Down as many as 22 factors within the second half, the Texas Longhorns shocked No. 13 Texas A&M, 70-69, on Saturday.
Texas trailed 43-25 on the half and confronted a 51-29 deficit with 17:07 left to play.
That is the 11th consecutive home win over the Aggies for Texas and tied for this system’s largest comeback over the past 15 seasons.
This shot off the glass from Longhorns’ senior guard Tramon Mark proved to be the game-winner with 3.7 seconds remaining to cap the outstanding comeback from Texas.
Freshman guard Tre Johnson had a career-high 30 factors (8-of-18 FG). He hit 4 threes in the course of the recreation, together with this jumper from the nook that introduced the Longhorns inside 4, 67-63, with 2:15 remaining.
According to ESPN’s Joe Lunardi’s latest bracketology, Texas was the final staff within the NCAA Match area earlier than Saturday’s win. Its seeding ought to undoubtedly enhance after an enormous resume-building win in opposition to the Aggies.
It’s laborious to imagine Texas A&M even misplaced this recreation contemplating it shot 12-of-23 (52.2%) and received the rebounding edge, 43-27. Aside from senior guard Wade Taylor IV’s 15 factors (5-of-11 FG), not one of the different starters scored in double figures.
Texas A&M (15-5, 4-3 SEC) has misplaced three of its final 5 convention video games. The Aggies head into a gathering with SEC newcomer Oklahoma on Tuesday seeking to get some extra balanced manufacturing after a disappointing second-half collapse on Saturday.
For Texas (14-6, 3-4 SEC), this was its second straight win over a ranked opponent. After beginning 0-3 in convention play, the Longhorns have some momentum going into one other ranked matchup in opposition to No. 16 Ole Miss on Wednesday. With extra ranked opponents on its schedule, Texas has loads of alternatives so as to add to its bettering resume.
