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Postgame Notes

Austin, Texas – The Texas State (4-6) men's basketball team gave Texas (6-4) a good fight tonight, but the Longhorns came away with a 75-63 win at the Frank Erwin Center.

After trailing by 11 points at the half, Texas State started the second period with back-to-back jumpers by Joel Wright and Corey Stern in the first 50 seconds to get the Bobcat offense going.

Both teams went on to trade buckets for a few minutes before Texas State went on 9-0 run to close the Longhorns lead to 52-47 thanks to baskets by Nick Hinton and Reid Koenen.

The Bobcats were down by eight points with 7:19 to go in the game, and then Koenen delivered a fast break layup to the Longhorns, which forced Texas to call a timeout and talk things out. Texas held a 58-52 edge over Texas State, but the Bobcats stayed right on their heels.

Seconds later, Phil Hawkins hit a pair of free throws to bring Texas State to within four points with six minutes remaining in the game. The Bobcats missed a few shots and the Longhorns capitalized on it with a 6-0 run (64-54).

Missed shots and turnovers haunted Texas State in the remaining minutes shifting the momentum to the home team. The Longhorns were able to stay one step of the Bobcats by minimizing their turnovers in the final minutes to escape with the victory.

Matt Staff was the Bobcats' top scorer with 15 points (6-of-6 FT) and six rebounds. Koenen chipped in 10 points off the bench; all in the second half.

Texas was led by Javan Felix with 20 points and seven assists. Jonathan Holmes had a double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds, while Julien Lewis chipped in 13 points.

Up next for Texas State will be a matchup versus Northwestern in Evanston, Ill. on Monday, December 17. The game will be televised live on the Big Ten Network. Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m.