How to Watch, Preview: No. 7 Texas Longhorns vs. Rice Owls

The No. 7 ranked Texas Longhorns welcome in-state foe Rice Owls to the Moody Heart. The Longhorns are coming off a powerful win final Saturday towards Arkansas-Pine Bluff 88-43.

The Longhorns are coming off an up-and-down week that featured their first-season loss to Illinois. That loss dropped Texas 5 spots within the newest AP Ballot rankings this week. The Longhorns nonetheless stand at a powerful 7-1 file with wins towards Gonzaga and Creighton.

Head coach Chris Beard nevertheless received’t be teaching tonight’s matchup after being arrested on assault costs earlier this morning, and the following suspension. Interim assistant coach Rodney Terry will take over the reins for tonight’s battle towards Rice. The timetable stays to be fluid on a potential Chris Beard return, as we may have updates as they’re launched.

The Longhorns will probably be trying to construct off some distinctive main scorers from Saturday’s contest. Forwards Dillon Mitchell, Christian Bishop, and Brock Cunningham all paved the way for Texas combining for 42 factors. All three gamers matched their season highs and confirmed that Texas can get scoring from the bigs.

After tonight’s contest with Rice, the Longhorns will journey to Dallas to tackle the Stanford Cardinal. Texas may have two extra non-conference opponents after that earlier than starting Massive 12 play on New Yr’s Eve in Norman towards Oklahoma.

The Rice Owls at the moment stand at a powerful 6-2 mark with strong wins towards Texas State and Georgia Southern. The Owls are led by two dynamic scorers in guards Travis Evee, and Quincy Olivari. Evee is main the workforce with 16.9 factors per recreation and Olivari isn’t too far behind him with 16.3 factors per recreation. Anticipate guards Tyrese Hunter and Marcus Carr to have their palms full tonight.

In Faculty Basketball there are two guidelines to all the time stay by. One all the time foul up three late, and two don’t lose to meals. Tonight Texas might want to a minimum of observe rule quantity two.

Right here is tips on how to watch, pay attention and stream the Longhorns’ matchup towards the Rice Owls Monday night.

Sport Info: Texas Longhorns vs. Rice Owls

Date/Time: Monday, December twelfth at 7 p.m. CT

The place: Moody Heart

Betting By way of SI Sportsbook: Texas -24.5

Over/Underneath: 141

TV/Streaming: LHN

Radio: Longhorn IMG Radio Community/104.9 The Horn (Austin Flagship)

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