UNT basketball banking on key players

Learn more about these players from NTNewsNet Reporter Aaron Zapata. Click here to see the video.

Josh White- 5′10″- Point Guard- Junior- Baton Rouge, LA.

White is averaging 35 minutes a game, 16.9 points per game, and 3 rebounds. He is shooting 52 percent from the floor, including 45 percent from three-point range. White is one best free throw shooters in the nation.

Last year, he ranked second in the NCAA at 91.6 percent. This year, White is shooting 86 percent from the line. He’s made 102 three-point field goals in his career, just the 12th player in UNT history to reach 100. Averages 20 points per game against Big 12 competition, highlighted by his team high 28 vs. the University of Texas in 2007. White was a Preseason Second Team All Sun Belt Selection for this season.

Eric Tramiel- 6′7″- Forward- Senior- Shreveport, LA

Eric came to Denton after spending two years at Paris Junior College. Though he wasn’t a starter at the beginning of last season, he quickly exploded on the scene for the Mean Green. After New Year’s last year, Tramiel averaged 14.3 points per game, grabbed just under 8 rebounds per game, and shot 59 percent from the floor which led all Sun Belt Conference newcomers.

Tramiel has picked up where he left off from last year. He is averaging 12.6 points per game on 50 percent shooting from the floor and five rebounds per game. Tramiel’s play has earned him Preseason First Team All Sun Belt Conference honors.