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UNT center Masters leaves team

02/19/2003

By Tim MacMahon / Staff Writer

Center Unjel Masters left the North Texas men’s basketball team for personal reasons, coach Johnny Jones announced Tuesday.

Masters, a 6-9 junior from South Oak Cliff, played in the first 21 games of the season, making nine starts. He suited up but did not play Feb. 8 against Western Kentucky and did not make the trip Feb. 13 to Denver.

Jones said Masters, who averaged 3.1 points and 2.8 rebounds per game this season, told him that he thought he could best deal with his personal problems by quitting basketball.

"We granted his wishes and hope that he finishes the semester and concentrates on his studies," Jones said, adding that there is no chance that Masters will rejoin the program.

7-DAY SCHEDULE

SATURDAY: South Alabama at men’s basketball, 7 p.m.; women’s basketball at South Alabama, 7 p.m.; indoor track and field at Sooner Indoor Invitational; women’s tennis at Stephen F. Austin, 9:30 a.m.; women’s tennis vs. Tyler Junior College, 2:30 a.m.

MONDAY:

Men’s golf at UTSA Intercollegiate

TUESDAY:

Men’s golf at UTSA Intercollegiate