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College Baseball: Texas takes series over Indiana with 5-2 victory

Texas pitching held Indiana to just two hits to clinch the series.

Texas captured its first series victory of the season with a 5-2 win over Indiana on Saturday. Longhorn pitching limited the Indiana offense to just two hits on the day.

Zane Morehouse cruised through the first four innings before encountering trouble in the fifth. Indiana loaded the bases with nobody out looking for a crooked number. Morehouse buckled down to limit the damage to just one run to finish his day.

Texas broke the game open in the bottom half of the fifth with a four-spot aided by a couple of Indiana errors. Porter Brown and Garret Guilmette singled to push the Texas lead to 5-1.

The Longhorns’ bullpen would piece it together for four innings of one-run ball to close out the game 5-2. DJ Burke was impressive while picking the save.

Texas evens its record at 3-3 on the year and looks to complete the sweep on Sunday. Travis Sthele is expected to start on the bump for the Horns.

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Both Texas men’s and women’s basketball on top of the Big 12

Texas leads the Big 12 in both men’s and women’s basketball.

The University of Texas is getting the job done on the basketball court. Both the Longhorns men’s and women’s basketball teams currently sit at the top of the Big 12 Conference standings.

Texas women’s basketball has overcome a slow start to the season and is one of the hottest teams in the nation. The Longhorns are winners of seven out of their last eight games, improving to 18-6 overall.

On the men’s side, Texas keeps finding ways to win in league play. Rodney Terry’s squad is 3-0 in one-possession games following its big win over Kansas State on Saturday. They find themselves at 8-2 in Big 12 play with a massive opportunity against Kansas on Monday.

Each team is building a solid resume for the NCAA Tournament in March. Last season Texas’ women made a run to the Elite Eight while the men’s team advanced to the round of 32.

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Texas remains at No. 10 D1Baseball’s rankings after sweeping Baylor

Texas mashed an impressive 14 home runs and 48 hits en route to scoring 46 runs against Baylor.

The Longhorns flexed their powerful offense over the weekend in a sweep over the Baylor Bears. Continue reading “Texas remains at No. 10 D1Baseball’s rankings after sweeping Baylor”

Texas Basketball: Five best wins of the regular season

Take a look back at the five best wins of the regular season.

The 2021-2022 regular season was a bit of a roller coaster for Texas basketball. The Horns began the season in the top-five before quickly falling outside of the rankings completely.

Texas fought back and finished the season with a 21-11 record, good enough to climb into the rankings at No. 25. This marked the first time since 2015 where Texas won 20 games in the regular season.

Texas faced lots of adversity throughout much of the season but steadily improved to finish No. 4 in a strong Big 12 conference and earn a No. 6 seed in the NCAA tournament.

Last season ended with a heartbreaking upset to Abilene Christian in the first round. Chris Beard hopes the challenging regular season has helped prepare the Horns for the big dance. Texas is looking for the programs first tournament win in seven seasons.

Before Texas takes on Virginia Tech in the first round of March Madness on Friday, let us look back at the Longhorns five best wins of the regular season.

Ivan Melendez hits two massive home runs as Texas completes the sweep of Rice

Texas outscored Rice 36-3 over the weekend.

The opening weekend of 2022 could not have gone any better for No. 1 Texas.

The Longhorns dominated the Rice Owls 14-2 on Sunday to complete the three-game sweep. Texas outscored Rice by a total of 36-3 on the series.

Tanner Witt picked up the win in his first career start. Witt battled through some traffic most of the day but limited the Owls to just one run over five innings. He struck out his fourth Owl of the day with two runners on to keep the Texas lead at 2-1 in the fourth.

The Texas offense exploded after Witt’s big strikeout. Trey Faltine led off the bottom half of the fourth with a laser over the left field wall. Four batters later Ivan Melendez sent a three-run bomb over the monster to extend Texas’ lead to 9-1.

The “Hispanic Titanic” would add another three-run homer two innings later as the Horns cruised to a 14-2 victory.

Key stats:

  • SP Tanner Witt: 5.0 IP, five strikeouts and one earned run allowed.
  • 1B Ivan Melendez: 2-4, six RBI and two home runs
  • LF Eric Kennedy: 2-3, four runs scored
  • SS Trey Faltine: 1-4, home run and two RBI

Up next for Texas is a road trip to Texas A&M Corpus-Christi for two mid-week games against the Islanders.

Highlights from Saturday’s Alumni Game as the Texas Exes show out

The Texas Alumni held off the current Longhorns in an offensive slugfest.

No. 1 Texas baseball welcomed back 15 former players for the annual Alumni Game on Saturday.

