Tramon Mark poured in 20 factors and Matas Vokietaitis added 19 on 8 of 8 taking pictures from the ground as Texas shrugged off a ragged begin and dismantled visiting Fairleigh Dickinson 93-58 on Wednesday in Austin, Texas.
The Longhorns (2-1) loved a 19-point benefit at halftime and steadily constructed on that margin all through the second half behind a balanced assault and stifling protection. Texas expanded its result in 30 factors on a Vokietaitis layup with 8:38 to play and finally to as many as 38 within the remaining minutes.
The margin might have been much more had Texas not missed 15 of its 34 free throws.
Texas has gained two straight house video games definitively versus mid-major groups after dropping to then-No. 6 Duke in Charlotte, N.C., in its season opener. Jordan Pope and Dailyn Swain added 11 factors every for the Longhorns whereas Lassina Traore had a game-high 10 rebounds.
Cyril Martynov led the Knights (0-3) with 14 factors whereas Eric Parnell added 12. Fairleigh Dickinson shot simply 31.3 p.c from the ground within the loss.
The Knights owned the sport’s first three-plus minutes, roaring out of the gate and taking a 10-2 lead when Martynov transformed a layup. Texas responded with a 12-0 run over the following two and a half minutes and led by 4 factors after Simeon Wilcher’s layup on the 14:14 mark of the primary half.
The Longhorns stretched their benefit to double digits for the primary time on Traore’s three-point play with 8:37 to play till halftime. Nic Codie’s dunk off a Wilcher help with 7:05 left stoked the Texas run to 16-3 over a nine-and-a-half-minute span. The Longhorns have been up by 22 factors earlier than a three-point play by Fairleigh Dickinson’s Taeshaud Jackson lower his staff’s deficit to 43-24 on the break.
Mark and Vokietaitis led the Longhorns with 9 factors every earlier than halftime whereas Eric Parnell had 9 factors to tempo Fairleigh Dickinson.
Texas restricted the Knights to 26.5 p.c taking pictures within the first half whereas incomes a 30-21 edge in rebounding and a 22-8 benefit in factors within the paint.
–Discipline Degree Media
