Men's Basketball's Season Comes to Close at Texas

Sunday, March 24

Austin, Texas

4 p.m.

Xavier University

19-16

Texas

18-16

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Xavier

Texas

Men's Basketball's Season Comes to Close at Texas

03.24.19 | Men's Basketball

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Musketeers fall in overtime in the NIT Second Round

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

AUSTIN, Texas - Junior Tyrique Jones posted a career-high 22 points as Xavier battled into overtime at Texas, but the Musketeers fell just short, 78-76, of taking the win in the NIT Second Round on Sunday afternoon.

Jones led four Musketeers in double figures as Xavier finishes the season at 19-16 overall after posting a 9-9 record in BIG EAST play.

FIRST HALF

After Texas took the opening points, the teams traded leads for the first eight minutes, with Naji Marshall scoring five early points. Tyrique Jones adding four early.
UT and XU traded five-point runs, with neither team leading by more than four points in the first 18 minutes of the half.
An 8-2 run by Texas in the final minutes of the half gave the Longhorns an eight point lead going into the final seconds, before a Quentin Goodin basket at the buzzer set the halftime score at 38-32.
Naji Marshall led the Musketeers with 10 points in the first half.
Tyrique Jones added eight on 4-of-4 shooting from the floor.
Xavier owned a 15-13 advantage on the boards led by five for Zach Hankins.
The Musketeers shot just under 52 percent from the floor in the first half, but shot 2-of-8 from three, while Texas shot 48 percent from the floor, but 4-of-10 on three.
Xavier had nine first half turnovers compared to five for Texas, allowing the Longhorns to outscore the Musketeers 16-2 on points off turnovers.

SECOND HALF

A 7-0 run to open the half gave the Musketeers to 39-38 lead in the first two minutes of the half.
The 7-0 run fueled a three-minute stretch where Xavier outscored Texas 13-3 to extend the lead out to four, 47-46.
Texas responded with a 7-0 run of its own to retake the lead, 50-47, with 12 minutes to play.
UT outscored Xavier 17-4 over a six minute stretch to extend the lead to as many as nine, 60-51, with seven minutes to play.
The Musketeers responded with a 14-5 stretch, tying the game at 65-65 in the final three minutes of the game.
XU and UT traded baskets over the final three minutes, going into the final seconds with Texas ahead one, 70-69. Quentin Goodin hit one of two free throws with two seconds on the clock to sent the game to OT.
Tyrique Jones had 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting in the second half.
Quentin Goodin added 10 points on 3-of-4 shooting from the floor.
UT held a 21-18 advantage on the boards in the second half. Jones led the Musketeers with six boards. Xavier had just five offensive rebounds to eight for Texas, but outscored the Longhorns, 7-1 on second-chance points.
Xavier shot 53.6 percent from the floor, but connected on 3-of-8 from outside, while the Longhorns shot 38.7 percent, but shot 6-of-11 from outside. Xavier owned a 24-10 advantage on points in the paint.

OVERTIME

Xavier took the early lead in the OT period, and the two teams traded one point leads until a Texas three gave the long horns a 75-73 advantage with 3:30 to play.
Texas' lead grew to as many as four, 77-73, before a Paul Scruggs layup and Tyrique Jones free throw pulled the Musketeers to within one, but a Texas free throw set the final score at 78-76.

NOTABLE

Tyrique Jones' 22 points on 10-of-12 shooting from the floor led all scorers, and set a new career high for the junior, topping his previous career-high of 21 set twice this season. Jones also had a game-high 11 rebounds four his fourth double-double of teh season.
Naji Marshall finished with 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds.
Quentin Goodin had 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting, including 2-of-3 from outside. Goodin also dished out five assists.
Zach Hankins finished with 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the floor.
Xavier shot 50 percent from the floor to 41 percent for Texas, but shot 5-of-17 from outside to UT's 11-of-23. Xavier owned a 50-24 advantage on points in the paint.
Both teams grabbed 39 boards.