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North Texas 60 at UT Arlington 65
Saturday, December 2, 2017 - Arlington, Texas

POSTGAME NOTES

• UTA moves to 7-1 on the season, while North Texas falls to 4-5.
• Following a Thursday night game at Northern Iowa, UTA returns to College Park Center Saturday, Dec. 9 for a 7 p.m. (CST) tipoff against Florida Gulf Coast University. North Texas hosts Indiana State on Wednesday night.
• UTA's 7-1 start is the second-best in school history.
• UTA moves to a perfect 4-0 in College Park Center this season.
• Kevin Hervey grabbed 8 rebounds against North Texas, moving him into 8th on the UTA career rebound list with 698. He surpassed Jermain Griffin (695 from 2004-08) and John Reglin (700 from 1962-66).
• Kevin Hervey scored 23 points against North Texas, marking the 25th time he has eclipsed the 20 point barrier in his UTA career.
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• UTA shot just 19-36 from the free throw line for a season-low .528 percent. The previous low was .571 on 4-of-7 against UT Dallas. UTA entered the North Texas game ranked 1st in the Sun Belt in free throw percentage at .758.
• UTA moved to 7-1 when leading at halftime. The Mavs have only trailed at halftime once this season, their 95-90 come-from-behind victory at Niagara.
• North Texas outrebounded UTA 49-38, marking only the second time this season UTA has been outrebounded. The only other game in which its opponents registered more rebounds than UTA was the season opener against Loyola Marymount (29-39).
• The win marked UTA's second straight against Conference USA teams this season. The Mavericks knocked off Rice 69-49 earlier this week.