Tramon Mark scored 24 factors, together with two key late free throws, as Texas outlasted No. 25 Mississippi State 87-82 in time beyond regulation on Wednesday in a Southeastern Convention recreation in Starkville, Miss.
The Longhorns (17-13, 6-11 SEC), taking part in in a close to do-or-die recreation, led by 5 factors at halftime and by 9 after a free throw by Kadin Shedrick with 3:52 to play. Mississippi State (20-10, 8-9) rallied to tie the sport when Riley Kugel scored on a driving layup with 19 seconds left.
Texas by no means trailed in time beyond regulation, going up 80-75 with 2:20 to play. The groups traded baskets on the rim earlier than a three-point play by Kugel with 38.4 seconds left tied the sport at 82-82. Shedrick made considered one of two free throws with 32 seconds left to place the Longhorns up by some extent, and Kugel adopted with two big misses from the charity stripe six seconds later.
Mark produced two free throws with 20.8 seconds remaining to develop the result in 85-82. The Bulldogs’ Josh Hubbard rimmed out a 3-pointer with 10 seconds left, and Arthur Kaluma grabbed the rebound earlier than ending off the win with two free throws.
Tre Johnson scored 23 factors for Texas. Kaluma completed with 10 factors and 11 rebounds and Shedrick added 10 factors because the Longhorns snapped a three-game dropping streak.
Hubbard led Mississippi State with 16 factors, all after halftime. RJ Melendez added 15, KeShawn Murphy had 13, Kugel and Cameron Matthews scored 12 every and Shawn Jones Jr. hit for 10 factors.
Mississippi State went up 30-24 when Melendez canned a jumper after which a 3-pointer, the latter with 4:38 left earlier than halftime. Texas responded by outscoring the Bulldogs 13-2 by way of the remainder of the half. Kent’s tip-in layup with 10 seconds left gave the Longhorns a 37-32 lead on the break.
Melendez led all scorers earlier than halftime with 11 factors. Johnson paced Texas with 10 factors.
The Longhorns stayed on the accelerator early within the second half, increasing the margin to eight factors when Shedrick hammered residence a dunk with 15:51 to play. After a pair of free throws by Kugel, Johnson poured in a 3-pointer and Jordan Pope received within the lane for a scoop layup that put Texas up 51-40.
–Area Degree Media
