Texas stunner: No. 14 Abilene Christian ousts 'Horns 53-52

so I made some money last night..but I did not decode this game..credit goes to DPO

 

35/53

30 in the 2nd half

ACU FG%..30%..30 rebounds for both teams
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/gametracker/boxscore/NCAAB_20210320_ABIL@TEXAS/

THE TEXAS COACH

23 in 1st half
ACU comes into game with 23 wins

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_men%27s_basketball#Team_records

wears #32

28th game...

''I was visualizing the free throws going in before I shot them,'' Pleasant said. ''I was just trying to key in on the rim, just lock in and block out the noise.''

There were heroes throughout for the Wildcats. Daniels, all of 5-foot-7 and 140 pounds, missed his first eight shot attempts but muscled through a foul to score on a drive with 3:42 left. The three-point play gave the Wildcats a 50-47 lead. Reggie Miller made one of two free throws to push the lead to four.

Texas went nearly four minutes without scoring before two free throws by Jones with 56 seconds left - foul shots that needed a pause to clean blood off the court.

Miller committed a turnover on ACU's next possession and Jones' 3 seemed set to be a perfect March moment after the Texas junior missed time earlier in his career after being diagnosed with leukemia.

Instead, the Longhorns are headed home with their third first-round exit under Smart, which will only raise the heat on his standing in Austin.

''A lot of tears in the locker room right now,'' Smart said. ''A lot of guys extremely upset about the way the game ended, the fact that we have to go home now. Really disappointed, everybody is.''

Texas was rolling coming into the NCAA Tournament after winning the Big 12 Tournament for the first time in school history. The Longhorns had won five straight overall and eight of 10 following a midseason slump.

But the Longhorns were too careless and too impatient against the Wildcats' swarming defense.

It was ugly, physical basketball, exactly the formula for the Wildcats to pull off the upset. They had the seventh-best scoring defense in the country this season, giving up just 60 points per game, and led the nation in forcing turnovers. They smothered Nicholls State 79-45 in the Southland Conference title game.

Texas was held 23 points below its season average. The 23 turnovers were the most for the program in eight years, and the Longhorns took 27 fewer shots than ACU.

''It just doesn't feel real. I feel like I'm trying to wake up from a bad dream,'' Coleman said.