Tennessee St. Tigers vs Texas Longhorns Match Player Stats On Dec 18, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Dec 18, 2017

Freshman point guard Matt Coleman snuck through the defense and hit up a game-winning floater with nine seconds to play, lifting Texas past upset-minded Tennessee State 47-46 on Monday at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.

Tennessee State's Delano Spencer made back-to-back 3-pointers to propel the Tigers to a 46-45 lead with 1:26 to play. Texas' Mohamed Bamba blocked a jumper by Christian Mekowulu with 28 seconds remaining, and the Longhorns called a timeout to run a play for Coleman, who scored just four points.

Tennessee State led 38-36 after a 3-pointer by Spencer with 9:04 to play but didn't score again until a dunk by Mekowulu almost six minutes later. Meanwhile, Texas ran off to a 45-38 lead that disappeared in the final minutes.

Dylan Osetkowski led Texas (8-3) with 16 points while Kerwin Roach II added 12 for the Longhorns.

Mekowulu paced the Tigers (5-5) with 15 points and 11 rebounds, and Spencer hit for 11 points.

Texas staggered out of the gate against the Tigers, going scoreless over a 5 1/2-minute span in the middle of the first half while missing 16 of its first 19 shots and falling behind 17-7. The Longhorns roared back with a 10-2 run over the final 2:23 to assume a 25-21 lead at halftime.

Roach led the Longhorns with 10 points at the half while Mekowulu paced Tennessee State with 11 points at intermission.

Texas opposes Alabama on Friday in Birmingham, Ala. Tennessee State plays at No. 16 Purdue on Thursday.