Austin, TX
Mountaineers non-competitive in 94-58 loss at Texas – WV MetroNews
Texas came out firing from the outset of Saturday’s contest with West Virginia at the Moody Center.
The Mountaineers never countered back, and as a result, remained winless away from home this season while suffering the program’s most lopsided loss in nine years.
Dylan Disu scored 19 of his game-high 27 points in the first half on 7-for-7 shooting with five three-pointers, helping the Longhorns build a 25-point advantage en route their 94-58 victory.
Texas (16-8, 5-6) made 23-of-35 field goals in the first half, including half of its 16 three-point attempts.
“There’s a lot of things we can point at defensively that we didn’t do correct,” WVU interim head coach Josh Eilert said. “Their game plan right off the bat was to put [WVU center Jesse Edwards] in a ball screen and pick and pop with Disu. Credit to him. He was 4 for 4 from three to start the game. He knocked down shots and once you see a couple go down, we’ve seen it ourselves in the Kansas game, the floodgates can open for you.”
Outside of a 2-0 lead off an Edwards layup on the game’s first possession, West Virginia (8-15, 3-7) never led in what marked its most lopsided defeat since a 39-point season-ending loss to Kentucky in March 2015.
Two Disu triples and one from Max Abmas on three consecutive possessions allowed the Longhorns to turn a two-point advantage into an 18-7 lead in a matter of 49 seconds.
Disu made another triple with 9:26 left in the half to give Texas a 32-14 lead. He was from alone in doing damage to the Mountaineers over the first 20 minutes, as teammate Chendall Weaver was 4 for 4 with nine points and Dillion Mitchell added 10 on 5-for-7 shooting.
Leading 55-30 at halftime, Texas had 17 assists and two turnovers. The Mountaineers had 10 turnovers and five assists, though they made half of their field-goal attempts (12 for 24) on the strength of Edwards’ 13 points on 5-for-6 shooting.
Disu picked up where he left off to start the second half by connecting from long range and the Longhorns gained their first 30-point advantage to 70-40 when Abmas made his second of consecutive triples.
Texas’ largest lead was 43 at 92-49 before the Mountaineers ran off nine of the final 11 points.
The Mountaineers lost their final two trips to Austin while the Longhorns were members of the Big 12 by a total of 70 points.
“Really felt like it was deja vu here looking at this box score in this arena,” Eilert said. “Like I told the guys in the locker room, one way or another, I didn’t have you all ready to play and that’s on me.”
Disu finished 10 for 16 and made 7-of-10 threes. Abmas added five triples and 19 points, while Tyrese Hunter scored 19 as well on 8-of-12 shooting, including 3 of 4 from deep.
Weaver added 13 points on five shots and Mitchell scored 12 to go with a team-high eight rebounds.
The Longhorns’ starting five combined for all but four of the team’s points.
Texas finished with 28 assists and five turnovers.
“That’s the game right there. They were 100 percent the aggressor,” Eilert said. “They took it to us. They were physical with us and understand we struggle with that. That was their game plan and they executed to a T.”
Edwards led the Mountaineers with 17 points and nine rebounds.
“He was good,” Eilert said. “We tried to establish a presence inside.”
Noah Farrakhan added 11 points and eight boards.
Although WVU finished with a 37-36 rebounding advantage, the Mountaineers scored six points off turnovers to the Longhorns’ 29.
West Virginia, which has lost its first five Big 12 road games by an average of 20.2 points, is back in action Monday at TCU.
“We have to learn quick, but flush it and understand TCU is No. 1 in the country in fast break points,” Eilert said. “They really get downhill and turn people over. Texas doesn’t really turn you over much, but they did tonight. If we turn it over in Fort Worth, it could be ugly. I’ll take it on the chin and we weren’t ready to play. That’s on us.”
Austin, TX
Here are some of the strangest Texas laws that are still on the books
In Texas, it’s illegal to milk somebody else’s cow.
AUSTIN, Texas — When the 2025 session of the Texas Legislature opened on Tuesday in Austin, it was another round of our lawmaking body facing 21st Century problems under a state constitution that’s 149 years old.
The Texas Legislature meets only every other year, while most state legislatures in the U.S. meet every year. Add to that the fact that the Texas legislative session is relatively brief for a state so big and with so many challenges. Lawmakers meet for just 140 days, while most other state lawmakers meet anywhere from six months to a full year. However, Texas lawmakers can be called back to Austin by the governor for a special legislative session.
While a lot of the state’s business still manages to get done, throughout Texas history what counted as important state business now seems, well, weird.
Here are a few of the strangest laws approved by the Texas Legislature in days gone by:
It’s illegal to milk somebody else’s cow.
Since horses are a form of transportation, they are required to have working taillights when being ridden after dark.
Texas requires that all vehicles have working windshield wipers but does not require that vehicles have windshields.
One Texas bill that almost became a law said that if criminals intend to commit a crime, they are supposed to give their victims oral or written notice 24 hours in advance.
Finally, one of the weirdest things the Texas Legislature did in 1971 was to unanimously approve a resolution honoring Albert de Salvo for being an exemplary citizen. De Salvo was also known as the “Boston Strangler,” who killed several women in New England.
The lawmaker who got that resolution approved said he did it as a joke and quickly withdrew it.
Perhaps it was a good example of why it’s important to actually read to bill or resolution that you’re voting on.
Austin, TX
Seven arrested in Austin crime spree involving carjackings and burglaries
In total, there were eight separate incidents over a span of two days.
AUSTIN, Texas — Austin police arrested a group of people accused of going on a crime spree.
According to police, five young people and two 17-year-olds, identified as Javonni McDowell and Rashon Mosee, were involved in a string of auto thefts, violent carjackings and burglaries at several businesses, including a Tiny Pies Bakery location and The Gents Place barbershop in northwest Austin.
Police said one of the carjackings involved an on-duty security guard whose stolen vehicle and equipment was used in two more carjackings.
The crimes happened over two days starting on Jan. 12. In total, there were eight separate incidents:
- Stolen vehicle
- Security officer carjacking
- Vape shop burglary
- Failed carjacking
- Honda Civic carjacking
- Tiny Pies Bakery burglary
- The Gents Place burglary
- Vehicle pursuits
The suspects were taken into custody around 1:15 a.m. on Jan. 14. Several agencies were involved in the arrest, including Austin police patrol, air, K-9 and robbery units, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Travis County Sheriff’s Office.
“In doing so, they ended an ongoing violent threat to the Austin community and prevented further victimization of our citizens and visitors,” police said.
The investigation is ongoing and additional charges are expected in the near future, police said.
Austin, TX
Texas legislative session begins: Both chambers to gavel in, House to elect speaker
Lawmakers are back at the Texas State Capitol in Downtown Austin to kick off the 89th legislative session.
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