CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - Tony Mitchell had 21 points and nine rebounds and Roger Franklin turned in a double-double as North Texas defeated Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis 80-66 Monday in the consolation round of the NIT Season Tip-Off.
Mitchell's scoring output marked a season high for the Sun Belt Conference Preseason Player of the Year, while Franklin's 13 points and 10 rebounds gave him his first double-double since posting three straight last January.
IUPUI (2-3) jumped to a 4-0 lead, but North Texas (3-2) scored the next 11 points - sparked by a fast-break dunk by Mitchell - and went on a 20-3 run. The Mean Green led 25-9 with 8:33 left before halftime, and went into the breakup 41-31.
North Texas went to work stretching the lead in the second half, opening with a 14-4 run and never losing the double-digit lead.
Lyonell Gaines led IUPUI with 17 points and 12 rebounds.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| IUPUI (2-3) | 31 | 35 | 66 |
| North Texas (3-2) « | 41 | 39 | 80 |
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| IUPUI Jaguars | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Gibbs, F | 32 | 3-9 | 1-1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| M. Patton, F | 23 | 6-11 | 0-1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| J. Hart, G | 34 | 4-14 | 3-4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| S. Esposito, G | 16 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| G. Rice, G | 13 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Shanklin | 28 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| L. Gaines | 22 | 7-9 | 3-4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| P. Hubert | 17 | 3-8 | 3-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| M. Barksdale | 12 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| C. Loepker | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-64 | 13-19 | 37 | 10 | 13 | 66 | |
| 37.5% | 68.4% | ||||||
| North Texas Mean Green | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Mitchell, F | 32 | 10-18 | 0-0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| R. Franklin, F | 24 | 6-8 | 1-2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| A. Williams, G | 33 | 3-11 | 2-4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| C. Jones, G | 29 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 9 |
| J. Williams, G | 28 | 4-8 | 2-3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Holmen | 19 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| P. Hardwick | 14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Patton | 10 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| N. Stojiljkovic | 5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| K. Coleman | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| C. Overlander | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Mitchell | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 34-69 | 5-9 | 43 | 19 | 18 | 80 | |
| 49.3% | 55.6% | ||||||
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