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L’Esperance Leads Stars over Griffins
16 Feb 2022
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After one of their worse performances of the season, the Texas Stars (14-18-5-3) rebounded and soundly defeated the Grand Rapid Griffins (18-19-5-2) by a 3-1 score. Joel L’Esperance’s bookend goals highlighted the victory.
Texas’ defense effectively contained Grand Rapids to their end of the ice. The Griffins could only muster…
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Listless Stars Fold to Griffins
15 Feb 2022
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It came down to who wanted it: the Grand Rapids Griffins (18-18-5-2) did, and the Texas Stars (13-18-5-3) did not. The Griffins easily defeated the Stars, 2-1, in a game that was difficult to watch.
“We didn’t come out ready. They had better jump. They had better effort. The had…
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Clippers Roll Over Spurs
14 Feb 2022
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The Austin Spurs (5-8) played without heart on Valentine’s day, falling to the Aqua Caliente Clippers (13-4), 116-to-78, in one of the most one-sided basketball games every played in the HEB Center.
Both teams played loose with the ball, each allowing 16 turnovers and 8 steals, with more contested possession…
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Battle of the Power Play, Admirals over the Stars
11 Feb 2022
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At some point the Stars must ask the question: is it the players or the coach?
Friday’s game against the Milwaukee Admirals gave us great insight. The game matched a former Texas Stars assistant coach, Karl Taylor, against the current Texas Stars head coach, Neil Graham. Taylor rose through the…
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Vipers Roll Over Spurs
10 Feb 2022
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The second place Rio Grande Valley Vipers defeated the eighth place Austin Spurs, 139-to-127, in a game where the Spurs displayed competitiveness but lacked poise. Trevelin Queen led the Vipers with a massive 43 points and 10 rebounds.
The Spurs were sharp offensive, besting the Viper in field goals (55…
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Stars Even Series with Moose
09 Feb 2022
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The Texas Stars (13-15-5-3) rebounded from a bad loss to defeat the Manitoba Moose (25-12-2-1), 3-to-1, in the second and final game of their series.
“I like the way the guys battled hard for each other. Our details were sharper. Our compete was better start to finish,” said Texas Stars…
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Storybook Ending Slips from Grasp, Manitoba over Texas
08 Feb 2022
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The Texas Stars (12-15-5-3) almost pulled off the impossible with a goal by Curtis McKenzie with 1 second remaining to force overtime against the Manitoba Moose (25-11-2-1). But sloppy defense by the Stars allowed a quick goal by the Moose, giving Manitoba a 3-2 victory.
Texas Stars head coach Neil…
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Texas Fades as Baylor Bounces
06 Feb 2022
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The Baylor women’s basketball team extended its win streak over the Texas Longhorns to 13 games with a 63-55 victory. The Longhorns have not won a women’s basketball game against the Bears since February 6, 2017.
Baylor became the first team in 23 years to beat a top-25 team twice…
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Dotson, Cacok Lead Spurs over Blue
04 Feb 2022
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Damyean Dotson clinched a 109-104 win for the Austin Spurs (4-4) over the Oklahoma City Blue (8-6) with ten consecutive free throws in the last 37 seconds of the game. The upset victory placed the Spurs two wins away from the Western Conference playoff cutoff.
Both teams played a tight…
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Late Turnovers Doom Spurs
30 Jan 2022
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The Austin Spurs (3-4) fell to the Santa Cruz Warriors (5-6), 123-110, as Devontae Cacok’s string of double-doubles ended at 15 games.
Turnovers plagued the Spurs throughout the entire game, committing 18 in the first three periods. But the Austin played nip and tuck basketball against Santa Cruz, with both…
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Six Unanswered Goals Thrust Stars Past Rocket
28 Jan 2022
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After a mediocre first period, the Texas Stars (12-14-4-2) put up six unanswered goals before a capacity crowd to defeat the Laval Rocket (15-12-2-0) by a score of 6-1.
Laval opened the scoring in a one-sided first period on Tory Dello’s goal, assisted by Corey Schueneman and Alex Belzile. The…
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Spurs Top Skyforce, Cacok Extends Steak
27 Jan 2022
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The Austin Spurs (3-3) and the Sioux Falls Skyforce 92-9) played a very competitive basketball game, exchanging leads 17 and tying 9 times, until the Spurs exploded in the final frame to win 119 – 97.
