No. 7 Texas Hosts Grambling State Tonight at the Moody Center, Chasing a Third Straight Rout to Open the Season
Texas (2-0) has won its first two games by 50 and 48 points — back-to-back 45-point margins for the first time since 1989-90. Grambling State (1-0) is the last tune-up at the Moody Center tonight at 6 p.m. on SEC Network.
AUSTIN — The No. 7 Texas men's basketball team plays its third game in eight days tonight, hosting Grambling State at the Moody Center at 6 p.m. Central on SEC Network, the first meeting between the two programs, according to the university's game preview.
The Longhorns' opening week has been a demolition tour: 109-59 over Chicago State and 98-50 over Gardner-Webb — back-to-back winning margins of at least 45 points in the first two games of a season for the first time since 1989-90. Seven Longhorns scored in double figures against Gardner-Webb.
The defense is the early identity. Texas is allowing 54.5 points per game, holding opponents to 36.8 percent shooting from the field and 25.6 percent from three, and has forced 38 turnovers against just 18 assists allowed. Sophomore center Matas Vokietaitis leads the team at 19.0 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, and Austin Goosby is averaging 5.5 assists.
Grambling arrives 1-0 after an 89-87 win over Northern Illinois on Nov. 2, behind Isaiah Miranda's 29 points on 10-of-12 shooting — a scorer Texas will have to find early. Lowell Galindo and Pat Bradley call the game on SEC Network; the Longhorn Radio Network and Sirius XM 85 carry it on radio.
