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North Texas beats Texas-Arlington 101-99 in 2 OTs

Provided by Written on November 18, 2009

ARLINGTON, Texas(AP) — Josh White scored a career-high 35 points
and North Texas edged Texas-Arlington 101-99 in double overtime
Wednesday night.

The Mean Green (2-0) scored the first five points of the second
overtime to take a 99-94 lead then held off the Mavericks (1-1),
who had won the previous five meetings.

Marquez Haynes led Arlington with 29 points and Brandon Long,
who missed a free throw that would of given the Mavericks the
lead with 3.3 seconds left in the first overtime, added 28.

After a Haynes layup pulled Arlington to within 100-99, Shannon
Shorter hit a free throw with 12 seconds remaining for the final
point. A jumper by Long rattled out in the closing seconds.

Sixty-three fouls were called and the teams attempted 87 free
throws combined. North Texas was 44 of 57 and Arlington was 22
of 30.

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