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After sitting out the past 13 games, Tevin Mack will be given a release from Texas, head coach Shaka Smart said Monday.

Mack, a sophomore, was given his second suspension of the season for a violation of team rules after Texas' first matchup against TCU at the beginning of Big 12 play. He also sat out for the first three games of the season, along with sophomore guard Kerwin Roach, also for a violation of team rules.

"I really didn't have a choice," Smart said on his decision to suspend Mack.

At the time of his suspension, Mack was the Longhorns leading scorer and their best perimeter player. He averaged 14.8 points per game and 39 percent 3-point shooting through 15 games.

A South Carolina native, he originally came to Texas along with Smart after he was recruited at Virginia Commonwealth.

"It was my decision [to suspend him]," Smart said. "For the long term growth of our program and hwere we are trying to get to culture-wise it was really not much of a choice. One of the things you try ti do in coaching is you try to do the best thing for the young men that you coach, but you're also trying to do the right thing for the program. Most of the time those things align with each other, but sometimes they don't. Sometimes you have to make a tough call."

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