MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - Tony Mitchell had 18 points and 10 rebounds, and North Texas used a big second-half run to beat Lamar 74-59 on Tuesday night in a consolation game in the NIT Season Tip-Off.
The Mean Green led just 45-41 with 14:49 remaining, but Mitchell's 3-pointer keyed a 12-0 run, and North Texas eventually pushed the lead to 70-48 before coasting the rest of the way.
Alzee Williams added 17 points, and Chris Jones had 15 points and seven assists for the Mean Green (1-2), who lost to Division II Alabama-Huntsville in the tournament's opening round.
Donnell Minton scored 15 points to lead Lamar (0-2), which lost to Kansas State in the opening round. Rhon Mitchell added 13 points as the defending Southland Conference tournament champions committed 23 turnovers and made only one 3-pointer.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| North Texas (1-2) « | 36 | 38 | 74 |
| Lamar (0-2) | 30 | 29 | 59 |
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| North Texas Mean Green | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Mitchell, F | 28 | 6-16 | 4-8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| A. Williams, G | 37 | 6-11 | 5-7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| C. Jones, G | 29 | 7-9 | 1-1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| J. Williams, G | 18 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| R. Franklin, G | 16 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Coleman | 19 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| P. Hardwick | 16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Holmen | 15 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| C. Overlander | 13 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| N. Stojiljkovic | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Mitchell | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Patton | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 29-64 | 13-21 | 38 | 19 | 14 | 74 | |
| 45.3% | 61.9% | ||||||
| Lamar Cardinals | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Mitchell, F | 34 | 6-12 | 1-4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| A. Wilson, F | 31 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| S. Brown, F | 19 | 1-7 | 2-3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| D. Minor, G | 30 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| K. Blanks, G | 3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Minton | 37 | 6-13 | 3-3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| S. Norman | 14 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| H. Webb | 13 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| N. Acosta | 8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| O. Ebomwonyi | 7 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| M. Hancock | 4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-60 | 8-15 | 38 | 8 | 18 | 59 | |
| 41.7% | 53.3% | ||||||
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