Texas Longhorns Men's Basketball defeats UT Arlington 63-53

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AUSTIN, Texas – Texas matched a program record with 13 blocks, Myles Turner recorded his second double-double, and the No. 6/7 Longhorns defeated the UT Arlington Mavericks, 63-53, on Tuesday night at the Erwin Center.
Turner led all scorers with 18 points, shooting 14-of-17 from the free-throw line. He also posted 10 rebounds and five blocks, three in the second half. The freshman forward scored 13 of the Horns' 24 second-half points.
Senior forward Jonathan Holmes matched a career-high with 16 rebounds, nine points and three blocks. Kendal Yancy also added nine points and six boards.
The Texas (7-0) defense came up big by outrebounding the Mavericks, 52-25, and swatting 13 shots, the most rejections since Dec. 29, 2004 against UTSA. Texas had only recorded 13 blocks in a contest twice before tonight.
After UT Arlington (3-4) jumped out to an early 15-7 lead, Texas used a 23-5 run to take control while holding the Mavericks to only 4-of-20 (.200) shooting in that span.
A jumper and three-pointer from Yancy sparked a 13-3 run to take their first lead since the game's first two points.
With the game tied at 20-all, Texas went on a 10-0 run, with six of those points coming at the free-throw line. Holmes grabbed his tenth rebound of the first half with 4:32 remaining and scored on a put-back layup to give Texas its largest lead of the night at 34-22 and force UTA into its first timeout of the game.
In the opening period, Texas tallied eight blocks, just one block shy of matching a program record for blocks in a half. Holmes registered three of those, to go along with 10 rebounds and six points.
After only registering 35 rebounds against UConn the entire game, Texas grabbed 29 boards in the first half.
Coming out of the break, UTA went on a 13-5 run to come as close as three (44-41), before Turner responded with six straight points to rebuild the lead to 50-41.
Texas maintained its lead for the rest of the game and would lead by as much as 12.
Jamel Outler and Greg Gainey paced the way for the Mavericks with nine points apiece.
The Horns continue nonconference action when they travel to Lexington, Kentucky on Friday to face the No. 1/1 Kentucky Wildcats in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. Central and will be aired nationally on ESPN.