The Lady Bears owned the paint, scoring 40 to Texas' 26.
Zach Randolph, the former Knick forward, led a punishing assault in the paint, scoring 31 points and grabbing 25 rebounds against the Knicks' undersized front line.
"But collectively as a team, when we're not shooting well, we need to get to the paint and get to the foul line a little bit more and get some paint scores.
A 6-foot-10 sophomore with an ability to finish powerfully, Thompkins slipped overly aggressive defenders with backdoor cuts and established a presence in the paint, scoring 19 points.
Due to the narrowness of the key, imposing centers, such as George Mikan, dominated the paint, scoring at will.
This proves a rare instance of overt authorial presence, beyond the inclusion of the moody, mood-painting score by the Icelandic composer Johann Johannsson.
On an approximately 5 ½-by-3 ½-foot surface, he painted scores of overlapping whorls of different sizes in reds, yellows and pinks.
Another time, protesters painted scores of Ping-Pong balls with words like "Leave" and "Freedom" in red and blue ink, and then released them on a hill above Mr. Assad's house.
As well as the famous five dozen, he painted scores more in 1901, in so many styles and genres that even the small sample here makes your head spin.
Though he is better known for works like "The Kiss," Klimt, who lived in Vienna, painted scores of landscapes during his summer stays in the Salzkammergut region of Austria.
