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Weaver with two aggressive buckets in the first half.

On the floor: Pope, Wilcher, Weaver, Traore and Matas

Swain is 3-for-3 at the foul line, all of them coming out of the first two media timeouts.

Kentucky 14, Texas 13 11:44 to go, 1H

Back-to-back buckets by Oweh, including a steal and a run-out dunk, has Texas trailing Kentucky at the under-12 media timeout.

Weaver's dunk, a driving scoop shot by Swain and a putback by Matas have Texas on a 6-0 run.

A rough couple of minutes off the bench for Traore.

On the floor (14:55): Mark, Wilcher, Weaver, Swain and Traore

Tough to see Texas give up two offensive rebounds, which led to three Kentucky points.

Swain makes his free throw out of the timeout and we're tied, 7-7.

The Longhorns are off to a 3-for-9 shooting start in this one, including 0-for-2 from 3-point range.

Kentucky 7, Texas 6 15:25 to go, 1H

A huge bucket by Swain, working on Jelavic, to draw the foul. He'll be at the line for a potential three-point play after the first media timeout of the half.

Matas gets the first Texas field goal of the night to start things off.

This is where we'll discuss tonight's road game for Sean Miller and the Texas men against Kentucky. The Longhorns and Wildcats will tip things off at Rupp Arena at 6 p.m. on the SEC Network. Texas (11-7, 2-3 SEC) at Kentucky (12-6, 3-2 SEC) Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026 6 p.m. Rupp Arena (20,545) GameDay Quick Facts — TELEVISION: The game will be televised nationally by SEC Network with Matt Schumacker (play-by-play) and Richard Hendrix (analyst) on the call. — RADIO: The Longhorn Radio Network broadcasts every UT game on the statewide network. Craig Way (pxp) and Eddie Oran (analyst) will call the action. Check TexasLonghorns.com for a listing of affiliates carrying the game. — SERIES: Kentucky leads, 2-1. Last meeting: Texas 82-78 (Feb. 15, 2025; Austin). Notables — FIRST TIME IN RUPP IN A WHILE: This marks just the fourth all-time meeting between Kentucky and Texas and the first time since the 2014-15 season that the Longhorns have played in Lexington. — GETTING OFFENSIVE: The Longhorns are averaging 86.3 ppg while converting 48.5-percent from the floor. The 86.3 ppg marks the highest scoring average for Texas since 1994-95 (92.9 ppg) and the first time Texas has averaged over 80 ppg since 2009-10 (81.2 ppg). UT ranks No. 17 nationally in the latest KenPom offensive efficiency stats. — ON THE MARK: Over the last eight contests, graduate G Tramon Mark has averaged a team-best 17.8 ppg while hitting 49.1-percent (51-104) from the floor, including a 40.5-percent (15-37) mark from three-point range, and recorded at least 13 points in each of the eight games. In SEC play, Mark is averaging a team-high 18.4 ppg and 3.8 rpg in 32.9 mpg.

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He’s now moved ahead of Dirk Nowitzki with the sixth most career points scored in NBA history. Up next is Michael Jordan in fifth place.

Since Quandre Diggs is on a roster, there are Longhorns still in the NFL playoffs who've played for Mack Brown (Diggs), Charlie Strong (Diggs, Lil'Jordan Humphrey, PJ Locke, Malcolm Roach, Brandon Jones, Poona Ford and Michael Dickson), Tom Herman (Humphrey, Locke, Roach, Jones, Ford, Dickson, Jahdae Barron, Sam Ehlinger, Brenden Schooler, Jordan Whittington and Byron Murphy) and Steve Sarkisian (Barron, Schooler, Whittington, Murphy and Bill Norton).

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