The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Postgame Notes
11.29.2009 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 29, 2009
#3/3 Texas 77, Rice 59
POSTGAME NOTES
November 30, 2009
Tudor Fieldhouse - Houston, Texas
TEAM
- Started the season 5-0 for the fourth time in the last eight years
- Scored 70 or more points in each of the first five games of the season for the first time since the 2004-05 season
- Improved to 133-59 all-time against Rice, including winning 12 of the last 13 and 27 of the last 32
- Improved to 56-33 against the Owls in games played on the Rice campus
- Opened the season with five wins by double-digit margins for just the fourth time in school history (1915-16, 1921-22, 2007-08), with two in the last three years
- Texas improved to 94-11 (.895) against in-state foes during the Rick Barnes era
- Texas held Rice to .397 shooting from the field, improving to 170-17 (.909) in the Rick Barnes era when accomplishing the feat
Dogus Balbay
- Logged a career-high nine rebounds, topping the eight he had on two prior occasions, including the Pittsburgh game this season
- Totaled 17 rebounds in the last two games, his highest total in consecutive games topping the 12 rebounds he registered against Oklahoma and Texas Tech last season (Feb. 21 and 25, 2009)
Avery Bradley
- Logged a career-high four assists, topping the two he had on two prior occasions
J'Covan Brown
- Wearing #50 for the remainder of the season in honor of Varez Ward
- Logged a career-high with 15 points, topping the 14 points he scored against Iowa
- Reached double figures in scoring for the fifth time in his career
- Logged a career-high four assists, topping the two he had on two prior occasions
- Logged a career-high five rebounds, topping the three he posted against Western Carolina
- Played a career-high 31 minutes, topping the 23 minutes of action he saw against Pittsburgh
Jordan Hamilton
- Reached double figures in scoring (11 points) for the third time in his career
Damion James
- Ended the game with 1,383 points to pass Larry Robinson (1,377 - 1972-74) for 16th place on the UT career scoring list
- Ended the game with 1,019 rebounds to pass Nebraska's Aleks Maric (1,015 - 2005-08) for fifth place on the Big 12 Conference career rebounding list
Dexter Pittman
- Equaled a season-high with 21 points, tying the total he posted against UC Irvine
- Reached double figures in scoring for the fourth time this season and the 22nd time in 105 career games
- Scored 20 or more points for the second time this season and the fifth time in his career
- Logged a season-high nine rebounds, topping the eight he grabbed against Iowa
- Equaled a season-high with three blocks, tying the total he posted on two prior occasions
- Played a season-high 26 minutes, topping the 22 minutes of action he saw against Iowa
- Shot over .875 from the field, the third time this season he shot over .750 from the field in a game (min. 5 made FG)