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Colorado Falls To No. 15 Texas In Big 12 Opener
January 07, 2006 | Men's Basketball
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - P.J. Tucker scored 24 points and tied his career high with 15 rebounds as No. 15 Texas opened Big 12 play Saturday with an 89-64 win over Colorado.
Texas (12-2) has won four in a row since consecutive blowout losses to Duke and Tennessee last month and appears to be hitting its stride as in enters conference play.
Senior guard Kenton Paulino finished with a career-high 18 points and LaMarcus Aldridge added 19 points and nine boards for the Longhorns, who are 8-0 in league openers under coach Rick Barnes. Tucker has four double-doubles in the last five games.
Martane Freeman scored 20 to lead Colorado (10-2, 0-1) which had its nine-game winning streak snapped.
Colorado beat Texas twice last season when Tucker and Aldridge were out with academic problems and injuries, and knocked the Longhorns out of the Big 12 tournament. It was a much different game with those two back in the lineup.
Aldridge scored Texas' first six points on turnaround jumpers, Tucker had 10 points by halftime and the Longhorns bolted to a 43-24 halftime lead. Abrams hit two 3-pointers from the right corner and Paulino's second of the half made it 39-19.
Aldridge opened the second half with dunk off a sharp pass underneath from Brad Buckman, then converted a three-point play that made it 50-27. Daniel Gibson then hit consecutive 3-pointers.
The Buffaloes struggled against Texas' early mix of zone and man defenses. After scoring more than 100 points in two of its last three, Colorado shot just 28 percent in the first half and 31 percent for the game.
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