The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
10-20 (4-13B12)
Texas Tech
18-12 (6-11B12)
| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 29 | 28 | 57 |
| Texas Tech | 34 | 33 | 67 |
Men's Basketball falls at Texas Tech, 67-57
03.01.2017 | Men's Basketball
Young posts career-high 14 points, while Allen records his 12th double-double of the year.
LUBBOCK, Texas – Freshman guard Jacob Young registered a career-high 14 points on 4-of-9 shooting from beyond the arc, but the Longhorns dropped their final true road game of the season to Texas Tech, 67-57, at United Supermarkets Arena on Wednesday night. Senior forward Shaquille Cleare led the Longhorns with a team-high 15 points on 7-of-8 shooting from the field.
Freshman forward Jarrett Allen recorded his 12th double-double of the season with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Texas (10-20, 4-13 Big 12) logged 17 assists on 23 made field goals on the night.
Texas Tech (18-12, 6-11 Big 12) was led by Keenan Evans, who scored 10 of his game-high 18 points from the free throw line. The Red Raiders finished the game shooting 48-percent (24-of-50) from the field and 78.9-percent (15-of-19) from the charity stripe.
Cleare scored Texas' first six points of the game, giving the Longhorns a 6-4 lead at the 16:15 mark. After holding the Red Raiders without a field goal for nearly five minutes, an alley-oop dunk by Allen and a subsequent three from Young pushed Texas ahead, 22-21, with 6:04 remaining.
The teams traded 3-pointers to end the first half. Tech's Aaron Ross drained a shot from deep as time was winding down, but Young hit a buzzer-beater from well behind the arc to cut the lead to 34-29 going into halftime.
The Red Raiders scored the first six points of the half and built a 40-29 cushion, forcing Texas to take an early timeout at the 18-minute mark. Tech extended its lead to 48-31 with 15:49 left after a Zach Smith dunk, forcing the Longhorns to take another timeout.
Texas trimmed the lead to 52-43 after a pair of free throws from Kerwin Roach Jr. with 10:40 to go. Following a Yancy layup at the 7:29 mark which cut the deficit to 56-46, the Longhorns were held scoreless over the next four minutes.
Young converted his career-best fourth 3-pointer to trim the gap to 62-53 with 1:56 remaining, but that was as close as the Longhorns would get the rest of the way.
Texas hosts No. 11/11 Baylor to conclude the regular season on Saturday, March 4, presented by Direct Energy. Tip is set for 3 p.m. CT at the Frank Erwin Center, and the game will be televised nationally on ESPN. Fans are encourage to be in their seats by 2:40 p.m. for a special pre-game ceremony recognizing the UT seniors.
Texas Basketball Postgame Notes
Texas Tech 67, Texas 57
March 1, 2017
Lubbock, Texas (United Supermarkets Arena)
Attendance: 12,643
Team Notes
- Texas dropped to 84-56 in the all-time series against Texas Tech. The Longhorns are 39-7 against the Red Raiders since the Big 12 began in 1996-97. UT has still won 16 of the last 19 and 22 of the last 26 meetings against Texas Tech.
- Texas Tech converted 15-of-19 (.789) free throws, while the Longhorns hit 6-of-12 from the line.
- UT had 17 assists against just 9 turnovers on the night. The 17 assists were the most for the Longhorns since they had 17 at TCU (Feb. 4).
- Recorded a double-double (10 points, 11 rebounds) for the 12th time this season (30 games), including the eighth time in Big 12 play (17 games).
- Reached double figures in scoring for the 23rd time this season and 16th time in Big 12 play (17 games).
- Reached double figures in rebounds for the 13th time this year.
- Reached double figures in scoring (15 points) for the 12th time this year (30 games) and 14th time in his UT career (63 games).
- Recorded a season high in assists (5) without commiting a turnover in 30 minutes. Previous: 2 vs. UAB (Dec. 21).
- Set his career high in steals (5). Previous: 4 vs. Incarnate Word on Nov. 11, 2016.
