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No.	Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.	PPG	RPG	APG	GP/Min
1	Gary Johnson	F	6-6	238	Sr.	11.8	7.0	1.3	21 / 30.5
3	Jordan Hamilton	G/F	6-7	220	So.	19.0	7.6	2.4	21 / 31.3
4	Dogus Balbay	G	6-1	175	Sr.	4.6	2.9	2.6	21 / 18.0
5	Cory Joseph	G	6-3	185	Fr.	11.2	4.0	2.9	21 / 32.5
13	Tristan Thompson	F	6-8	225	Fr.	12.9	7.6	2.2b	21 / 30.4

Series Notes

Earlier This Season: (#10) Texas 81, (#10) Texas A&M 60
AUSTIN (Jan. 18)–Jordan Hamilton scored 27 points and 10th-ranked Texas cruised past No. 11 Texas A&M 81-60, snapping the Aggies’ 13-game winning streak with arguably their most complete victory of the season. Freshman Tristan Thompson gave the Longhorns (15-3, 3-0 Big 12) a big boost with 18 points on dunks, jumpers and tough layups before limping off with a leg cramp with 4 minutes left. The Longhorns made this one a rout with about 10 minutes left. Texas shot 58 percent from the field and the worst free throw shooting team in the Big 12 was 19 of 22 from the line. The Aggies (16-2, 3-1) hadn’t lost since Nov. 25, but haven’t won in Austin in this rivalry since 2002. Texas jumped out early and never gave the Aggies an opening to catch up. Thompson scored eight of Texas’ first 12 points, all of them coming on dunks and shots from just a couple of feet from the basket. The Aggies were frustrated when they were hit with eight fouls in a 2-minute span early in the first half, leaving coach Mark Turgeon in a foot-stomping rage. Turgeon was hit with a technical and Texas made its first eight free throws for a 20-5 lead. When the whistles finally stopped – or at least slowed down – Texas A&M used a 14-4 run to get within five. Texas closed the half with a 15-4 run, highlighted by Thompson’s alley-oop dunk from J’Covan Brown and Hamilton’s 3-pointer, for a 39-27 lead. Khris Middleton had a game-high 16 points for the Aggies.

Last Time at Reed: (#22) Texas A&M 74, (#21) Texas 58
COLLEGE STATION (Feb. 27, 2010)–Donald Sloan scored 19 points to lead No. 22 Texas A&M to a 74-58 win over No. 21 Texas in a game that saw Longhorns guard J’Covan Brown injured after a hard fall late in the game. Texas A&M (20-8, 9-5 Big 12) never trailed and went up 10 points before scoring six in a row to push the lead to 66-50 with about three minutes remaining. The Longhorns (22-7, 8-6) finished with their lowest scoring output of the season. Leading scorer Damion James, who entered the game averaging 17.7 points and 10.7 rebounds, finished with 12 points and one rebound. Brown was taken off the court on a board with his neck stabilized after falling hard on a drive to the basket late in the game. Texas officials said he had a neck injury, likely a stinger, and was being taken to a local hospital for evaluation. He was conscious as he was wheeled out of the arena on a stretcher about 20 minutes after the game. Texas A&M led 72-58 when Brown collided with Texas A&M’s B.J. Holmes as he went to the basket. Both players were injured in the collision, but Brown remained on the court after Holmes was carried off with an apparent ankle injury. Play was stopped for about 10 minutes while Brown was looked at. Medical personnel were called to the court after a couple of minutes and he was taped to the board and taken off the court. Loubeau added 15 points for the Aggies, who improved to 17-1 this season in games where they held an opponent to less than 70 points. The Aggies outrebounded Texas 40-29. Texas A&M fought off a rally by Texas by scoring five straight points to extend its lead to 58-46 with seven minutes left. The Aggies led by 16 points before Texas went on a 10-1 run, highlighted by a four-point play by Brown, to get within 53-46 about a minute earlier. The Aggies were up by five points before going on a 16-5 run that including three 3-pointers to extend their lead to 52-36 with about 10 minutes remaining. A highlight of that run came on a two-handed putback dunk by Loubeau that brought the Reed Arena record crowd of 13,717 to its feet.

GAME NOTES

Hot Start

Texas A&M Head Coach Mark Turgeon: “I thought Nebraska was great. They were great defensively. They were very physical. I thought when they knocked David (Loubeau) on his butt we never responded to that intentional foul. It made them tougher than us and us not quite as tough. We never responded. I thought the game was won when we let (Lance) Jeter score in transition. We let them get easy ones instead of making them earn it. He’s a one-man fast break and made two really good plays there in a row. I did a bad job coaching today, which really didn’t help us any, especially in the second half. Nebraska has a really good team, especially in this building. We just weren’t tough enough. It was physical. It was real physical and we didn’t respond. We’ve been able to do that in the past and we didn’t respond today. We just weren’t tough enough and that’s what it comes down to. (Nebraska) can space you out a little bit better this year. They have a few more shooters. I know they didn’t make shots today, (but) they made the big one when it was a three-point game – (Eshaunte) Jones. He always makes them against us. He made a big one in the first half when he was closely guarded and they were struggling. He did it last year in the Big 12 tournament too. (The atmosphere today) was fantastic. It wasn’t nearly that two years ago when we played here. I know it’s still early and everybody still has hope. It means we’ve comes somewhere when Nebraska’s storming the floor when they beat A&M. I guess our program’s come somewhere. I thought the atmosphere was great. It was loud. It really affected us and it got them going defensively. I think it affected a lot of people.”

Postgame Notes: Nebraska

Rebounding

Fast-Paced Offense