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Men's Basketball rallies for 70-66 win at No. 23/22 Purdue
11.09.2019 | Men's Basketball
Junior guard Matt Coleman III posts game-high 22 points and 7 assists in the victory.
FS1 post-game interview with Shaka Smart
WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana — Junior point guard Matt Coleman III tallied a game-high 22 points and 7 assists to pace The University of Texas Men's Basketball team (2-0) to a 70-66 win against No. 23/22 Purdue (1-1) on Saturday night at Mackey Arena. The Texas victory snapped Purdue's 18-game home court win streak, the fourth-longest streak in the nation entering the contest.
Sophomore forward Gerald Liddell made his first collegiate start and responded with a career-high 14 points (5-7 FG), 8 rebounds and 4 assists in 35 minutes. Junior guard Jase Febres posted 11 points (3-8 threes) and junior forward Jericho Sims added 10 points.
Trailing 62-57 at the 3:14 mark after a pair of free throws by Purdue's Eric Hunter Jr., the Longhorns closed the game on a 13-4 run. Coleman (2-2) and redshirt sophomore Andrew Jones (4-4) went a perfect 6-of-6 from the free throw line in the final 21 seconds to seal the win.
Texas Basketball Postgame Notes
Texas 70, #23/22 Purdue 66
November 9, 2019
Mackey Arena (West Lafayette, Indiana)
Attendance: 14,804 (sellout)
Team Notes
- Texas snapped Purdue's 18-game home court win streak, the fourth-longest streak in the nation entering the contest. Since the start of the 2017-18 season, the Boilermakers entered tonight's contest with a 32-1 mark at Mackey Arena (only previous loss was 64-63 to Ohio State in 2018).
- UT also snapped Purdue's 20-game non-conference home court win streak (last Purdue non-conference home loss was a 79-76 setback against defending NCAA Champion and No. 3 Villanova on Nov. 13, 2016)
- The Longhorns recorded their first win in a true road game against a ranked opponent since a 77-66 victory at No. 23/23 Oklahoma on Feb. 17, 2018.
- UT improved to 4-1 in the all-time series against Purdue.
- The Longhorns converted 53.3% (24-45) from the field in the victory, including a 40.9% clip (9-22) from three-point range, and knocked down 13-of-16 (.813) free throws.
- Purdue had held 28 of its last 33 opponents at home to under 70 points entering the contest.
- Texas posted a 16-7 advantage in fast-break points.
- Purdue held a 62-57 lead at the 3:14 mark. From that point on, Texas closed the game on a 13-4 run.
- UT went a perfect 6-of-6 from the free throw line in the final 21 seconds.
- Texas had 18 assists on 24 field goals made.
- Topped the 20-point mark (22 points) for the first time this year (2 games) and sixth time in his career (73 games)
- Reached double figures in scoring for the second time this year and 35th time in his career
- Tied his career high in 3-pointers made (4)
- Posted 7 assists against just 1 turnover in 39 minutes
- Reached double figures in scoring (11 points) for the first time this year (2 games) and 19th time in his career (70 games)
- Tied his career high in blocks (2)
- Set his career high in blocks (3), previous: 2, twice
- Tied his career high in minutes (14), previous: 14, twice
- Went 4-of-4 from the free throw line in the final 21 seconds
- Made his first collegiate start
- Set his career high in points (14), previous: 7 vs. Lipscomb (April 4, 2019)
- Reached double figures for the first time in his career (14 games)
- Set his career high in rebounds (8), previous: 3 vs. Colorado (March 27, 2019)
- Set a career high in assists (4), previous: 1, twice (had 2 all last year)
- Set a career high in field goals made (5-7), previous: 3 vs. Lipscomb (April 4, 2019)
- Set a career high in free throws made (3-5), previous: 0
- Set a career high in minutes (35), previous: 17 vs. Colorado (March 27, 2019)
- Reached double figures in scoring (10 points) for the first time this year (2 games) and ninth time in his career (71 games)
