National Basketball Association
Texas 75, Texas State 63
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 15, 2012
Where: Frank Erwin Special Events Center, Austin, Texas
Officials:
# Rick Crawford, # Duke Edsall, # Randy Heimerman
Attendance:
10189
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Texas 75, Texas State 63: Freshman Javan Felix scored 20 points for the first time and handed out a game-high seven assists to help the Longhorns snap a two-game skid with a win over the visiting Bobcats.
Jonathan Holmes had 14 points and 10 rebounds for Texas (6-4), which has won 24 straight meetings with Texas State.
Matt Staff led the Bobcats (4-6) with 15 points. Reid Koenen added 10. Staff made all six of his free throws, but his teammates were just 12-for-24.
Texas led by as many as 14 points in the first half but found itself clinging to a 41-35 advantage with less than 16 minutes left in the game. A Felix layup kicked off an 11-3 run that Julien Lewis capped with consecutive layups to put the hosts up 52-38 with 11:51 to go.
The Bobcats battled back to within four with less than six minutes left. Once again, Felix provided the spark, scoring four straight points and then assisting on a Sheldon McClellan layup with 4:18 remaining to make it 64-54. Texas State never got closer than seven points thereafter.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Staff is 29-for-29 on the line this season. ... Longhorns coach Rick Barnes notched his 550th career win. ... After the 24-game winning streak against Texas State, Texas' next-longest run against an opponent is nine (Oral Roberts).
Top Game Performances
Texas State |
|
Texas |
Matt Staff 15 |
Scoring |
Javan Felix 20 |
Phil Hawkins 2 |
Assists |
Javan Felix 7 |
Phil Hawkins 7 |
Rebounds |
Connor Lammert 11 |
Matt Staff 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Sheldon McClellan 6 |
Vonn Jones 3 |
Steals |
Javan Felix 3 |
Matt Staff 1 |
Blocks |
Jonathan Holmes 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Texas State
|
63 |
34.5 |
5-20 |
18-30 |
10 |
38 |
1 |
9 |
18 |
Texas
|
75 |
39.7 |
4-15 |
17-21 |
12 |
42 |
4 |
8 |
14 |