Wayland Baptist Pioneers @ North Texas Mean Green

Wayland Baptist PioneersWylnd BaptistWYBU

Final

	1	2	T
Wylnd Baptist WYBU	33	44	77
North Texas UNT	35	46	81

North Texas Mean GreenNorth TexasUNT

7-5, 6-2 Home

North Texas tops NAIA Wayland Baptist 81-77

Dec 21, 2013, 07:00 pm

DENTON, Texas -- Alzee Williams scored 24 points and Colin Voss added a career-high 18 and grabbed 10 rebounds as North Texas topped NAIA Wayland Baptist 81-77 on Saturday.

North Texas (7-5) trailed 33-25 with 5-1/2 minutes left in the first half but closed with 10 straight points for the halftime advantage. After briefly leading in the first minute of the second, Wayland Baptist trailed the rest of the game.

A pair of missed free throws by North Texas' Brandan Walton with 39 seconds left gave Wayland Baptist a chance to tie, but Plamen Hristov missed a 3-pointer for the Pioneers and the Mean Green hit two free throws to extend their lead.

Markus Monroe led Wayland Baptist with 18 points while Juhreece Thompson added 17.

Game Information

Denton, TX

Referee:Gene Grimshaw

Referee:Archibald Whaley

Referee:Kyle Ingram

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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