National Basketball Association
Texas 71, Iowa St. 65
When: 9:30 PM ET, Thursday, March 8, 2012
Where: Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri
Officials:
# Joe DeRosa, # Mike Eades, # Keith Kimble
Attendance:
18972
By SportsDirect Inc.
Texas 71, Iowa State 65: J'Covan Brown's conventional three-point play in the final minute gave Texas the lead for good, and the Longhorns advanced to the Big 12 tournament semifinals with a win that might have secured their 14th consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament.
The sixth-seeded Longhorns advance to face No. 2 seed Missouri at 10 p.m. Friday at Kansas City.
The Longhorns (20-12) shot 26.3 percent in the first half and allowed the Cyclones to reel off the first seven points of the second half for a 36-25 lead.
They rallied to take the lead with a 26-8 run and led by as many as seven, but didn't put the Cyclones away until Brown drove the lane for the last of his game-high 23 points.
Texas also got the steady play it needed out of freshman point guard Myck Kabongo, who had 11 points and five assists and did not commit a turnover.
Royce White had 17 points and 10 rebounds to pace Iowa State (22-10), which is still considered a lock for an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.
The Longhorns' hopes of an at-large bid were also aided when fellow bubble teams Northwestern and Washington lost in their conference tournaments Thursday.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Texas has won 20 or more games in 13 consecutive seasons. … White picked up his fourth foul with 4:22 left and scored only two points after that. … The Cyclones have lost their last seven conference tournament games dating to 2005, and they've never won at Sprint Center, where they're 0-4.
Top Game Performances
| Texas |
|
Iowa St. |
|
J'Covan Brown 23 |
Scoring |
Royce White 17 |
|
Myck Kabongo 5 |
Assists |
Chris Allen 4 |
|
Clint Chapman 8 |
Rebounds |
Royce White 10 |
|
J'Covan Brown 9 |
Free Throws Made |
Royce White 3 |
|
Clint Chapman 2 |
Steals |
Melvin Ejim 1 |
|
Clint Chapman 1 |
Blocks |
Chris Babb 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Texas
|
71 |
36.8 |
3-15 |
18-24 |
8 |
34 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
| Iowa St.
|
65 |
43.3 |
5-18 |
8-9 |
13 |
36 |
4 |
3 |
13 |