GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Middle Tennessee 72, North Texas 45
Associated Press
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Jalynn Gregory led a balanced attack with 15 points and No. 24 Middle Tennessee cruised to a 72-45 win over North Texas.
Courtney Blakely, Kseniya Malashka and Anastasiia Boldyreva each scored 12 points for the Laidy Raiders 24-4, 17-2 Conference USA), who have won six straight. Savannah Wheeler added 10 points and Courtney Whitson had 11 rebounds and five steals to go with seven points to help MTSU to a 40-27 rebounding advantage.
Quincy Noble scored 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Mean Green (11-18, 8-11), which went 2 of 14 from 3-point range and shot 37% overall.
It was the 11th time this season Middle Tennessee held an opponent below 50 points.
The Lady Raiders hit four 3-pointers and North Texas was 3-of-18 shooting in the first quarter as MTSU took a 20-6 lead. A 12-2 run in the second quarter helped stretch the lead to 37-19 at the half.
Middle Tennessee shot 57% in the first half and outrebounded the Mean Green 22-10. North Texas never got closer than 15 in the second half.
March 2, 2023
| North Texas | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| T. Lampkin | F | 16 | 3-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Q. Noble | G | 39 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| J. Moore | G | 29 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| J. Carter | G | 27 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| B. Davis | G | 17 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Hardaway | 23 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| K. McGruder | 22 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| J. Boles | 20 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| A. Johnson | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G. Abercrombie | 1 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| M. Cleary | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C. Loudermill | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 20-54 (.370) |
3-9 (.333) |
2-14 (.143) |
10-27 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 45 | |
| Middle Tennessee | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| C. Whitson | F | 36 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 1-11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| A. Boldyreva | C | 18 | 5-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3-7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| A. Whittington | G | 34 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Gregory | G | 33 | 5-11 | 1-2 | 4-10 | 2-4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| S. Wheeler | G | 32 | 4-11 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| C. Blakely | 23 | 5-7 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |
| K. Malashka | 18 | 5-7 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| J. Grannum | 5 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| T. Scott | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 29-54 (.537) |
8-14 (.571) |
6-21 (.286) |
12-40 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 72 | |
Officials: Dawn Marsh, Jody Cantrell, Demoya Pugh
Attendance: 3,508