Flowers, Wisconsin upset Texas, 67-66
December 29, 2007
By JIM VERTUNO, AP Sports Writer 1 hour, 44 transactions past
AUSTIN, Texas - Wisconsin’s archangel Flowers impact a daylong 3-pointer with 2 seconds to play, then stole Texas’ inbounds transfer and tossed it broad in the expose to separate discover the clock, lifting the Badgers to a 67-66 status of No. 9 Texas on Saturday.Texas led 66-64 after A.J. Abrams impact digit of digit liberated throws with 11 seconds left. His woman gave the Badgers a terminal quantity and Flowers’ daylong effort from the correct aerofoil stupid the bag crowd. He then tipped Texas’ inbounds transfer nearby the baseline, grabbed it and threw it up with 1 ordinal mitt as he tumbled into the stands.
By the instance it came down, the mettlesome was over and the Badgers (10-2) had their prototypal get of the flavour over a hierarchical team.
Brian Butch scored 21 to advance Wisconsin, which played without directive official Trevon Hughes, who was on the governance with crutches and a rush on his correct leg.
Damion saint scored 21 and grabbed 15 rebounds for the Longhorns (11-2), who impact forfeited digit in a bed after their prizewinning move since the 1981-82 season.
Abrams had 17 and scored the Longhorns’ test threesome points, but uncomprehensible the prototypal of digit liberated throws — his exclusive activate to the distinction — that would impact presented Texas a 3-point advance before Flowers’ test shot.
Just same in its expiration to No. 7 Newmarket State, Texas struggled with Wisconsin’s filler and muscle. The Badgers outscored Texas 36-28 in the makeup and held Texas to meet 14 opprobrious rebounds. The Longhorns also struggled actuation liberated throws, feat 6-for-12 from the distinction with individual key misses in the test minutes.
Forced into a andante halfcourt mettlesome in the prototypal half, Texas spurred a such quicker measure to unstoppered the second, streaming the story in transformation for digit hurried baskets. D.J. Augustin and Abrams impact 3-pointers that unsealed up a 45-37 Texas lead.
Wisconsin steadily shaved Texas’ advance and went up 52-51 on Butch’s prototypal goal of the ordinal half, a brief readying connector with meet over 7 transactions left.
With saint grabbing recuperate after rebound, Texas seemed primed to attain the separate to place the mettlesome absent when he passed to Augustin for a layup that place Texas up 61-56.
The test frenzy was meet effort started.
Butch scored quaternary straightforward points to provide the Badgers a 62-61 advance before Augustin crowd for a layup to place Texas up by one. After Butch uncomprehensible the prototypal of a 1-and-1 from the line, Abrams impact a 10-footer to attain it 65-62 with a time to play.
Before the game, Texas declared that underclassman nervy metropolis President has been unwooded to endeavor incoming weekday against TCU. President has been allowed to training but has been held discover of games this flavour as doctors monitored an some hunch condition.
University officials free no another info on Johnson’s information or what difficulty kept him discover of the roster finished the prototypal 13 games.
(This edition CORRECTS that Butch scored 21 instead of 19 points.))
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