The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Postgame Notes - Texas at TCU
02.19.2013 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 19, 2013
Texas 68, TCU 59
Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
Fort Worth, Texas - Daniel-Meyer Coliseum
Attendance: 5,451
Updated Texas Record
2012-13: 12-14 (4-9 Big 12, 1-7 away)
- Series: Texas now holds a 101-62 advantage in the all-time seri­es with TCU. UT has won six straight and 10 of the last 11 meetings.
- Starters: Myck Kabongo, Demarcus Holland, Ioannis Papapetrou, Jonathan Holmes and Connor Lammert started on Tuesday. It is the third time this starting lineup has been used this season (2-1 record). Texas has had 10 different starting lineups in 26 games.
- Cutting Down on the Mistakes: Texas set a team season low in turnovers (nine). The previous low was 10 vs. Texas Tech (Jan. 26).
- Spreading the Wealth: UT had six different players (Papapetrou, Kabongo, Ridley, Lammert, Lewis and Felix) record its first six made field goals en route to grabbing a 16-8 lead by the 11:38 mark of the first half.
- Hot Shooting: The Horns hit 59.1% (13-of-22) from the floor in the opening 20 minutes. For the game, UT converted 50.0% (24-of-48) from the floor. Texas improved to 4-0 this year when converting at least 50% of its field goal attempts.
- Ioannis Papapetrou reached double figures in scoring (15 points) for the 12th time this season ... set a career high in three-point field goals made (4-of-8) ... previous high was 3 vs. UT Arlington (Dec. 1) ... tied a career high in field goals made (5-of-11) and blocks (two).
- Connor Lammert reached double figures in scoring (13 points) for the third time this year and second time in the last three games (14 vs. Iowa State last Wednesday) ... set a career high in minutes (32) and free throws made (3-of-3).
- Myck Kabongo reached double figures in scoring (12 points) for the third time this season (in three games played) and the 21st time of his career (37 games).
