DENTON, Texas (AP) - Karol Gruszecki scored 17 points and Jordan Reves added seven points and 13 rebounds to lead Texas-Arlington to a 72-59 victory against North Texas on Wednesday night.
Greg Gainey had 11 points for the Mavericks (3-1).
Alzee Williams scored 14 points and Tony Mitchell had 12 points and nine rebounds for the Mean Green (3-4), who shot just 31 percent (18 for 58) in the second half.
Roger Franklin of North Texas tied the game at 43-43 with a layup at 15:01, and the Mean Green did not make another field goal for six minutes. In that span, UTA went on a 13-7 run and led by 12 points, 66-54, with 4:01 remaining.
Mitchell's layup with two minutes left was North Texas' only field goal in the final eight minutes.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Texas-Arlington (3-1) « | 31 | 41 | 72 |
| North Texas (3-4) | 31 | 28 | 59 |
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| Texas-Arlington Mavericks | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| J. Reves, F | 33 | 2-5 | 3-6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| K. Gruszecki, F | 31 | 6-10 | 2-3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| B. Edwards, F | 26 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| K. Butler, F | 13 | 1-3 | 3-5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| S. White-Miller, G | 24 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| D. Charles, G | 20 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| J. Outler, G | 18 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| G. Gainey, F | 16 | 4-8 | 3-5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| C. Catlett, G | 14 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| D. Rodgers, F | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| L. Davis, G | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. McElvain, G | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 24-52 | 19-29 | 43 | 12 | 23 | 72 | |
| 46.2% | 65.5% | ||||||
| North Texas Mean Green | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| R. Franklin, G | 31 | 4-6 | 2-5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| J. Holmen, F | 23 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| A. Williams, G | 37 | 4-9 | 5-8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| C. Jones, G | 33 | 2-10 | 3-4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| J. Williams, G | 26 | 2-9 | 3-4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| T. Mitchell, F | 28 | 3-13 | 6-6 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| P. Hardwick, G | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| K. Coleman, F | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Patton, F | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| N. Stojiljkovic, F | 3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Overlander, G | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 18-58 | 19-28 | 36 | 7 | 23 | 59 | |
| 31.0% | 67.9% | ||||||
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