MILWAUKEE (AP) – Andrew Jones scored 21 points, Marcus Carr hit the halftime score with a shot from well over half for Texas to bring in well, and the Longhorns beat Virginia Tech 81-73 a Friday for their first NCAA tournament victory since. 2014.
The sixth-seeded Longhorns (22-11) lead in a second-round East Region game Sunday against No. 3 Som Purdue (28-7). The Boilermakers beat Yale 78-56 on Friday.
No Virginia Tech’s Storm Murphy had two free throws with 2.1 seconds left in the first half to give the Hokies a 32-31 lead, Carr went about one-third of the way to court before banking on a Buzzer-struck 3-pointer.
Carr had only taken a few steps over the 3-point arc at the opposite end of the floor and had not even reached the ” S ” on the ” March Madness ” logo when he launched his shot.
Texas built on the momentum of that unlikely basket and led by 17 with 5 1/2 minutes. Virginia Tech Hunter Cattoor With 45 seconds left, a 3-pointer left to reduce Texas’ lead to 76-69, but the Hokies couldn’t get any closer.
Carr had 15 points and Timmy Allen added 14 and Texas went 10 of 19 from 3-point range while a five-game tournament loser streak ended.
Virginia Tech Sean Pedulla shot 19 points, with 13 coming in the last 4 1/2 minutes. Keve Aluma had 15 and Cattoor lost 12 as Virginia Tech lost for just the third time in 16 games. The 11th seeded Hokies (23-13) had made their way into the NCAA field by winning their first Atlantic Coast Conference tournament title last week.
Virginia Tech led for much of the first half, but could not keep up with the Longhorns after Carr’s big basket. The hockey team went 5 1/2 minutes without a basket as Texas began to pull.
Carr found Christian Bishop for a basket with 11:18 to give the Longhorns a 52-43 lead, the biggest lead for either team up to that point. Carr put up a 3-point lead 40 seconds later to make it 55-43.
Texas kept a double-digit margin until the final minute.
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