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.
Not good news on the injury front. Shaka says Texas F Kamaka Hepa will be out 2 weeks with a mild high ankle sprain. F Gerald Liddell needs rest before starting rehab on his back.
— Brian Davis (@BDavisAAS) January 25, 2020
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.