Women's basketball falls at home to North Texas, 76-61

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From SMUMustangs.com:

SMU Falls To North Texas

DALLAS (SMU)— The SMU women's basketball team fell to North Texas 76-61 on Wednesday night in Moody Coliseum.

Tiara Young led SMU (8-9; 2-4 American Athletic Conference) with 16 points. The graduate guard grabbed six rebounds and tied her season-high with three steals. Reagan Bradley scored 13 points, passed out three assists, and recorded two steals. Tamia Jones tallied nine points and added five assists, a rebound, and a steal. Amirah Abdur-Rahim finished with eight points and seven boards. The senior forward passed out two assists and blocked three shots.

Jiya Perry scored five points and added an assist, block, and steal, while Maya Chandler finished with five points. Donavia Hall chipped in four points, one rebound, and an assist.

A jumper from Young halted a 10-0 run from North Texas to start the game. Jones knocked down a jumper and triple in two straight possessions, followed by both teams trading 6-0 runs to finish the quarter with the Mustangs trailing 21-15.

Jones assisted Abdur-Rahim, who finished two buckets to cut the deficit to four with two minutes left in the second. The Mean Green closed the quarter with back-to-back buckets to lead 37-29 at the half.

UNT led 53-38 heading into the final quarter after outscoring SMU 17-9 in the third. A bucket from Bradley and a three-pointer from Jones cut the Mustang's deficit to 12 to start the fourth. North Texas used eight unanswered in the last half of the quarter to create further separation and seal the victory.

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NOTES
Starters vs UNT: #0 Tamia Jones, #13 Reagan Bradley, #1 Tiara Young, #10 Maya Chandler, #23 Amirah Abdur-Rahim
Fifth time with this starting lineup, 2-3 record with this lineup
SMU blocked more shots than its opponent for the ninth time this season
SMU tallied more steals than its opponent for the 11th time this season. SMU has tallied eight plus steals in nine out of the last 10 games and 12 times total
The Mustangs turned in 10 plus steals for the fifth time this season
SERIES HISTORY
Wednesday was the 53rd meeting between SMU and North Texas. SMU leads the all-time series 33-20 dating back to 1977. UNT is SMU's fourth most common opponent
ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Tamia Jones (#0, Sr., G)
9 points, 5 assists, 1 rebound, 1 steal
Passed out 5+ assists for the ninth time this season
Tiara Young (#1 Gr., G)
16 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals
Scored double-digit points for the 15th time in 17 games
Tied season-high three steals
Grabbed five plus rebounds for the 11th time this season
Reagan Bradley (#13, Gr., G)
13 points, 3 assists, 1 block, 2 steals
Made her 102nd start at SMU
Scored double-digit points for the 10th time this season and fifth consecutive game
Scored 12+ points for the fifth game in a row
Amirah Abdur-Rahim (#23, Sr., F)
8 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 blocks, 1 steal
Blocked three plus shots for the sixth time this season