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Malik Dia, Ole Miss deal Texas damaging loss in SEC tourney
Malik Dia scored 23 points and Ole Miss never trailed in its 76-66 victory over Texas in Wednesday's first-round game of the Southeastern Conference tournament in Nashville.,AJ Storr added 18 points and Ilias Kamardine chipped in 16 for the 15th-seeded Rebels (13-19), who won despite making just 1 o...
Texas focuses on defense for SEC tourney game vs. Ole Miss
Texas head coach Sean Miller has been honest about his team's struggles on the defensive side of the ball. ,Ahead of the first round of the Southeastern Conference tournament against 15th-seeded Ole Miss on Wednesday in Nashville, Miller hopes to see the 10th-seeded Longhorns on the right side of th...
No. 4 Texas rolls past No. 3 South Carolina in SEC title game
Madison Booker scored 18 points, Justice Carlton had 13 of her 15 in a dominant first quarter and No. 4 Texas never trailed in defeating No. 3 South Carolina 78-61 to win the SEC women's championship Sunday in Greenville, S.C.,Carlton, who entered the game averaging 8.5 points, made 6 of 7 field-goa...
Oklahoma tops Texas in OT, keeps NCAA tourney hopes alive
Derrion Reid's 3-pointer with 11 seconds left in overtime proved to be the dagger and Nijel Pack had 23 points as Oklahoma outlasted Texas 88-85 on Saturday in Austin, Texas, in the teams' regular-season finale., ,The Sooners (17-14, 7-11 Southeastern Conference) won their fourth straight game and h...
Texas, Oklahoma eager to polish tournament resumes
Texas and Oklahoma will look to improve on their chances for an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament when they play their respective regular-season finales on Saturday in Austin, Texas.,The Longhorns (18-12, 9-8 Southeastern Conference) are the more likely team to earn the berth in the NCAA Tournamen...
No. 20 Arkansas clinches SEC double-bye, rolls past Texas
Darius Acuff Jr. had 28 points and tied a season high with 13 assists, senior Trevon Brazile scored a career-high 28 points in his final home game and No. 20 Arkansas clinched a double-bye in the Southeastern Conference tournament with a 105-85 win over Texas in an SEC game Wednesday in Fayetteville...
SEC tournament seeding on line for No. 20 Arkansas vs. Texas
No. 20 Arkansas and Texas enter their Southeastern Conference border war in Fayetteville Ark., on Tuesday after almost polar opposite results.,The Razorbacks (21-8, 11-5 SEC) look to recover from a 111-77 loss to No. 7 Florida on Saturday, a margin of defeat that tied for the largest in coach John C...
Texas closes strong, slips past Texas A&M to split season series
Tramon Mark hit for 23 points, 17 of them in the second half, as Texas was at its best after halftime and held on for a 76-70 win over Texas A&M on Saturday afternoon in a key Southeastern Conference clash in College Station, Texas.,The Aggies led by a point after a back-and-forth first half before ...
Tyler Reddick starts bid for 3rd straight NASCAR Cup win with pole run
AUSTIN, Texas -- One of the few things that wasn't startling about Saturday's NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session at Circuit of the Americas was Tyler Reddick's run for the pole position.,Negotiating the 2.4-mile road course in 97.760 seconds (88.380 mph) in the second qualifying group, Reddick cla...
Texas A&M vying for season sweep of rival Texas
Texas A&M seeks a season sweep of rival Texas while it builds momentum for the NCAA Tournament on Saturday afternoon in a late-season Southeastern Conference clash in College Station, Texas.,Both Texas A&M and Texas are seen as strong at-large selections for March Madness, but a win on Saturday for ...
Report: Texas QB Arch Manning out of boot, will be limited this spring
Texas quarterback Arch Manning is no longer wearing a boot and is expected to be available for spring practice in a limited capacity after undergoing minor foot surgery in January, according to an ESPN report.,"He had a lingering thing that he'd been dealing with over a couple of years that we just ...
Alex Condon, Boogie Fland carry No. 7 Florida past Texas
Alex Condon poured in 23 points on 10-of-12 shooting and Boogie Fland added 22 points as No. 7 Florida pulled away late for an 84-71 win over Texas on Wednesday in a Southeastern Conference clash in Austin, Texas.,Texas was ahead by three points at halftime and by 64-61 with 7:27 to play after a 9-0...
No. 7 Florida rides wave of success into game at Texas
No. 7 Florida seems to be peaking at the right time as an uber-impressive stretch of wins has led to a big move up the AP Poll ahead of a matchup against a dangerous Texas squad on Wednesday in Austin, Texas.,The Gators (21-6, 12-2 Southeastern Conference) jumped five spots in the rankings this week...
Jeremiah Wilkinson helps Georgia lasso Texas
Jeremiah Wilkinson scored 19 points to lead five double-figure scorers and help Georgia defeat visiting Texas 91-80 in Athens on Saturday and end the Longhorns' five-game winning streak.,Texas erased a 14-point second-half deficit to tie the game at 67 with 7:37 left, but Georgia came alive and outs...
Jordan Pope's late jumper seals Texas' win over LSU
Dailyn Swain scored 21 points and got 10 rebounds and Jordan Pope added 18 points that included a huge basket in the final seconds as Texas outlasted hapless LSU 88-85 on Tuesday in a Southeastern Conference clash in Austin, Texas., ,Texas (17-9, 8-5 SEC) led by 17 points late in the first half and ...
Texas, hoping to peak at right time, meets skidding LSU
Texas and LSU square off Tuesday in a late-season Southeastern Conference clash in Austin, Texas between two teams pointing in different directions as the regular season turns into the home stretch.,The Longhorns (16-9, 7-5 SEC) head home after a dominating 85-68 win at Missouri on Saturday that fea...
Texas rides strong second half to road win over Missouri
Dailyn Swain poured in 25 points as Texas pulled away from Missouri 85-68 on Saturday night in Columbia, Mo., for its fourth straight victory.,Matas Vokietaitis scored 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Longhorns (16-9, 6-5 Southeastern Conference), who outscored the Tigers 52-37 in the secon...
Harboring NCAA hopes, Missouri, Texas put 3-game streaks on line
Missouri and Texas sit on the NCAA Tournament bubble during the stretch run of the Southeastern Conference season.,The Tigers (17-7, 7-4 SEC) have won three straight conference games. So have the Longhorns (15-9, 6-5), for the first time since moving over from the Big 12.,The showdown Saturday night...
No. 4 Texas rides defense to victory over No. 18 Kentucky
No. 4 Texas' defense forced No. 18 Kentucky into a season-high 23 turnovers, and the Longhorns emerged with a 64-53 win on Monday in Austin, Texas.,Kyla Oldacre logged three steals and four of her teammates had two apiece as Texas (23-2, 8-2 Southeastern Conference) won its fifth game in a row. The ...
Texas dominates down the stretch to slip past Ole Miss
Matas Vokietaitis scored 27 points and Texas dominated the final three minutes to rally for a 79-68 victory over Ole Miss on Saturday at Austin, Texas.,Tramon Mark scored 19 points and Jordan Pope added 13, including a four-point play with 2:43 remaining as the Longhorns (15-9, 6-5 SEC) extended the...