- Reached double figures in scoring (14 points) for the third time this year (30 games) and first time since he had 11 points vs. Alabama on Dec. 2
- Set his season high in points. Previous high: 11 vs. Alabama (Dec. 2).
- Set his season high in 3-pointers made (4). Previous high: 3 vs. Alabama (Dec. 2).
Texas Postgame Quotes
Texas Tech vs. Texas – March 1, 2017
HEAD COACH SHAKA SMART
On Jacob Young's play …
"He has had some stretches this year, but I think he gave us something we needed. If our whole team played with the same energy he had, maybe the result would've been different. Texas Tech deserves a lot of credit, but he's been working really hard. I think his brother gave him some advice a few games ago and said 'Hey, you just have to work hard. You've got to do more.' This afternoon, he was in the weight room lifting. He is always trying to get extra shots, and it paid off today."
On Texas Tech's energy in the second half …
"I thought that was the difference in the game. The first four or five minutes of the second half, we had to use two timeouts. We had a couple possessions really early in the second half where they made some tough shots, but we can't let that deflate us. We've got to keep attacking. Then, they had some possessions where we allowed them to make some easier shots. I believe it was a 14-2 run. Now, we were down 17. When you are on a team's home floor, that's a heck of a hole. Our guys did a pretty good job at times fighting back from there, but that's a big whole."
On the team's preseason expectations versus present status …
"It's more disappointing than anything. I've not really been through a season like this, so I'm just trying to stay focused on helping our guys grow and trying to help them be in a good place. Anytime a team goes through a tough season like this, it's hard on the guys on the team as well. There is a certain set of things that go into winning that we have to get better at. That's on all of us as members of the team. It starts with me as the head coach. To answer the question, it's disappointing. You focus on one game, and tonight you try to come in and get a win. I think when the season gets done you can really reflect on the whole thing. There is going to need to be a lot of reflection that's for sure."
On Jacob Young's season for the Longhorns …
"He's a really good shooter, and he's a really good competitor. Those are probably the biggest things we liked when recruiting him. He's not unlike most freshmen that shoot the ball well in high school and then don't shoot as well their freshman year. I'm not saying that's what we expected, and he is very hard on himself. What he was able to do tonight is what we really need to help him do moving forward. What he needs to focus on is being in attack mode, being aggressive and not worrying too much. The crowd was getting onto him, and he kept playing. He stayed aggressive. He didn't make every shot. He didn't make every play the right way, but he did a lot of good things."
On Jarrett Allen's competitiveness …
"He is more competitive than you might think just in seeing him in terms of his personality. He's got a laidback personality. He likes to compete. I think what he's learning at this level is about the physicality. I think Tech did a really god job tonight. We had 28 post-touches in the first game, the game at our place. Tonight, you could see that was a real point of emphasis for Texas Tech, to not allow the ball inside as easily. Playing against older, stronger guys, that's been an adjustment for him. He is way better at in than he was at the beginning of the year. I think he's just developing in that area. He's not where he is going to be, but he's made a lot of strides."
On how close the team is to the type of team Coach Smart wants to be …
"Obviously, we are a long way away in terms of our record. I think if it is possible to be close and be a long way away, that's what we are. This has happened to us in a lot of games where we've played decently well for good stretches of the game – or even maybe the majority of the game – but we've had a stretch of four to six minutes that really hurts us. In a game that is 40 minutes, it all matters. I think hopefully we've been able to internalize this lesson of 'Every second matters, every possession matters, every play, every pass matters.' There was a play that we came out of a timeout tonight, and we had diagrammed a pretty simple play to get the ball inside. We came out of the timeout and just didn't execute. I think, again, part of my job is getting guys to understand that those things aren't acceptable. We have to get that play right. That doesn't mean we have to score but – your question – we've got a chance if our guys can make a lot of strides to be much better long-term. It doesn't just happen, you have to do what goes into making that happen."
