with 2:40 remaining, but Shannon Shorter and White each scored on layups to push the lead to 67-57 and pull away.
David Ndoumba and
Patrick Sullivan added 14 points each for Southeastern, which shot 38 percent from the floor (24-for-64), including 30 percent (10-for-33) in the first half. The Lions held a 42-31 advantage on the glass as Ndoumba and Tibbs pulled down nine boards each for the Lions.
Southeastern will return to action on Jan. 2 when it plays host to William Carey University in a 3 p.m. contest.
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA (7-4)
Forest 6-18 5-6 19; Ndoumba 6-8 2-5 14; Sullivan 7-11 0-0 14; Tibbs 3-8 1-2 7; Hutchin 1-6 2-2 4; Fortenberry 1-6 0-0 3; Dixon 0-1 0-0 0; Patterson 0-0 0-0 0; Johnson 0-3 0-0 0; Jones 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 24-64 10-15 61.
NORTH TEXAS (7-4)
Tramiel 6-10 7-9 19; White 3-5 6-6 13; Thompson 5-10 0-2 12; Odufuwa 5-11 2-2 12; Thomas 2-8 3-3 7; Williams 1-3 2-2 4; Shorter 1-3 0-0 2; Holmen 1-2 0-0 2; Mangrum 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-53 20-24 71.
Halftime score – NT 43, SLU 29. 3-point goals – SLU 3-16 (Forest 2-7; Fortenberry 1-2; Sullivan 0-1; Hutchin 0-4; Dixon 0-1; Jones 0-1), NT 3-17 (Thompson 2-5; White 1-3; Thomas 0-3; Williams 0-2; Shorter 0-1; Holmen 0-1; Mangrum 0-1; Tramiel 0-1). Fouled out - Patterson. Rebounds – SLU 42 (Tibbs, Ndoumba 9), NT 31 (Tramiel 8). Assists – SLU 9 (Fortenberry 4), NT 7 (Odufuwa 3). Total fouls – SLU 20, NT 15. Technical fouls - None. A – 1,319.
