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Poor shooting dooms WVU basketball against Texas

By Matthew Peaslee

Jan 20, 2016; Morgantown, WV, USA; West Virginia Mountaineers forward Jonathan Holton (1) looks to pass around Texas Longhorns forward Connor Lammert (21) during the second half at the WVU Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 20, 2016; Morgantown, WV, USA; West Virginia Mountaineers forward Jonathan Holton (1) looks to pass around Texas Longhorns forward Connor Lammert (21) during the second half at the WVU Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jan 20, 2016; Morgantown, WV, USA; Texas Longhorns forward Shaquille Cleare (32) backs down West Virginia Mountaineers forward Devin Williams (41) during the second half at the WVU Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 20, 2016; Morgantown, WV, USA; Texas Longhorns forward Shaquille Cleare (32) backs down West Virginia Mountaineers forward Devin Williams (41) during the second half at the WVU Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports /

Roles reversed

Though a lot of it was self-inflicted, Texas was able to take the WVU basketball team out of its game on Wednesday.

That was evident on the defensive end as the Longhorns forced 11 WVU turnovers, while only turning the ball over eight times, themselves. Also, as Tarik Phillip and Jaysean Paige have been providing an offensive spark off the bench for West Virginia, the Texas reserves came out more fired up than the Mountaineers.

Texas had 21 bench points, compared to 15 by the Mountaineers. Paige was limited to just four points after scoring 18 in the loss against Oklahoma and 26 in a win against Kansas.

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