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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas 72, Stephen F. Austin 62
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, November 15, 2013
Where: Frank Erwin Special Events Center, Austin, Texas
Officials: # Rick Crawford, # Mitchell Ervin, # Darron George
Attendance: 7348
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Texas 72, Stephen F. Austin 62: Demarcus Holland scored 21 points as the host Longhorns denied the Lumberjacks' upset bid in an in-state, back-and-forth game.

Holland shot 9-of-13 from the floor and grabbed five rebounds for Texas (3-0), which overcame a halftime deficit and 22.2 percent shooting from 3-point range. Javan Felix added 15 points while Connor Lammert came off the bench to pitch in 12 points and a team-high eight rebounds.

Deshaunt Walker scored a game-high 24 points for Stephen F. Austin (2-1), making 6-of-9 shots from beyond the arc. Desmond Haymon logged 15 points and a team-high eight rebounds and Jacob Parker finished with eight points, including a tip-in to tie the game at 60-60 with 3:10 left.

Neither team trailed by more than five points through the entire second half until Lammert capped a late 6-0 Longhorns run with two free throws to make it 66-60 with 1:29 to play. Two more Parker free throws pulled the Lumberjacks within four, but Isaiah Taylor made a layup and Felix and Jonathan Holmes went 4-for-4 from the foul line in the final 34 seconds.

Texas ran out to an 11-0 lead as four different Longhorns players scored in the initial 2:01. But Stephen F. Austin stormed back as a Haymon 3-pointer gave it an 18-17 lead with 12:10 left in the first half and ultimately a 35-31 edge at halftime.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Holmes finished with 11 points on 3-of-4 shooting and grabbed eight rebounds. … Texas outrebounded Stephen F. Austin 41-26. … The Longhorns are now 6-0 all-time against the Lumberjacks and have won 43 consecutive home games against unranked non-conference opponents.

Top Game Performances
 
Stephen F. Austin   Texas
Deshaunt Walker 24 Scoring Demarcus Holland 21
Deshaunt Walker 3 Assists Damarcus Croaker 1
Desmond Haymon 8 Rebounds Jonathan Holmes 8
Trey Pinkney 3 Free Throws Made Javan Felix 4
Nikola Gajic 2 Steals Demarcus Holland 2
Tanner Clayton 1 Blocks Jonathan Holmes 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Stephen F. Austin 62 38.6 11-24 7-14 13 25 2 5 13
Texas 72 51.0 2-9 18-24 5 38 7 5 16