March 8, 2002
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#3 Texas 89, #6 Missouri 85
With tonight's win over Missouri, Texas has won four straight in the series and is 5-3 against Missouri since the formation of the Big 12 Conference. Texas' Rick Barnes is 5-1 vs. Missouri. Texas is 10-5 in away/neutral games this season. The Longhorns are 7-5 this season in games decided by six points or less.
The Horns have reached at least the semifinal round in five of their first six appearances in the Big 12 Tournament, including their first four trips under Rick Barnes. Missouri has lost in the quarterfinals of five straight Big 12 Tournaments. This is the third straight year that three of the four semifinal participants are from the South Division.
Texas reached the 20-win plateau for the third straight year and the first time since it registered three consecutive 20-win campaigns from 1993-94 through 1995-96.
Texas is 10-0 when shooting at least 50 percent from the field and 35-1 under Rick Barnes
Texas is 10-3 when scoring 80 points or more this season and 28-4 under Rick Barnes.
Under Rick Barnes, Texas is 70-10 when leading at half, including 14-2 this season.
The Horns are 31-5 when making more free throws than their opponents, including 7-2 this season.
Missouri went on a 10-0 run to pull within 43-40 early in the second half. MU scored the last five points of the first half and the first five points of the second half.
With its eight treys tonight, Texas has hit at least one three-pointer in 374 consecutive games.
With his 10 points scored in 10 minutes of play in the first half, Texas' Deginald Erskin tallied his seventh double-digit scoring effort of the season and his sixth in the last 13 games. Erskin shot 77.8 (7-of-9) percent from the field, which was an all-time Texas Big 12 Tournament record. Chris Mihm had the previous best of 75.0 percent vs. Colorado March 10, 2000.
With two steals in the first half, T.J. Ford set Texas' freshman single-season steals mark with 59. With 10 assists vs. Missouri, Ford extended his school-record double-digit assist mark to 15. The 10 assists also ties him for third-best effort in a Big 12 Tournament game.
Missouri's Clarence Gilbert, who scored a game-high 26 points vs. Iowa State, scored his first basket with less than a minute left in the first half of tonight's game. He was 0-of-5 prior to the dunk off of Kareem Rush's missed basket. Gilbert, who had eight three-point goals vs. the Cyclones' last night, opened the second half at the 19:34 mark with his first trey of the game. He finished with 19 points.
Gilbert's 11 three-pointers ties his mark from last year on the all-time in the Big 12 Tournament three-point goals made chart. In the Big 12 career three-point goals made race, Gilbert leads KU's Jeff Boschee 321 to 319.
MU's Kareem Rush scored a career-high 33 points, which also ties him for second on the Big 12 tournament's all-time single-game scoring mark. Iowa State's Marcus Fizer scored a tourney-best 38 points vs. Baylor. Rush's 50 points in two 2002 Big 12 tournament games moves him into 13th place on the all-time scoring chart.
MU's Travon Bryant tallied career highs in points (14), field goals made (7) and tied his career high for attempts (9).
Both Missouri's Travon Bryant and Texas' Deginald Erskin are tied for fourth in field goal percentage in a Big 12 Tournament game.
UT's Brandon Mouton scored 19 points tonight, which marks the 24th time he's hit double digits in scoring this season.
Texas' James Thomas scored his 10th double-double of the season with 11 points and 1o rebounds. He has reached double figures in rebounding in 13 of the last 19 games.
