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Red Raiders Fall To Longhorns, 73-56
February 13, 2001 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 13, 2001
By JIM VERTUNO
AP Sports Writer
AUSTIN, Texas - Chris Owens scored 15 points and freshman James Thomas had nine points in a late second-half run to lead Texas to a 73-56 win over Texas Tech Tuesday night.
Thomas, who picked up his fourth foul with about 10 minutes left, keyed an an 11-4 run that allowed Texas to open up a 66-49 lead late in the game.
Texas (18-7, 7-4 Big 12) also got 14 points from Maurice Evans, 11 from Darren Kelly and 10 from Brian Boddicker. It was just the second time this season the Longhorns had five players score 10 or more.
The Longhorns also outrebounded Texas Tech (8-13, 2-8) 42-24. Owens had a game-high nine boards.
Jayson Mitchell led Tech with 15 points. The Red Raiders have lost six in a row.
Owens, who had just seven points and one rebound in Saturday's loss to Oklahoma, topped both those marks early in the first half.
Owens scored seven of Texas' first 15 points before Boddicker's putback and 3-pointer on consecutive possessions gave the Longhorns a 20-15 lead.
Evans hit another 3-pointer and Kelly's two-handed dunk on a back-door feed from Chris Ogden put Texas up 31-21. Mitchell then hit consecutive 3's to pull the Red Raiders to within 34-28 at the half.
Tech stayed within six points for the first 10 minutes of the second half until Kelly hit a free throw and fed an alley-oop jam to Evans to make it 55-45.
Thomas then went on his scoring spree with a putback and two foul shots followed by a 3-point play that gave Texas a 17-point lead with 4:22 left.
