Perry scores 21, North Texas downs UTSA 63-59

Led by Tylor Perry’s 21 points, the North Texas Mean Green defeated the UTSA Roadrunners 63-59 on Thursday night. The Mean Green moved to 17-5 with the victory and the 

DENTON, Texas (AP) — Tylor Perry scored 12 of his 21 points in the second half and North Texas’ 63-59 victory over UTSA on Thursday night.

Perry was 6 of 11 shooting, including 5 for 8 from distance, and went 4 for 4 from the line for the Mean Green (17-5, 8-3 Conference USA). Abou Ousmane added 13 points while shooting 6 of 9 from the field and 1 for 3 from the line, and he also had 10 rebounds.

The Roadrunners (7-15, 1-10) were led in scoring by Jacob Germany, who finished with 15 points and seven rebounds. John Buggs III added 13 points for UTSA. DJ Richards also had 12 points.

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Both teams next play Saturday. North Texas hosts UTEP while UTSA hosts Louisiana Tech.

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.