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North Texas battled to a 10-point lead in the first half before the Jaguars cut the deficit down to one point at 34-33 with 3:19 left in the period. She led the team with nine assists and also had a team-high six steals in the game. Medlock, a newcomer who transferred to North Texas from Arkansas-Fort Smith, finished one assist shy of notching a triple double in her first game in an NT uniform.

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In 26 minutes she also had 4 of the team's 16 steals.ДЄrmstrong shot eight of 20 from the floor and dropped in two of four free throws. Senior forward Kim Blanton also finished with 19 points while Medlock, a junior transfer, finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds.Д«lanton, one of two seniors on the team this season, connected on seven of 13 field goals and also hit five of seven free throw attempts. The Mean Green was the only team to pin Louisiana-Lafayette with a home loss all of last season.DENTON (11/6/03) - Sophomore Jamie Armstrong and junior transfer Jill Medlock recorded double-doubles to lead the North Texas women's basketball team to an 88-73 win over the Houston Jaguars in an exhibition game Thursday night at the Super Pit.ДЄrmstrong shared team-high scoring honors with 19 points to go along with her team-leading 13 rebounds. North Texas now returns to the road for a 1 p.m. Karisse Baker was the only other Middle Tennessee player to post double-figure kills, finishing with 10. KeKe Deckard led the Lady Raiders with 23 kills and 15 digs. The Mean Green opened Sun Belt Conference play with a victory for the third consecutive season. North Texas snapped a two-match skid with the victory and improved to 4-1 at home this year. 'As the game went on, our players saw that they could have some success in the middle of the court and did a good job adjusting.' 'Obviously, Kristin did a nice job tonight,' said Headrick. Middle blocker Brittney Gregory recorded 12 kills and a team-best three block solos.

Sheppard narrowly missed her second triple-double of the season with eight kills as well. Ruskowski finished with 12 kills and 14 digs, while Sheppard recorded a match-high 50 assists and 17 digs. The Mean Green recorded four of its 10 blocks in the final game, which saw North Texas rally from a 29-30 score for the win.ДЄlong with Marginas, Jill Ruskowski and Kristin Sheppard each posted a double-double. Marginas and Anne Pope, who recorded a season-high 15 kills for the entire match, each had five kills in game three as North Texas rolled to an eight-point victory. 023 in the second game, NT had the scored tied at 26-26 before the Lady Raiders scored three of the last four points to claim its only win. With the score tied 15-15, the Mean Green went on a 5-0 run and didnвЂ™t relinquish the lead the remainder of the game. North Texas posted its best hitting percentage in game one at. Our goal is to get to the conference tournament, so every match is important and this team knows that.' 'Our players were excited to start conference play and excited to be home. 'We came into this match focused,' said North Texas head coach Cassie Headrick.

North Texas also topped MTSU in assists and digs with 62 and 82, respectively. 130 and piled up 67 kills, 13 more than Middle Tennessee. DENTON (9/26/03) - Four North Texas players recorded double-figure kills to lead the Mean Green volleyball team (10-8, 1-0) past Middle Tennessee (7-9, 0-1) 3-1 (30-24, 27-30, 30-22, 32-30) Friday night at the Snake Pit in its first Sun Belt Conference match of the season.Д¬orina Marginas tallied a team-high 19 kills and 16 digs to pace the North Texas attack.

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