Combs Has 5th Double-Double, North Texas Beats Rice 85-74
North Texas trailed only once.
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North Texas trailed only once.
The Aggies (13-2, 3-0 SEC) can point to experience for the victory.
The Cowboys cut an eight-point lead to 3 with 9:18 left in the first half.
Jordan Tolbert tipped in Nic Moore's missed shot for the go-ahead score with 28 seconds, rallying the Mustangs from a seven-point deficit to beat Cincinnati by a score of 59-57 on Thursday night.
Devin Cosper scored a career-high 18 points as Arkansas won for the first time against former coach Gary Blair with a 67-61 victory over the Texas A&M women's team on Thursday night.
Kitija Laksa scored a career-high 38 points and No. 22 South Florida crushed SMU 83-56 on Thursday. SMU (6-9, 1-3) was led by McKenzie Adams with 20 points.
Erick Neal scored five of his 13 points in the final three minutes and Texas-Arlington pulled away and beat Appalachian State 71-67 on Thursday night for its seventh-straight victory.
SMU junior guard Keith Frazier is still away from the undefeated Mustangs, working through personal issues with the support of coach Larry Brown and the school's basketball program.
Kaylon Williams scored 18 points with 10 rebounds, and McKenna Treece scored all seven of her points in the fourth quarter, to help Oklahoma rally past TCU by a score of 78-65 on Wednesday night.
The Longhorns, facing Iowa State again with a 13-0 mark, routed the Cyclones by a score of 75-54 on Wednesday, and now have their best start since they were undefeated NCAA champions in 1986.
