DENTON, Texas (AP) - Jayon James had 19 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, and Louisiana-Monroe closed the game on a 21-7 run to defeat North Texas 81-68 Saturday night.
Amos Olatayo added 17 points and Marcelis Hansberry had 13 for the Warhawks (3-8, 2-3 Sun Belt), who shot 68 percent from the field in the second half.
North Texas (6-10, 1-4) got 16 points apiece from Jordan Williams and Justin Patton, and 15 from Tony Mitchell.
Neither team led by more than three points in the second half until Louisiana-Monroe scored eight straight points to take a 68-61 lead with 2:43 remaining.
The Mean Green did not hit a field goal in the final 5 minutes except for P.J. Hardwick's two baskets in the final 30 seconds of the game.
The Warhawks outrebounded the Mean Green 30-19 and hit 8 of 16 3-point attempts.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Louisiana-Monroe (3-8) « | 30 | 51 | 81 |
| North Texas (6-10) | 30 | 38 | 68 |
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| Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. James, F | 38 | 6-10 | 7-8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| M. Brown, F | 30 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| R. McCray, G | 32 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| T. Mackey, G | 29 | 2-5 | 4-5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| M. Hansberry, G | 27 | 5-7 | 2-2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Olatayo | 26 | 6-12 | 4-5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| T. Lindsey | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| K. Koszuta | 8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Totals | 28-48 | 17-20 | 30 | 13 | 20 | 81 | |
| 58.3% | 85% | ||||||
| North Texas Mean Green | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Mitchell, F | 35 | 4-8 | 5-9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| R. Franklin, F | 32 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| J. Patton, F | 29 | 6-11 | 4-4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| J. Williams, G | 37 | 6-12 | 2-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| P. Hardwick, G | 36 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Stojiljkovic | 17 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| C. Overlander | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| K. Coleman | 5 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| A. Mitchell | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-49 | 16-25 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 68 | |
| 49% | 64% | ||||||
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