Where: Frank Erwin Special Events Center, Austin, Texas
Officials: # Rick Crawford, # Mitchell Ervin, # Darron George
Attendance: 7348
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Texas 72, Stephen F. Austin 62: Demarcus Holland scored 21 points as the host Longhorns denied the Lumberjacks' upset bid in an in-state, back-and-forth game.
Holland shot 9-of-13 from the floor and grabbed five rebounds for Texas (3-0), which overcame a halftime deficit and 22.2 percent shooting from 3-point range. Javan Felix added 15 points while Connor Lammert came off the bench to pitch in 12 points and a team-high eight rebounds.
Deshaunt Walker scored a game-high 24 points for Stephen F. Austin (2-1), making 6-of-9 shots from beyond the arc. Desmond Haymon logged 15 points and a team-high eight rebounds and Jacob Parker finished with eight points, including a tip-in to tie the game at 60-60 with 3:10 left.
Neither team trailed by more than five points through the entire second half until Lammert capped a late 6-0 Longhorns run with two free throws to make it 66-60 with 1:29 to play. Two more Parker free throws pulled the Lumberjacks within four, but Isaiah Taylor made a layup and Felix and Jonathan Holmes went 4-for-4 from the foul line in the final 34 seconds.
Texas ran out to an 11-0 lead as four different Longhorns players scored in the initial 2:01. But Stephen F. Austin stormed back as a Haymon 3-pointer gave it an 18-17 lead with 12:10 left in the first half and ultimately a 35-31 edge at halftime.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Holmes finished with 11 points on 3-of-4 shooting and grabbed eight rebounds. … Texas outrebounded Stephen F. Austin 41-26. … The Longhorns are now 6-0 all-time against the Lumberjacks and have won 43 consecutive home games against unranked non-conference opponents.
| Stephen F. Austin | Texas | |
| Deshaunt Walker 24 | Scoring | Demarcus Holland 21 |
| Deshaunt Walker 3 | Assists | Damarcus Croaker 1 |
| Desmond Haymon 8 | Rebounds | Jonathan Holmes 8 |
| Trey Pinkney 3 | Free Throws Made | Javan Felix 4 |
| Nikola Gajic 2 | Steals | Demarcus Holland 2 |
| Tanner Clayton 1 | Blocks | Jonathan Holmes 3 |
| Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
| Stephen F. Austin | 62 | 38.6 | 11-24 | 7-14 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| Texas | 72 | 51.0 | 2-9 | 18-24 | 5 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 16 |