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3 takeaways from Texas' 78-68 loss to No. 11 Michigan State: Longhorns squander 19-point first-half lead and go cold

Following a big upset over No. 7 North Carolina on Thanksgiving night, the Texas Longhorns fell to No. 11 Michigan State, 78-68, in Friday night's championship game of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational.

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Here are three takeaways from Friday's game:

1. Texas builds up 19-point first-half lead before Spartans wake up

If there was any doubt about if the Longhorns could sustain their level of offense from Thursday night's win over North Carolina into Friday, it quickly ended as Texas found a groove early and capitalized on mistakes by the Spartans, who turned the ball over five times in the first four minutes.