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Friday 11.30.2012
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Sun Belt
Series
Part II: Women's
basketball team
Tyler Owens
Senior Staff Writer
As UNT prepares for its leap
to Conference USA next year, the
Mean Green women's basketball
Opponent
team is trying to post its first
winning season since 2006.
Through 13 years as a member
of the Sun Belt Conference, the
Mean Green, which has a 160-202
overall record as a member, has
had its fair share of ups and
downs.
In that time span, UNT has
posted a winning record only
three times, all under former head
coach Tina Slinker.
Since Slinker's last season in
2008, the Mean Green has gone
41-88 under Shanice Stephens,
Karen Aston and current head
coach Mike Petersen, who has
coached only six games with the
team.
The team acknowledges that
it has not performed as well as
it should have during its time in
the Sun Belt, but has seen recent
improvement under Aston and
Petersen.
"We haven't done very well,
but we're improving a lot, and I
think we're going to do better this
year," junior forward Ash'Lynne
Evans said.
Petersen said that he prepares
his team to compete, no matter
how well it has performed in
the past.
"Whether you win or not is a
whole different deal, but if your
goals aren't to compete at the top
of whatever league you're in, I
think you're cheating your team,"
he said.
With the team moving confer-
ences, the players feel like other
teams will try harder to defeat
them than they normally would
if they were staying in conference.
"I think we haven't done as
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UNT's
Record
10-7
against South
Alabama
4-15
against
Arkansas State
3-11
against Middle
Tennessee State
2-5
against Florida
Atlantic
Key Stat
In 2003, UNT notched
a 74-67 overtime
win over the Jaguars.
Forward Angel Lewis
had a double-double in
the game.
ASU handed UNT
overtime losses twice in
the last two seasons.
MTSU scored 119
points in a UNT
68-point loss in 2010.
he 119 points are the
most ever given up by
a UNT team.
The Owls defeated
the Mean Green 56-
55 in quarterfinals of
2012 SBC tournament
with a second half
comeback.
Graphic ByTherese Mendez/Design Editor
"...but if your goals aren't to compete
at the top oj whatever league you re in,
I think you re cheating your team."
-Mike Petersen, women's head coach
well as we could [during our time
in the SBC], and this year we're
going to have a target on our
backs because we're leaving,"
junior guard Laura McCoy said.
"Of course, every year we go out
there to win, and that's our goal
this year too."
Part of the idea behind moving
to C-USA is that the team will be
able to play teams such as Tulsa,
Rice and Texas-San Antonio,
which are regionally close to UNT.
"It gives us really good regional
rivalries," Petersen said. "It makes
sense for our university, region-
ally, to have those kinds of rival-
ries for not just our fans, but our
players. So it will be good for us
from that standpoint."
McCoy, Evans and junior guard
Desiree Nelson said that while the
team's record has not been impres-
sive, they want fans to remember
its physical and mental effort and
respectfulness to their coaches
and other players during its time
in the Sun Belt.
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