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Knoxville, Tennessee. <\/strong>\u2014 guard guard sirjabali rice<\/dfn> Despite posting a season-high 21 points, 10\/10 Texas (17-4, 6-2 Big 12) made an 81-71 decision in 4\/4 Tennessee (18-3, 7-1 SEC). bottom. Saturday night at the Thompson Bowling Arena. This competition was part of the 10th Annual SEC\/Big 12 Challenge.<\/p>\nUT fell 10-3 under interim head coach’s leadership Rodney Terry<\/dfn>The Longhorns had a 44-3 advantage in bench scoring and a 16-2 margin in fast-break points, while the Volunteers had a plus 15 rebound margin (38-23) and a 40-versus-1 in paint points. Recorded 28 advantages.<\/p>\nRice made 8 of 16 field goals (9 of 3 from 3) and 2 of 4 from 3 in 31 minutes.graduation Marcus Kerr<\/dfn> Graduated with 11 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals in 33 minutes brock cunningham<\/dfn> He added 11 points with 3\/4 field goals (1\/1 3) and 4\/5 free throws in 16 minutes.<\/p>\nFor the first 9 minutes, Alterio Morris<\/dfn> A three-pointer evened the score at 17-17 at the 10:44 mark. The Volunteers built a 26-17 advantage with a 9-0 run over the next three minutes following a Josiah-Jordan James jumper with 7:15 remaining.<\/p>\nAh christian bishop<\/dfn> A free throw narrowed the margin to 33-24 at the 2:30 mark, but Tennessee scored five straight points after a pair of Zakai Zeigler free throws with 1:48 remaining to increase the cushion to 38-24. rice field. The Rice jumper with 45 seconds left cut the deficit to 40-28 at the break.<\/p>\nA Kerr jumper reduced the margin to 46-35 at the 17:01 mark, but the Volunteers continued with a 15-4 run over the next three minutes, with a 61-39 advantage following a Santiago Vescobi 3-pointer at 13. built. : 50 remaining. Texas quickly answered with an 11-2 spurt in the next three and a half minutes after Rice’s 3-pointer at the 10:07 mark, cutting the margin to 63-50.<\/p>\n
An Olivier Nkamuwa dunk gave the Volunteers a 69-53 lead with 6:55 remaining, but the Longhorns followed Kerr’s jumper with five straight points at the 6:06 mark to take it within 69-58. rose to Two free throws from Rice with 37 seconds remaining put Texas within 10 points (81-71).<\/p>\n
Texas will be back in action on Monday, January 30 when it hosts No. 17\/17 Baylor. Tips will be set at the central Moody Center at 8 p.m., and the game will be televised nationally by ESPN.<\/p>\n
texas basketball postgame notes<\/strong><\/p>\n#4\/4 Tennessee 82, #10\/10 Texas 71<\/p>\n
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Number of visitors: 21,678 (sold out)<\/p>\n
team notes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- UT is 10-3 under interim head coach leadership Rodney Terry<\/dfn>.<\/li>\n
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- The Longhorns are 5-3 this season away from Austin. This includes his 3 wins and 2 losses in his games as a true lord.<\/li>\n
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- The Longhorns recorded a 44-3 advantage on the bench score and a 16-2 margin on fast break points.<\/li>\n
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- Texas recorded 17 assists for just 9 turnovers that night.<\/li>\n
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- The Longhorns led 43-42 and scored 48.4% (15-31) in the second half.<\/li>\n
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Marcus Kerr<\/dfn><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- 19th time this year (21 games) and 104th time (147 games) in total to reach double figures (11 goals)<\/li>\n
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brock cunningham<\/dfn><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Double-figure scoring for the second year in a row (11 goals), third time this year (21 games), fourth time in his career (96 games)<\/li>\n
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sirjabali rice<\/dfn><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Most goals of the season (team-high 21), last time: 19 vs UTRGV (26 Nov)<\/li>\n
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- First 20 goals of the year (21 games), 13 career goals (132 games)<\/li>\n
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- 11th time this season and 69th time in total to reach double figures<\/li>\n
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