Texas 61, Texas A&M 51

Wednesday evening marked the final time the Texas A&M Aggies were scheduled to play against the Texas Longhorns in Austin as members of the Big12 Conference. Over 21,000 fans packed the Erwin Center for what was throughout the game a tightly-contested, hard-fought match-up. Longhorn freshman Julien Lewis scored 16 timely points to put Texas in the position to win 61-51, but it was J'Covan Brown who sealed the victory with 2 key assists and 10 straight free throws made within the final 4 minutes of the game. The senior tandem of Clint Chapman and Alexis Wangmene logged quality minutes, finishing with 16 points and 9 rebounds between them. And freshman Sterling Gibbs just might have made the play of the night with a steal and a lay-up to put Texas up by 6 with 10 minutes to play. Myck Kabongo for the most part suffered a miserable individual game to the point that Head Coach Rick Barnes had to bench him for long stretches. But aside from bidding farwell to the Aggies with an important home win, Wednesday's game will most be remembered for a series of colossal dunks provided by each of Wangmene, Chapman, and Sheldon McClellan. The Longhorns are now 12-4 and 2-1 in Big12 play with a tough road game to come against Missouri on Saturday.