January 17 at Frank Erwin Center in Austin, TX
Longhorn Network
Texas Tech lost at Texas for the 22nd consecutive time on Wednesday, allowing Kerwin Roach to score 20 points off the bench in a 67-58 defeat.
The last Red Raider victory at the Frank Erwin Center came in February, 1996 when both teams were a member of the Southwest Conference. A month later, that Texas Tech team was 30-1 (!) and on a 23-game winning streak heading into an eventual loss in the Sweet 16 to No. 2 seed Georgetown (!), who lost to top seed Massachusetts (!) in the Elite 8. THAT'S how long ago was the last Tech win in Austin.
The streak continued because Texas played really well in the second half offensively - 11-for-19 from the field - and Mo Bamba led a strong defensive effort overall. The visitors shot just 38% from the field and Bamba not only blocked five shots (he averaged 4.5 coming in, second nationally to Marshall's Ajdin Penava), but changed the way Tech ran its offense. A handful of times Texas Tech guards drove into the paint, saw Bamba, and then just left the paint to try something else.
The great defensive big men like the freshman Bamba do two things: (1) block shots; (2) make you alter/restart possessions.
And Bamba also contributed 15 points and 11 rebounds for Texas, which evened its Big 12 record at 3-3. The Longhorns' three league losses have come by a combined 16 points.
Each bench made an impact as Tech got huge contributions from Jarrett Culver (16 points, nine rebounds) and Brandone Francis (13 points, 3-of-6 on 3-pointers), though those two equaled the point total of the five starters.
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Games 442-443: Sunday doubleheader
443 - Texas women at Tennessee
December 10 at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, TN
SEC Network
* Associated Press No. 11 Tennessee is now 10-0 after an 82-75 win over the second-ranked Longhorns. Tennessee struggled from three (2-of-13), so instead attacked the rim with post players Jaime Nared (game-high 23 points) and Mercedes Russell (15 points 7-of-13 shooting) leading the way. During an excellent fourth quarter in which the Vols made nine of their 13 shots (the visitors were 11-of-16), all 34 points came either in the paint on lay-ins (18) or at the free-throw line after penetration (16).
* For the second time in as many Texas games at 200 Game Season Brooke McCarty struggled. The talented senior guard was 2-of-15 from the field and scored just eight points Sunday. Not coincidentally, Texas lost both games.
It was the Longhorns' first loss after starting the year 7-0.
* Some basketball phrases/nonsense:
"verticality"
"sluggo route"
"taken a turn toward the chippy side"
442 - Western Kentucky at Ohio
December 10 at Convocation Center in Athens, OH
espn3.com
"run out" (4)
"that was a man-sized collection of that board"
"the Convocation Center faithful"
"sense of urgency"
"ready to square and launch"
December 10 at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, TN
SEC Network
* Associated Press No. 11 Tennessee is now 10-0 after an 82-75 win over the second-ranked Longhorns. Tennessee struggled from three (2-of-13), so instead attacked the rim with post players Jaime Nared (game-high 23 points) and Mercedes Russell (15 points 7-of-13 shooting) leading the way. During an excellent fourth quarter in which the Vols made nine of their 13 shots (the visitors were 11-of-16), all 34 points came either in the paint on lay-ins (18) or at the free-throw line after penetration (16).
* For the second time in as many Texas games at 200 Game Season Brooke McCarty struggled. The talented senior guard was 2-of-15 from the field and scored just eight points Sunday. Not coincidentally, Texas lost both games.
It was the Longhorns' first loss after starting the year 7-0.
* Some basketball phrases/nonsense:
"verticality"
"sluggo route"
"taken a turn toward the chippy side"
442 - Western Kentucky at Ohio
December 10 at Convocation Center in Athens, OH
espn3.com
"run out" (4)
"that was a man-sized collection of that board"
"the Convocation Center faithful"
"sense of urgency"
"ready to square and launch"
Game 316 - Baylor women at Texas
February 20 at Frank Erwin Center in Austin, TX
ESPN2
In a match up of two teams both 14-1 in the Big 12 and top-10 nationally (Baylor was No. 4, Texas, No. 6), Kalani Brown was phenomenal in leading the Bears to a 70-67 road win.
Brown, a 6-7 post player who started the night averaging 14 points, scored 35 with outstanding shooting from both the field (10-of-12) and line (15-of-16), and added 13 rebounds.
Texas led by as much as 11 points, but the Longhorns' top three scorers, namely junior guards Brooke McCarty (14 points on 5-of-16 shooting) and Ariel Atkins (14, 4-of-17) and freshman forward Joyner Holmes (7, 3-of-14), all struggled and that's usually not a good thing.
The game was tied at 56-56 with 4 1/2 minutes to go, but Brown had five points and Lauren Cox had four during Baylor's 9-0 run over the next three minutes. Texas got to within three points on three separate occasions after that, including at 70-67 on a Lashann Higgs' lay up with six seconds to play. The ensuing inbounds pass by Alexis Prince was stolen by Higgs, but McCarty's night came to a disappointing end when her potential tying three missed.
This was my first time seeing McCarty play, and despite the tough game, she's one of those basketball players who is very gifted with and without the ball. You don't find that every day. As for Brown - my goodness, what a talent. Though just a collegiate sophomore, she's got a bright future ahead of her and it involves many, many evenings patrolling the paint in WNBA arenas.
With Baylor now holding a one-game lead for the league's regular season title, the teams each have a pair left before the Big 12 Tournament. Baylor hosts Texas Tech on February 25 and visits nationally-ranked Oklahoma on the 27th, while Texas entertains Iowa State on the 24th and travels to Kansas State on the 27th.
ESPN2
In a match up of two teams both 14-1 in the Big 12 and top-10 nationally (Baylor was No. 4, Texas, No. 6), Kalani Brown was phenomenal in leading the Bears to a 70-67 road win.
Brown, a 6-7 post player who started the night averaging 14 points, scored 35 with outstanding shooting from both the field (10-of-12) and line (15-of-16), and added 13 rebounds.
Texas led by as much as 11 points, but the Longhorns' top three scorers, namely junior guards Brooke McCarty (14 points on 5-of-16 shooting) and Ariel Atkins (14, 4-of-17) and freshman forward Joyner Holmes (7, 3-of-14), all struggled and that's usually not a good thing.
The game was tied at 56-56 with 4 1/2 minutes to go, but Brown had five points and Lauren Cox had four during Baylor's 9-0 run over the next three minutes. Texas got to within three points on three separate occasions after that, including at 70-67 on a Lashann Higgs' lay up with six seconds to play. The ensuing inbounds pass by Alexis Prince was stolen by Higgs, but McCarty's night came to a disappointing end when her potential tying three missed.
This was my first time seeing McCarty play, and despite the tough game, she's one of those basketball players who is very gifted with and without the ball. You don't find that every day. As for Brown - my goodness, what a talent. Though just a collegiate sophomore, she's got a bright future ahead of her and it involves many, many evenings patrolling the paint in WNBA arenas.
With Baylor now holding a one-game lead for the league's regular season title, the teams each have a pair left before the Big 12 Tournament. Baylor hosts Texas Tech on February 25 and visits nationally-ranked Oklahoma on the 27th, while Texas entertains Iowa State on the 24th and travels to Kansas State on the 27th.
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