Defense reigns in win over Texas State
Texas held Texas State to 27 points with just nine of them coming in the first-half, en-route to a 59-27 win over the Bobcats. The 27 points was the fewest allowed in a single game in school history.
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With the win the Longhorns improve to 8-1 on the season while Texas State drops to 5-2 in what remains the best start for the Bobcat hoops program since the 2007-2008 season.
Texas State entered the contest ranked 10th in the country in defense and forced 10 Texas turnovers in the first half of play. The Bobcats never held the lead in the game and the closest they came was at 16:58 in the first half when Emani Gant made one of two free throws to tie the game at 3-3. Turnovers plagued the Horns in the 2nd half as well as they lost 9, notching 19 total turnovers against the Bobcats.
“We’re good defensively but we’re not very good on offense, I can tell you that†said a frustrated Rick Barnes in post-game comments.
Cameron Ridley scored 13 points in the second half and led all scorers with 14 points. Javan Felix provided a scoring spark off the Texas bench with 10 points. Texas shot 54.8% from the floor compared to Texas State’s 21.6%.
The Longhorns will face the Atlantic Sun Conference’s Lipscomb University (4-5) on Tuesday, December 16th at the Erwin Center in Austin.