The Texas Exes jumped out to an early lead on the current roster and held on for an 8-6 victory. Both offenses swung the bat well as the teams combined for 14 runs and 21 hits.

The star of the show was Sophomore Dylan Campbell, who started for the Alumni team. Campbell went 4-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored. His three-run bomb off Pete Hansen in the second inning put the Alumni squad up 4-0.

David Hamilton (2017-2019) added on to the alumni lead going 2-3 with two runs scored.

The current squad started to heat up in the middle innings.

Murphy Stehly launched a solo home-run to lead off the third inning. Mitchell Daly and Ivan Melendez followed with extra-base hits to make the score 6-2.

Texas scored runs in the next three innings to cut the lead to 7-6 on an Eric Kennedy two-run single.

The Alumni squad would respond with a run of their own as last season’s centerfielder Mike Antico (2021) hit a moonshot over the right-field wall to extend the lead to 8-6.

The current Horns would threaten in the bottom half of the seventh but Duke Ellis (2018-2020) would rob Trey Faltine of a game-tying base hit.

Here are some of the highlights of Saturday’s ballgame:

Former Longhorn Trey Hopkins to play in the Super Bowl

A former Longhorn has played in the last 17 Super Bowls.

Former Longhorn offensive lineman Trey Hopkins will have his chance at the Lombardi Trophy. Hopkins appearance will make 17 straight seasons a Longhorn is represented in the Super Bowl.

Hopkins played in 37 games for the Longhorns from 2010-2013. He went undrafted in the 2014 NFL draft before finding a home in Cincinnati.

Rookie Joesph Ossai is also on the Bengals roster but has been on the injured reserve after suffering a preseason knee injury.

The Bengals made an improbable postseason run to make the Super Bowl. They won three nail-biter games against Las Vegas, Tennesee and Kansas City. Each game came down to the final play.

Hopkins will look to add his name to a long list of former Longhorns with a Super Bowl ring. Most recently, Alex Okafor won a Super Bowl with the Chiefs in 2019.

The Bengals will take on the Rams on Feb. 13 at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.

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No. 23 Texas upset by Kansas State 66-55

Kansas State hands Texas their first home loss of the season.

Texas has fallen back to mediocrity after a home loss to unranked Kansas State. Perhaps they never left mediocrity at all.

Kansas State is leaving Austin with a victory that feels stolen from the Horns. Texas controlled most of the game but not being able to separate from the Wildcats proved costly. After taking a 65-60 lead with three minutes left in the game, Texas missed a couple of crucial free throws and failed to pick up some key stops.

Despite a 25-point performance, Marcus Carr missed what would have been a game-winning step-back jumper as time expired.

With the 66-65 win, Kansas State’s conference record moves to 2-4 and Texas falls to 3-3.

Texas head coach Chris Beard believes the team needs to stick to what they are doing and show patience despite the early struggles.

“Six games into this, we’re 3-3. We’ve just got to stay the course. It’s a disappointing locker room for a lot of reasons, but we’ve got to stay the course.”

The preseason No. 5 team in the country will likely be unranked in next week’s polls. Not a good start to the Beard era.

WATCH: Former Texas DE talks about his performance at the Tropical Bowl

Jones continues to build up his draft stock.

Former Texas defensive end Jacoby Jones was able to showcase his ability in front of professional scouts at the Tropical Bowl in Orlando, Fla.

The game features all-stars from all over the country and gives guys an opportunity to improve their games and boost their draft stock.

Jones talked about his performance and what his future holds after the game.

The 2021 season did not go as hoped for Jones as a foot injury in the Red River Shootout against Oklahoma cost him most of his senior season.

Losing Jones was a major blow for the Texas defense. The Horns went 0-5 and gave up 37.1 points per game while Jones was sidelined.

He finished his Texas career with 63 total tackles, two sacks and one forced fumble in three seasons.

Jones will continue to develop his game in hopes to further his career at the professional level.

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Texas QB Quinn Ewers makes 247Sports 10 breakout players for the 2022 season

Expectations are high for Quinn Ewers’ first season at Texas.

The transfer portal has been kind to Texas this offseason. Landing Quinn Ewers from Ohio State is a potential program changer for the Longhorns.

Between his talent, hair, and NIL deals, Ewers is already one of the biggest names in college football.

247Sports’ Nick Kosko believes Ewers will have a major impact in his first year in Austin. He rated Ewers in his top 10 breakout players for the 2022 college football season.

It should not be a shock to anyone if Ewers has early success.

Ewers will have the advantage of playing for a proven quarterback guru in Steve Sarkisian with elite player makers Bijan Robinson and Xavier Worthy around him. Texas should have one of the more exciting offenses in the country next season.

If Texas has a bounce-back season in 2022, Ewers will be one of the main reasons why.

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