Nᴏʀᴛʜ ᴛᴇxᴀs ʟᴏsᴇs ᴀ ɴᴀɪʟ ʙɪᴛᴇʀ 58-65 ᴛᴏ ғɪᴜ.
For North Texas 𝘼𝙉𝙄𝙎𝙃𝘼 𝙂𝙀𝙊𝙍𝙂𝙀 (St. Croix, USVI) finished with 11 points and 8 rebounds and a blocked shot. North Texas rallied from a slow start against FIU to take a second-half lead but missed two shots in the final 10 seconds to fall 58-56 to the Golden Panthers at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center Thursday.
North Texas will look to even its Conference USA record Saturday when the Mean Green travel to play FAU in Boca Raton at 1 p.m.