MONROE, La. (AP) - Amos Olatayo scored 22 points and Millaun Brown added a career-high 21 to go with eight rebounds as hot-shooting Louisiana-Monroe defeated North Texas 85-73 Thursday night in Sun Belt Conference play.
Trent Mackey scored 18 points, R.J. McCray 10 and Brown made 9 of 10 shots for the Warhawks, who shot 56.4 percent (31 of 55).
North Texas (9-18, 4-12) took its largest lead, 52-37, on a Tony Mitchell three-point play 4 minutes into the second half. But Brown scored six straight points, sparking a 32-6 run for the Warhawks.
Brown capped the run with a layup, and Louisiana-Monroe (4-17, 3-13) led by at least five the rest of the way.
North Texas shot 42 percent (12 of 28) in the second half, but Louisiana-Monroe answered with a sizzling 63 percent (19 of 30) to complete the comeback.
Roger Franklin paced North Texas with 22 points and 11 rebounds.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| North Texas (9-18) | 42 | 31 | 73 |
| Louisiana-Monroe (4-17) « | 33 | 52 | 85 |
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Mitchell, F | 34 | 4-8 | 2-3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| N. Stojiljkovic, F | 17 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| R. Franklin, G | 37 | 8-14 | 6-8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 22 |
| J. Williams, G | 34 | 7-12 | 5-6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22 |
| P. Hardwick, G | 25 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Williams | 33 | 3-12 | 4-4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| C. Overlander | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| K. Coleman | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| A. Mitchell | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-55 | 17-21 | 31 | 15 | 21 | 73 | |
| 47.3% | 81% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Brown, F | 30 | 9-10 | 3-4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 |
| J. James, F | 25 | 1-4 | 2-4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| A. Olatayo, G | 39 | 8-19 | 4-12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 22 |
| T. Mackey, G | 36 | 6-8 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| R. McCray, G | 30 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Lindsey | 25 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| K. Koszuta | 15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Totals | 31-55 | 14-28 | 29 | 19 | 16 | 85 | |
| 56.4% | 50% | ||||||
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