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The Longhorns Lose Two Forwards To Injury

The Texas Longhorns hits just keep coming with the injuries to Kamaka Hepa and Gerald Liddell.

The Texas Longhorns men’s basketball team has been on a downward spiral as the conference season moves into the meat of the schedule. In their most recent contest in the Big 12-SEC challenge, the Longhorns fell to the LSU Tigers 69-67. Texas dropped their third game in a row and fifth game in the last seven.

While Texas is trying to figure out where to go from here, head coach Shaka Smart announced that Kamaka Hepa and Gerald Liddell will be out for the foreseeable future.

Hepa is averaging 3.1 points per game with 1.7 rebounds while shooting 45 percent from the floor in 12 minutes. In their victory over Oklahoma State, Hepa provided 15 points and four rebounds to help lead the Horns to a 76-64 victory.

Gerald Liddell is providing 4.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and one assist in 18.3 minutes per night. Liddell played 13 minutes against West Virginia but missed the game against LSU with a back injury and now will be out for a while needing to rehab his back.

Smart will have to dig deep into his bench with the loss of the two forwards. Texas will head to Fort Worth on Wednesday to take on the Frogs in hopes of ending their current losing streak.

Texas loses third straight game, falls to LSU at home

In one of the hardest stretches of the season, UT lost its third game in a row. Losing to KU and WVU this week, UT fell at home to LSU.

In one of the hardest stretches of the season for the Longhorns, they lost their third game in a row. Losing to Kansas and West Virginia in the other two, Texas fell at home to LSU 69-67.

Andrew Jones was once again the main man for the Longhorns, scoring 20 points off the bench. Shooting 50% from the floor, he was also 4-7 from behind the three-point line. Texas shot a total of 26 threes, making eight of them.

Going into the game, the Longhorns ranked dead last in the Big 12 in free throw attempts. More of the same happened this afternoon, as Texas only attempted six free throws. Jones led the team with two made attempts, with the team making a total of three.

Freshman Trendon Watford had a career-high 22 points on 9-15 shooting. Adding six rebounds came on the offensive end as the Longhorns once again gave up a lot of second-chance points. The Tigers had 15 offensive rebounds, four more than Texas.

Losses to three teams atop of their conferences in the past week, the road only gets harder for the Longhorns. After a road game against TCU and a home game against Iowa State, Texas faces three more ranked teams in Kansas, Baylor, and Texas Tech.

Currently sitting 2-4 in the Big 12, the games against the Horned Frogs and Cyclones are critical. If either of those is dropped, there is a good chance the conference record falls to 3-8. Not making the NCAA tournament with an 8-10 conference record last year, things are looking bad for the Longhorns.

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How to watch, listen, and stream Texas Basketball vs. LSU

Coming off an embarrassing loss for UT against WVU, it does not get any easier as LSU will be coming to compete in the Big 12/SEC showdown.

Coming off an embarrassing loss for Texas against West Virginia on Monday night, it does not get any easier as LSU will be traveling to Austin to compete in the Big 12/SEC showdown. Currently in first place in the SEC, the Tigers are 14-4 overall but are a perfect 6-0 in conference play.

The Longhorns have been struggling mighty and the competition level will only go up with LSU in town. Desperately needing a win to get the season back on track, Texas will need to shut down the excellent guard play of the Tigers.

Here is how you can watch, listen, and stream Texas basketball square off against LSU:

Game information:

Date: 1/25/2020

Time: 1:00 p.m. CST

Location: Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas

Watch: ESPN

Listen: TexasSports.com/audio —Austin 104.9FM, 99.3FM, 98.5FM, 1260AM; Dallas 1080AM; El Paso 600AM; Houston 790AM; San Antonio 1200AM — Spanish: Austin 105.3FM; Dallas 990AM, 99.9FM

Stream: Watch ESPN App

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