Lone Star Showdown Part II, Texas Longhorns Close Out Win vs. Texas A&M: Live Updates

The Texas Longhorns look to get back into rhythm on the road against bitter rivals, the Texas A&M Aggies.

Texas Longhorns head coach Sean Miller on the sidelines during the game against the Georgia Bulldogs. | Dale Zanine-Imagn Images

The Texas Longhorns will be going back to the drawing board after having previously been on a big, momentum-filled five-game win streak through the middle of SEC play. Now the Longhorns are on a two-game skid, having dropped back-to-back games against the Georgia Bulldogs and, most recently, against the Florida Gators.

The Longhorns now sit with a 17-11 overall record and are sitting at No. 9 in the SEC standings with an 8-7 conference record after their previous two losses, with just three games remaining in the regular season before the SEC Tournament and NCAA Tournament arrive.

And in need of getting back on track, the Longhorns will have to head back out on the road, however, the road trip won't be leaving the Lone Star State, as Texas travels just a few hours up to College Station to take on the Texas A&M Aggies for the second Lone Star Showdown of the season.

Texas Longhorns vs. Texas A&M Aggies

Texas Longhorns forward Dailyn Swain during the second half at Moody Center. | Dustin Safranek-Imagn Images

The Aggies have also had a bit of an up-and-down year under first-year head coach Bucky McMillan. Texas A&M began conference play rolling with a 7-1 record and was atop the conference standings, but dropped four straight games, as the Aggies now sit with a 19-9 overall record and 9-6 record in the SEC.

The Longhorns were on the losing end of the first Lone Star Showdown of the season, in Austin, where the Aggies went into the Moody Center and left with a close 74-70 victory. Leading the scoring for Texas that day was a tie between Dailyn Swain and Jordan Pope at 17 points.

Since then and down the stretch of the season, Swain has been on a heater with the forward having scored 20 points or more in the last four ballgames for the Longhorns, with the forward averaging 22 points a game while shooting 52 percent from the field.

The Longhorns are once again set to be without forward Lassina Traore, who is set to miss his fifth straight game with a lingering knee issue, and with the big men that the Aggies have and use, forward Nic Codie will need to have a solid performance when Vokietaitis is off the floor.

Texas will have to keep a keen eye on forward Rashaun Agee, who, the first time these two teams met, scored 17 points in the Texas A&M win. Over the last three games, Agee has scored double-digit points, averaging 17.3 points per game while shooting 54 percent from the field.

The Longhorns will look to get back in the win column with a tough rivalry matchup on the road on Saturday at 3:00 PM at Reed Arena, and be sure to check back here at tipoff for live updates as the game goes on.

Follow below for live updates as the game progresses

Live Updates

It’ll be the usual starting five to the Longhorns in College Station: guard Jordan Pope, guard Tramon Mark, forward Dailyn Swain, forward Camden Heide and center Matas Vokietaitis.

Matas Vokietaitis wins the tipoff and Texas will have the first possession of the ballgame.

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Texas has built out an early 7-3 lead with 15:55 minutes left to play in the opening minutes.

The Longhorns have been able to find some simple shots with Dailyn Swain up to four points early. However Texas will have to watch its fouling with five fouls through the early window, two on Swain. two on Matas Vokietaitis and the other on Nic Codie.

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The Longhorns still lead 16-11 with 11:22 minutes to play in the first half.

Tramon Mark is finding himself in the game early with six points, making two of his four shot attempts. As a team the Longhorns are shooting 6 of 12 from the field while the Aggies are shooting 3 of 12.

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Through the middle of the first half now in College Station, the Longhorns still lead 20-15 with 7:42 left to play in the opening 20 minutes.

Texas has continued to stay with a marginal lead in the game even with the fouls starting to pile up now. The Longhorns now have seven fouls in the first half and the Aggies will be in the bonus the rest of the way in the first half.

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Texas has continued to fight throughout the entire first half as they hold a slight 29-28 with 3:13 left to go in the opening half.

The Aggies had gained momentum down the stretch of the first half with a 15-5 run for the Maroon and White opening up a five point Aggie lead. However the Longhorns have responded with an ongoing 8-2 run to retake the lead with less than four minutes left to play in the first half.

Halftime: Texas A&M 30, Texas 29

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Both teams have came out battling just like in the first half as the Longhorns lead 42-36 with 14:15 minutes left to play in the second half.

Dailyn Swain leads the scoring for the Longhorns so far with 11 points while shooting fifty percent from the field. For the Aggies, Rashaun Agee has been rolling with a game high 16 points, shooting 50 percent from the field.

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Texas still leads 46-42 with 11:22 minutes left to play in the second half.

The Longhorns enjoyed a 13-4 run to build out a six point lead early in the second half, however the Aggies found a few straight buckets to get back within four.

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The Longhorns keep holding onto control of the ballgame leading 55-51 with 6:42 minutes left to go in the second half.

Texas has found plenty of production out of Tramon Mark with a team-high 14 points while shooting 54 percent from the field.

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Texas stays in front leading 63-56 with 3:52 minutes left to play in the ballgame.

The Longhorns have stayed aggressive making there last four straight shot attempts. Tramon Mark keeps rolling with 17 points and is making shots down the stretch.

Final: Texas 76, Texas A&M 70