Tale of 2 Halves: Durant vs. Tiny Archibald

In the ultimate tale of two halves, Kevin Durant put up an incredible 21 first half points to give the 2007 Texas Longhorns a 40-31 lead. The only teammate to score was Matt Hill, who hit a free throw. One of the problems for the 1970 UTEP Miners was that the two players defending Durant - Scott English and Len Stewart - both had the highest foul range (33-36 on defensive dice all fouls) and kept fouling Durant.

However, in the second half it was one of the greatest point guards in the history of basketball, Tiny Archibald, who scored 23 or his 31 points after half time to lead an incredible turnaround with a 51-22 domination to win going away 82-62.   

	1st H	2nd H	Final
Texas 2007	40	22	62
UTEP 1970	31	51	82

Archibald's backcourt teammate Bob Doyle also had a huge night with 21 points and UTEPs front court dominated the boards to give them a 32-21 edge on the boards. UTEP now faces Durant's long-time OKC teammate Russell Westbrook and his UCLA team.

 

Pos	Texas 2007	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl
1-PG	D.J. Augustin	10	0	4	2	2	1	2	0	4
2-SG	A.J. Abrams	10	2	1	2	2	3	1	0	1
3-SF	Justin Mason	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1
4-PF	Kevin Durant	25	1	7	8	11	4	0	3	1
5-C	Damion James	2	0	1	0	0	7	0	3	1
1-PG	J.D. Lewis	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
2-SG	Craig Winder	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
3-SF	Connor Atchley	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	1
4-PF	Dexter Pittman	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
5-C	Matt Hill	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	2
	11 Turnovers	62	3	20	13	17	21	4	9	14
Pos	UTEP 1970	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl
1-PG	Tiny Archibald	31	3	8	6	6	2	4	1	2
2-SG	Bob Doyle	21	1	8	2	2	4	1	0	1
3-SF	Mike Switzer	8	0	4	0	0	6	1	1	1
4-PF	Dick Gibbs	4	0	2	0	0	5	0	2	3
5-C	Ples Vann	6	0	3	0	0	8	0	1	1
1-PG	Sam Samuels	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
2-SG	John Ruud	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2
3-SF	Tom Issac	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
4-PF	Len Stewart	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4
5-C	Scott English	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2
	13 Turnovers	82	4	31	8	8	32	6	6	19