Austin was led by Devontae Cacok who extended his double-double streak to 15 games…
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#9 Texas Women Shutdown #25 Kansas State
26 Jan 2022
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The #9 University of Texas Longhorn women’s basketball team easily handled the #25 Kansas State University Jayhawks in there most complete home game of the season. Texas controlled K-State for the entire game, leading by as many of 18 points in route to a 66-to-48 victory.
Texas’ defense was instrumental…
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#1 Texas Shuts Out Texas State
23 Jan 2022
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The top ranked University of Texas Longhorns (1-0) women’s tennis team dropped just 20 games in 8 matches to sweep the Texas State University Bobcats (0-2). The closest match was an unfinished doubles match that went 4-3.
Texas claimed a 1-0 lead by taking the doubles point. The #1 double…
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Cacok Lead Spurs over Hustle, Sets Franchise Record
21 Jan 2022
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The Austin Spurs (2-2) played their most complete game of the season as they defeated the Memphis Hustle (2-5), 114-107. Highlighting the victory was Devontae Cacok’s franchise record setting twelfth consecutive double-double.
The Spurs followed a well-worn pattern of falling behind early in the game, giving Memphis a 6-point advantage…
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Spurs Top Vipers in Dust Bowl
17 Jan 2022
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The Austin Spurs (1-1) topped the Rio Grande Valley Vipers (1-3), 127-124, in a tightly fought contest best described as a dust bowl. There was literally dust throughout the arena floor of the HEB Center as well as dust on both team’s play due to COVID restricted play.
Entering Monday’s…
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Texas Assembles Complete Game Over West Virginia
15 Jan 2022
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The University of Texas Longhorns women’s basketball team easily handled the University of West Virginia Mountaineers, winning 73-to-57. The Longhorns led the entire game, after a slow start in the first period.
Texas coach Vic Schaefer promised changes in the starting line-up after an embarrassing loss to Kansas. “The way…
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Turnovers Doom Texas Women
12 Jan 2022
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The No. 13 University of Texas Longhorns (11-3, 1-2 Conference) turned the ball over a season-high 23 times in a 70-66 overtime loss to the Kansas University Jayhawks (11-1, 2-1 Conference). It was the second consecutive home-court conference loss In for the Longhorns.
The victory was only Kansas’ second in…
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Pretty Good Not Good Enough: Manitoba over Texas
07 Jan 2022
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The Texas Stars (8-12-3-1) looked pretty good against the Manitoba Moose (17-9-1-1). Pretty good for a team that hadn’t played a game in 20 days. Pretty good for a team that lost 15 players and 2 coaches to COVID. Pretty good for the worse team in the AHL. But not…
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Texas Tech Embarrasses No. 9 Texas
05 Jan 2022
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The No. 9 University of Texas Longhorns women’s basketball (10-2, 1-1) suffered a humbling loss to Texas Tech University Red Raider, 74-61. Texas led only in the first minute of play. The loss was the Longhorns’ first at home this season.
“That’s probably as humbling a loss I’ve had since…
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Texas Stars Near Bottom?
17 Dec 2021
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You know you’re near rock-bottom when no one in the NHL wants your goalkeeper and when the opposing goalkeeper scores against you. Such was the case as the Texas Stars fell 3-1 to the Rockford IceHogs.
The Texas Stars started Dallas Stars goalie Anton Khudobin between the posts. Khudobin struggled…
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Stars Left Looking for Answers
12 Dec 2021
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For the second time in three games the Texas Stars have suffered an embarrassing loss to the Chicago Wolves. Sunday’s 7-4 drubbing made it clear that Stars head coach Neil Graham knew the questions, but not the answers. This is what he had to say…
The Stars had four penalty…
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Stars Fall with Thud to Wolves
09 Dec 2021
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Anticipation was high as Dallas Stars goalie Ben Bishop was slotted to play up to five games with the Texas Stars as part of rehabilitation from reconstructive knee surgery. However, the finality of Bishop’s injury became clear as he allowed eight goals on 34 shots in a losing effort against…
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Chile, Mexico Play to Draw in MexTour Exhibition
08 Dec 2021
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For the last eighteen years the MexTour has hosted matches between the National Team of Mexico against rival national teams at sites throughout the United States. The friendly exhibition matches help prepare the national team teams for important competitions like the FIFA World Cup and Concacaf Gold Cup, while also…
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Greensboro Swarms Austin
03 Dec 2021
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The Greensboro Swarm (2-8) embarrassed the Austin Spurs (3-5), defeating them 105-to-96, in one of the sloppiest games of basketball in memory. The Spurs committed 20 turnovers, resulting in 25 points for the Swarm.
The Swarm led by as many as 29 points before downshifting their game into pity-mode.
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