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No. 5/6 Men's Basketball falls 88-80 at No. 9/8 Kansas
02.06.2023 | Men's Basketball
Carr leads the Longhorns with 29 points on Monday night in Lawrence.
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Graduate guard Marcus Carr recorded a game-high 29 points, but No. 5/6 Texas (19-5, 8-3 Big 12) fell 88-80 at No. 9/8 Kansas (19-5, 7-4 Big 12) on Monday night at Allen Fieldhouse. This marked UT's fourth-straight contest against an AP Top 11 opponent (including three road games), a first in program history, and the Longhorns completed the stretch with a 2-2 mark.
Carr converted 10-of-21 field goals, including 3-of-8 threes, and 6-of-7 free throws in 36 minutes. Super senior Timmy Allen posted 18 points while hitting 6-of-12 field goals and 6-of-8 free throws in 32 minutes. Graduate Sir'Jabari Rice added 12 points (5-13 FG) and five rebounds in 25 minutes, while freshman Dillon Mitchell grabbed a game-high nine rebounds in 22 minutes.
Kansas scored the game's first six points in the opening two minutes. After a Gradey Dick jumper gave the Jayhawks a 10-6 advantage at the 15:34 mark, the Longhorns used a 6-2 spurt to even the score at 12-12 following a Rice three-point play with 14:28 remaining.
A Christian Bishop layup trimmed the margin to 15-14 at the 12:52 mark, but Kansas responded with a 15-2 run over the next four minutes to increase its cushion to 30-16 after a Dick three-pointer with 8:54 left. The Longhorns answered with an 8-2 spurt over the next two-and-a-half minutes to narrow the gap to 32-24 following an Allen jumper at the 6:15 mark.
The Jayhawks extended their lead to 36-24 after a KJ Adams jumper with 4:36 remaining, but Texas scored five-straight points to cut the deficit to 36-27 following a pair of Carr free throws at the 3:45 mark. Kansas again increased their cushion to 42-30 after a Dick layup with 2:20 left, before the Longhorns scored the final five points of the half including a Carr three-pointer with 11 seconds remaining to trim the margin to 42-35 at the break.
Kansas opened the second half with a Dajuan Harris free throw, but Texas answered with an 8-0 run over the next two-and-a-half minutes to tie the score at 43-43 following a Carr jumper with 17:17 left. After another Carr jumper pulled the Longhorns to within 52-50 at the 13:27 mark, the Jayhawks used a 6-0 spurt to build a 58-50 cushion following a Harris layup with 12:15 remaining.
Texas trimmed the deficit to 66-60 after a Tyrese Hunter layup at the 6:06 mark, before Kansas answered with seven-straight points to take a 73-60 advantage following a pair of Dick free throws with 3:54 remaining. The Longhorns managed to cut the lead to six points (86-80) after a Carr three-point play with 23 seconds left, but that was as close as UT could get down the stretch.
Texas returns to the court on Saturday, Feb. 11 when it hosts West Virginia. Tip is set for 11 a.m. Central at Moody Center, and the game will be televised nationally by ESPN2.
Texas Basketball Postgame Notes
#9/8 Kansas 88, #5/6 Texas 80
February 6, 2023
Allen Fieldhouse (Lawrence, Kan.)
Attendance: 16,300
Team Notes
- UT fell to 12-4 under the leadership of Interim Head Coach Rodney Terry this season.
- UT's 19-5 record marks its best 24-game start since the 2010-11 season (21-3).
- Tonight's contest marked UT's fourth-consecutive game against an AP Top 11 opponent, with three of the four games coming on the road. This marked a first in UT program history.
- The four-game stretch included matchups at No. 4 Tennessee (lost 82-71), home against No. 11 Baylor (won 76-71), at No. 7 K-State (won 69-66) and at No. 9 Kansas (lost 88-80).
- The Longhorns held Jalen Wilson (KU's leading scorer) to just two points (1-7 FG, 0-1 threes) and three turnovers in 27 minutes played. Wilson entered the game averaging 21.5 ppg.
- Texas trailed by as much as 14 points (30-16) at the 8:54 mark of the first half before rallying to tie the game at 43-43 with 17:17 left in the contest.
- Reached double figures in scoring (18 points) for the 15th time this year (24 games) and 108th time in his career (143 games)
- Registered a team-best plus-minus total of plus-7 in 32 minutes played
- Topped the 20-point mark (game-high 29 points) for the fifth time in Big 12 play (11 games), seventh time this season (24 games) and 32nd time in his career (150 games)
- The 29 points marked his top scoring output in a Big 12 game this season, topping his previous mark of 27 against K-State on Jan. 3
- Reached double figures in scoring for the 21st time this year and 106th time in his career
- Grabbed a game-high nine rebounds in 22 minutes played
- Reached double figures in scoring (12 points) for the 14th time this season (24 games) and 72nd time in his career (135 games)
