Texas Basketball Report 3.5: Death By Suffocation
Why has Rick Barnes' talented University of Texas Longhorns basketball team tumbled into a freefall?
| Final - 2.17.2010 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Longhorns | 31 | 46 | 77 |
| Missouri Tigers | 32 | 50 | 82 |
Why has Rick Barnes' talented University of Texas Longhorns basketball team tumbled into a freefall?
A recap of Missouri's 82-77 win over Texas last night. Key players for Mizzou: Kim English, Keith Ramsey, and Mike Dixon.
The Missouri Tigers defeated the Texas Longhorns 82-77 in Columbia, MO.
Mizzou could very easily be up 20, and very easily be down 10. Here's to a second half to celebrate... ...despite this guy.
Photo courtesy Julia Robinson | Columbia Tribune Who: Missouri Tigers (18-7, 6-4) vs. No. 15 Texas Longhorns (20-5, 6-4)Where: The Very Friendly Confines of Mizzou Arena (15,061)When: 8 p.m....
What is the perception of Rick Barnes these days? Can Texas' backcourt handle Missouri's pressure? Burnt Orange Nation's Peter Bean has answers before Wednesday's Missouri/Texas game at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Mo.
In preparation for the big college basketball game between the Texas Longhorns and Missouri Tigers, we interview RockMNation.com about this year's Tigers.
A preview of tomorrow night's sold-out Missouri-Texas game in Columbia.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 31 | 46 | 77 |
| Missouri | 32 | 50 | 82 |
| Texas | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damion James | 30 | 7-14 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 11-4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 18 |
| Dexter Pittman | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4-0 | 2 |
| Avery Bradley | 35 | 7-18 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3-0 | 15 |
| Dogus Balbay | 26 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| J`Covan Brown | 26 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 9 |
| Gary Johnson | 27 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 5-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Alexis Wangmene | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Jordan Hamilton | 25 | 10-16 | 3-7 | 1-6 | 5-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 24 |
| Justin Mason | 7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Clint Chapman | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Shawn Williams | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Andrew Dick | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Dean Melchionni | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Matt Hill | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Varez Ward | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Jai Lucas | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 30-65 | 7-18 | 10-19 | 42-19 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 23-0 | 77 | |
| .462 | .389 | .526 | Team Reb: 3 | Total TO: 1 (0 pts) | |||||||
| Missouri | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Ramsey | 37 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 11-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1-0 | 12 |
| Justin Safford | 17 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 3-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 8 |
| J.T. Tiller | 16 | 2-10 | 0-1 | 5-6 | 5-3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3-0 | 9 |
| Zaire Taylor | 30 | 2-6 | 0-4 | 5-6 | 2-1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 9 |
| Kim English | 23 | 6-10 | 2-3 | 4-5 | 4-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 18 |
| Miguel Paul | 12 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Mike Dixon, Jr. | 22 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 2-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 13 |
| Marcus Denmon | 18 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Laurence Bowers | 21 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 9 |
| Steve Moore | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 0 |
| John Underwood | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Jarrett Sutton | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Tyler Stone | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28-65 | 2-13 | 24-29 | 38-17 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 20-0 | 82 | |
| .431 | .154 | .828 | Team Reb: 6 | Total TO: 1 (0 pts) | |||||||