It was Star Wars Day at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas as the Longhorns (8-1) hosted the Central Michigan Chippewas (7-3). Early on for the Longhorns it didn’t appear that things would be going their way as they went into the half down 42-36.
In this matchup the Longhorns were led by Courtney Ramey who had his best three ball working on the season, heading into the game he was shooting 23% from behind the line. He stepped up his game shooting 60% on five shots. The Longhorns relied heavily on their three point shooting to come from behind early in the second half. Ramey provided 20 points in 31 minutes.
The man of the day was definitely Jase Febres, who was on fire from three. He attempted 10 shots with seven of them finding the bottom of the net. On the season Febres was shooting 32.9% from three and 34.8% in his collegiate career but was able to find the stroke in this game. The Longhorns lived by the three and fortunately enough they didn’t die by it.
Jase not only made his mark with pinpoint shooting but he was getting involved on the glass with three rebounds, one assist and one steal. Matt Coleman III was the glass cleaner in this game with seven boards to lead all the starters. Royce Hamm Jr came off the bench to grab a game high 12 boards and one block in 16 minutes. The Longhorns ran away with it in the second half outscoring Central Michigan, 51-34 to secure their ninth win overall and keeping their record perfect at home.
Texas was able to hold the nation’s top scoring offense to just 76 points which is 12.7 points less than their per game average. Next up for the Longhorns will be a matchup in Providence next Saturday.
