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AUSTIN, Texas – Freshman Jacob Young led all scorers with 21 points and four rebounds as six Longhorns scored in double-figures and No. 21/22 Texas handled Angelo State, 95-55, in an exhibition contest on Wednesday night at the Frank Erwin Center. Fellow freshman Jarrett Allen and senior Shaquille Cleare each recorded double-doubles in the win, and freshman Andrew Jones scored 17 points in his collegiate debut.

Angelo State's Quay King led the Rams with a team-high 15 points and three rebounds. The Rams were held to 27.4-percent shooting from the field (20-of-73) and 19.4-percent from 3-point range (6-of-31).

After trading baskets in the opening minutes of the first half, Texas exploded for a 21-0 run over a span of 6:10 capped by an Allen three to build a 29-10 lead at the 7:54 mark. Allen led the Longhorns with nine points in the first half, helping his team to a 44-25 advantage at the break.

The Rams started the second half with a 7-2 run to force an early timeout. Texas answered that initial run by shooting 54.5-percent from the floor (18-of-33) in the second half. The Longhorns extended their lead with advantages in points in the paints (46-18) and fast-break points (29-8).

Texas outrebounded the Rams 53-38 and forced 20 Angelo State turnovers. Jones led the Longhorns with three steals.

The Longhorns open the regular season at home against Incarnate Word on Friday, Nov. 11, presented by SoFi. Tip is set for 7 p.m. Central at the Frank Erwin Center, and the game will be televised nationally by Longhorn Network.

Texas Postgame Quotes

Texas Head Coach Shaka Smart

On working on the little things: One of the things that we try to do is we try to take video clips like that and we really try to say, "Hey, this was good. Let's get to this more often." Because if you break a game like that down, there's a lot of plays where you say, "OK we've got to do that better. We've got to do that better on offense, on defense, in transition." Then there's a handful of plays and maybe more like what you're talking about where what we did in terms of what we can control, execution-wise, is exactly how it needs to be. Let's do that more often. Now obviously, the better the team you're playing, the better they are at saying, "No, you're not doing that." And that's what we've really got to get better at. And I'll tell you, these next two months are going to be, for us, it's got to be about growing and really learning the best we possibly can every day. We cannot waste a day. We cannot waste an opportunity. That doesn't mean we're always going to play exactly the way we want to play, but we've got to learn and grow from each day. We can't waste. Tonight's no different.

On the ongoing development of the freshmen: Listen, they came here like any other freshmen, to play big minutes, for a couple of different reasons. One, we've got some guys that are out. Two, they've done a good job and they've proven that they're capable. Now they've got a lot of growing to do. They've got a lot of improving to do. They've got to learn more about what goes into winning. Now I tell these guys all the time, if we care about two things above others, we're going to be just fine. Care about each other. Care about what goes into winning. Well in order to care about something, you actually need to know what it is and that's what our job is with these freshmen is to help them understand on the smallest detail what's going to go into success for them.

On Jarrett Allen : I thought Jarrett did some good things. He was in foul trouble the whole game, so that was a challenge for him and it probably won't be the last game where he has to deal with foul trouble. I thought he did a good job until the end playing with foul trouble and playing smart. He rebounded the ball really, really well and ran the floor. We have to have to work on free throw shooting. He shot the ball better from the foul line in practice, but I told him after the game, I said, "You know, that 3-pointer percentage starts over now that the exhibition season is over," and he said, "Yeah..." but then I said, "Well the good news is your free-throw percentage does, too." He's a really good player who has a really big ceiling to get better, and he knows that. He wants to grow, and he wants to get better.

On how pleased he was with the few turnovers from his guards: They did a good job. We've been pretty turnover-prone so far in practice. I think we turned it over 19 times last week against SMU, so this was a step in the right direction. Obviously, it's always relative to who you're playing against and the setting and the situation, but still, we have to take small steps. We have to take steps and we have to take regular steps. I thought we did that tonight.

Senior Forward Shaquille Cleare

On tonight's game and mentoring the freshmen: It was a great experience for us as a team. For the freshmen, it's really their first collegiate game and that was a good polisher game and a great game to see where they're at. They had pretty solid games. But if you talk about it in the locker room, we still have a long way to go. These guys work hard every day and they listen. I think this year they're going to have a pretty good year as long as they continue to work hard and take care of the little detail things, especially offensively and defensively. The future is bright for these guys. As far as mentoring goes for these guys, I love doing it and these guys are a talented group of guys. I love working with these guys every day, and I'm excited to see what they'll do in the future.

On James Banks : He's a character, works hard every day and brings a lot of energy. He's never had a down day since he's been here. I try to feed off his energy a lot. Given our defensive game, sometimes he's not even saying the right things but he's making noise. I love that kid, man. It's a young talented group of guys and I'm able to mentor these guys and mold these guys into the players they want to become. I've been in college for five years now. I'm experienced and they've come to me for a lot of help, and I'm excited to watch them grow.

On Jarrett Allen : Jarrett's another character. You're going to have to see that for yourself. We're just here to support one another. It's not a selfish thing. This is a team sport. It's not about one person. It's about a group of individuals, so I'm excited about our guys and our team and I'm excited to watch us grow.

Freshman Guard Andrew Jones

On turning the ball over just once in 33 minutes of play: Every day in practice, they always give us a point of emphasis to work on. We're playing faster than we ever did in high school, so as guards, you have to be able to push the ball but still be able to make plays at the same time. So as we're going fast, Coach Smart wants our minds to be going slow. It was a struggle at the beginning of the year. I have to grow, tighten my handle, but every day Coach gives me points of emphasis to work on. The main focus is not to turn the ball over and get our team into our offense.

On taking advantage of his time on the court: I know I have to grow quickly, and this opportunity was great. Coach Smart has a lot of confidence and a lot of faith in me. I want to prove that I am able and capable of running this team and running the point guard position. Throughout the years and throughout the practices, Coach has told me and gave me a lot of confidence in my game, so it's been great. I appreciate everything he's done for me so far.

On getting rebounds at the guard position: Coach Smart told me at the beginning of the year that whoever gets the rebound guard-wise, they initiate the offense. He takes pride in guards rebounding and crashing the glass, so if we get the ball, we immediately start the break. We can push and we can make plays with our speed, athleticism and our creativity. So Coach really stresses crashing the defensive glass and making sure we find our man. We always hunt the ball in practices and we always work on punishing drills. He always keeps reminding us, "Attack the glass, attack the glass," so we can initiate the offense and get things going fast, the way he wants us to play.

Freshman Guard Jacob Young

On playing in front of fans at the Erwin Center for the first time: We just had to take advantage of the playing time that we got. Basically, Coach Smart said, "Don't go out there nervous or anything, just play basketball." He told me today, "You're going to play a lot of minutes," and I just prepared my mind for it before the game and I was ready to go.

On whether Coach Smart encourages him to take a lot of shots: He gives me a lot of confidence. He says, "If you're open, shoot it." There are some other things that he wants me to work on other than shooting, and I've been working on them. And we've been working on other things as a team, defensively and offensively.

On whether anything about playing in the Erwin Center surprised him: Not really. It was just a great experience playing in front of fans and playing with my teammates. I know it's an exhibition game, but it felt like a real game, so I took it seriously like a real game.