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No. 9/7 Men's Basketball falls 75-73 at No. 22/22 TCU
03.02.2023 | Men's Basketball
Rice leads the Longhorns with a team-high 16 points on Wednesday night in Fort Worth.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Graduate guard Sir'Jabari Rice recorded a team-high 16 points, but No. 9/7 Texas (22-8, 11-6 Big 12) dropped a 75-73 decision at No. 22/22 TCU (20-10, 9-8 Big 12) on Wednesday night in Schollmaier Arena. This marked the first time all season that the Longhorns have lost consecutive games.
Rice converted 3-of-6 three-point field goals and added four assists without a turnover in 31 minutes. Sophomore Tyrese Hunter posted 15 points while converting 5-of-10 field goals, including 2-of-4 from three-point range, and 3-of-3 free throws in 30 minutes. Graduate Marcus Carr tallied 10 points and three assists in 32 minutes, and senior Dylan Disu added 10 points (6-6 FT), five rebounds and three blocks in 20 minutes.
TCU jumped out to a 12-5 advantage following a Damion Baugh three-pointer with 16:03 remaining. The Longhorns closed to within 12-10 after a Rice three-pointer at the 14:09 mark, before the Horned Frogs responded with a 6-0 spurt over the next 90 seconds to build an 18-10 cushion following a Jakobe Coles jumper with 12:34 left.
An Eddie Lampkin layup gave TCU a 25-17 lead at the 10:06 mark, before Texas used a 5-0 spurt to trim the deficit to 25-22 after another Rice three-pointer with 8:50 remaining. TCU answered with seven-straight points to build a 32-22 advantage following a Xavier Cork layup at the 6:31 mark. A Christian Bishop dunk brought Texas to within 36-28 with 4:42 left, but the Horned Frogs went on an 8-0 run over the next three minutes to increase their cushion to 44-28 after a pair of Baugh free throws at the 1:33 mark. The Longhorns scored the final four points of the half to pull to within 44-32 at the break.
TCU increased the lead to 49-36 following an Emanuel Miller three-point play with 16:46 remaining. The Longhorns used a 13-2 run over the next five minutes to trim the margin to 51-46 after an Arterio Morris three-pointer at the 11:50 mark. The Horned Frogs pushed their advantage to 63-51 following a pair of Miller free throws with 7:03 left.
After another Miller free throw gave TCU a 64-54 cushion at the 6:15 mark, the Longhorns used a 6-1 spurt over the next 90 seconds to close to within 65-60 following a pair of Brock Cunningham free throws with 4:27 remaining. A pair of Miller free throws increased TCU's lead to 69-60 at the 2:44 mark, before Texas went on an 8-2 run to trim the deficit to 71-68 after a Hunter three-pointer with 1:02 left. The Longhorns could not get any closer until a Rice three-pointer at the buzzer made the final score 75-73.
Texas returns to the court on Saturday, March 4 when it hosts No. 3/3 Kansas. Tip is set for 3 p.m. Central at Moody Center, and the game will be televised nationally by ESPN.
Texas Basketball Postgame Notes
#22/22 TCU 75, #9/7 Texas 73
March 1, 2023
Schollmaier Arena (Fort Worth, Texas)
Attendance: 8,194
Team Notes
- UT is 15-7 under the leadership of Interim Head Coach Rodney Terry this season.
- This marks the first time all season that the Longhorns have dropped back-to-back games.
- The Longhorns trailed by as much as 16 points (44-28) at the 1:33 mark of the first half. Texas also trailed 63-51 with 7:03 remaining in the contest before trimming the deficit to three points (71-68) at the 1:02 mark.
- Texas limited TCU to 31 points on 29.6-percent (8-27) shooting from the floor, including a 1-of-5 (.200) mark from three-point range, in the second half.
- UT tallied 19 assists on 25 made field goals against 11 turnovers on the night.
- The Longhorns forced 22 TCU turnovers and registered a 27-7 advantage in points off turnovers. Texas has now forced at least 15 turnovers in 22 of its first 30 games.
- Reached double figures in scoring (10 points) for the 27th time this year (30 games) and 112th time in his career (156 games)
- Reached double figures in scoring (10 points) for the 12th time this year (29 games) and 41st time in his career (104 games)
- Set a season high in free throws made (6-6), previous: 3 vs. Baylor (Jan. 30)
- Reached double figures in scoring (15 points) for the 16th time this season (30 games) and 36th time in his career (65 games)
- Reached double figures in scoring (team-high 16 points) for the 19th time this season (30 games) and 77th time in his career (141 games)
- Added four assists (one shy of his season high) without a turnover in 31 minutes
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