North Texas Mean Green @ Florida Atlantic Owls

19-4, 12-1 CUSA

Final

	1	2	T
North Texas UNT	26	28	54
FAU FAU	26	25	51

Florida Atlantic OwlsFAUFAU

15-11, 8-5 CUSA

North Texas narrowly beats FAU 54-51

Feb 18, 2023, 10:42 am

BOCA RATON, Fla. -- — Thomas Bell had 13 points and 11 rebounds, Tylor Perry also scored 13 points and North Texas held off Florida Atlantic for a 54-51 win on Thursday night for its 11th straight victory.

Abou Ousmane added 12 points and nine rebounds for North Texas (19-4, 12-1 Conference USA).

Giancarlo Rosado had 10 points for the Owls (15-11, 8-5).

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Game Information

Boca Raton, FL

Referee:Darron George

Referee:Kipp Kissinger

Referee:Tyler Kumpf

NCAA Division I

American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
South Florida	15-3	-	25-9
Tulsa	13-5	2	30-8
Wichita State	13-5	2	24-12
UAB	11-7	4	20-12
North Texas	9-9	6	19-14
Florida Atlantic	9-9	6	18-15
Charlotte	9-9	6	17-17
Tulane	8-10	7	18-15
Temple	8-10	7	16-16
Memphis	8-10	7	13-19
Rice	7-11	8	13-18
East Carolina	6-12	9	11-20
UTSA	1-17	14	5-25

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