Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Roosevelt Smart scored 29 — including North Texas' last 15 points — to send the Mean Green past UTEP 63-62 Thursday night in a Conference USA opener for both teams.
Smart and UTEP's Keith Frazier got into a shootout late when Frazier made a 3 to tie it at 56 with 2:25 left. Smart countered with a 3 and a jumper with 23 seconds to go for a 61-56 lead.
North Texas (8-6) took a timeout, and out of it, Frazier buried another 3 to narrow the deficit to two. Evan Gilyard immediately fouled Smart who went to the free-throw line and made a pair for a 63-59 cushion. Frazier missed his 3 attempt but gathered his own rebound to convert another 3-pointer to end the game.
Smart shot 9 of 13 from the field, including 3 of 5 from 3-point range. Frazier, a reserve, led UTEP (5-8) with 13 points.
Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
