No. 7 Texas falls on the road to No. 12 Iowa State, 78-67

The Texas Longhorns’ three-game convention successful streak got here to an finish on Tuesday. The Longhorns misplaced a irritating street bout with the stingy Iowa State Cyclones.

It was an unsightly sport in a couple of sense for Texas. The sport noticed Longhorns tripped, shoved or undercut a number of instances, with seemingly malicious intent. Whereas it was purpose for Rodney Terry’s workforce to be indignant, it wasn’t why Texas misplaced.

The Longhorns merely missed pictures offensively. After they weren’t lacking good pictures, they settled for dangerous pictures. Whereas the Iowa State protection deserves credit score for forcing the Horns into dangerous makes an attempt, too usually the Texas offense painted itself right into a nook. The second half noticed the workforce waste possessions and pressure itself into desperation heaves to beat the shot clock.

Iowa State was extra environment friendly offensively, making the pictures it wanted to make. Led by Gabe Tauscher and Jaren Holmes the Cyclones constantly added to their level complete as the sport progressed.

The Longhorns fall to 15-3 general and 4-2 in convention play.

Story initially appeared on Longhorns Wire