AUSTIN — Almost midway through the second half of Wednesday night’s game between No. 13 Texas and Texas State, the Bobcats had the Longhorns on their heels.
The maroon and gold trailed by 13 at halftime. But with 12:58 left in the game, junior guard Mason Harrell drilled a jumper to cut the lead to 42-32. Texas senior guard Andrew Jones was fouled on the next possession, making one of his two free throws, but junior forward Nighael Ceasar cashed in on a post look at the other end to bring the lead down to single digits.
Longhorns senior guard Matt Coleman III’s layup attempt was swatted by sophomore guard Addison Wallace and Texas State finished off a fastbreak with an alley-oop pass from senior guard Shelby Adams to senior forward Isiah Small. Suddenly, the orange and white’s lead had shrunk to 43-36 as Texas head coach Shaka Smart called timeout with 11:26 to go.
