Hoops: Texas upsets #23 Purdue 70-66 in road victory

[Aaron Carrara]

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN — Matt Coleman’s 22 points paced the Texas Longhorns (2-0) to a 70-66 win over #23 Purdue (1-1) at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette on Saturday night.  The Longhorns benefited from the return of sophmore forward Gerald Liddell, who missed the season opener earlier in the week due to concussion protocol.  Liddell contributed 14 points in the win over the Boilermakers.

Sasha Stefanovic led Purdue in scoring with 14 points, and Jahaad Proctor and Eric Hunter Jr. each scored 12 points.

Texas shot 53.3% from the field while Purdue shot 41% from the field.  The Longhorns committed 16 turnovers compared to 14 for the Boilermakers.

Purdue’s 18 game home winning streak came to an end with the loss to the Longhorns, who have won their last seven games dating back to last season’s NIT tournament.

Texas trailed the Boilermakers by five points with just over three minutes remaining, but seven consecutive points by the Longhorns, including a 3-pointer by Jase Febres, gave Texas a 64-62 lead with 1:25 left in the contest.  Free throws made by Andrew Jones and Coleman down the stretch allowed Texas to hold on for the upset victory.

Texas will host California Baptist on Tuesday at 7:00 PM in the Empire Classic Benefiting Wounded Warrior Project. The game will be televised on Longhorn Network.

Final stats:@mattcoleman2_: 22pts, 7assts, 4 rebs@gerald_liddell: 14pts, 8rebs, 4 assts@JaseFebres: 11pts, 2assts, 2blks
Jericho Sims: 10pts, 2stls@DrewdotCash: 7pts, 3rebs, 3assts@R0v_ce: 5pts, 3blks, 2rebs#AllForTexas | #HookEm pic.twitter.com/A2Vgp37NwT

— Texas Basketball (@TexasMBB) November 10, 2019





 
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[Sirhornsalot]

California Baptist? lol

 

[PTA]

Clutch free-throws in the closing minutes.

 

[dillohorn]

Outstanding start to the season.

 

[tejasrulz]

Big win on the road against a good team.

 

[MikeV73]

California Baptist? lol

Baylor west

 

[TB14]

Saw the highlights and the energy looked great!

 

[longhorn_mig]

Huge win and love the fight and effort from the team. Hopefully they can use the next two games to get the freshmen some more experience.

 

[Aaron Carrara]

Huge win and love the fight and effort from the team. Hopefully they can use the next two games to get the freshmen some more experience.

Hey brotha - hope all is going well for you guys. Get some sleep now!

 

[83Dee]

All Shaka’s teams are very athletic. This team is athletic and mature.  I had to pinch myself several times when I saw clutch free throw after clutch free throw dropping through the hoop.  

 

[longhorn_mig]

Hey brotha - hope all is going well for you guys. Get some sleep now!

Hey man, all is going well. It's crazy to think how close the due date is now and all the things that still need to get done. And yep, I'm preparing myself for complete sleep deprivation. Hope everything is going well for y'all!

 

[Aaron Carrara]

Hey man, all is going well. It's crazy to think how close the due date is now and all the things that still need to get done. And yep, I'm preparing myself for complete sleep deprivation. Hope everything is going well for y'all!

We're doing ok!  Holler at me if you need anything or have questions!