Texas basketball vs New Mexico State: Longhorns use fast start to race past Aggies

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A fast start from Texas basketball in its 91-67 win over New Mexico State Thursday at Moody Center did more than quickly douse any upset hopes by the visiting Aggies.

It also provided a quick salve for the sting that still lingered from Sunday’s home loss to Connecticut. Texas sleepwalked through the first half of that disheartening 76-65 to the two-time defending national champions, but the Longhorns (8-2) applied the lessons learned from some tough practices into a win over a New Mexico State team (4-6) that could be a factor in the Conference USA race.

“We spent two days working hard on playing with urgency, playing with the purpose,” Texas coach Rodney Terry said. “I thought our guys came out tonight with the great effort and really set the tone early defensively and shared the ball, moved the ball, and did a nice job tonight.”

Texas guard Tramon Mark gets up a shot against New Mexico State forward Emmanuel Tshimanga during the Longhorns’ xx-xx win Thursday at Moody Center in Austin. Mark had xx points in the nonconference victory.

Tramon Mark keys fast start

Texas played arguably its best half of the season while opening up a 50-25 lead by the break. The Longhorns shot 63% from the floor in the first half, including 5-of-11 from 3-point range. Better yet for a team that has relied heavily on the scoring of freshman guard Tre Johnson and senior forward Arthur Kaluma, Texas got lots of production from some new sources.

Tramon Mark, an Arkansas transfer who has struggled to find his rhythm since coming back from a preseason ankle injury six games ago, exploded out of the gate with eight of his team’s first 10 points and ended with 14 points. Ze’Rik Onyema had eight of his 10 points by the break after scoring a total of 10 points in his previous six games. Guard Jordan Pope – one of the Pac-12’s leading scorers at Oregon State last season at 17.6 points a game – reached double-figures with 10 points for just the fourth time this season.

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Author : Austin American-Statesman

Publish date : 2024-12-13 03:58:00

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