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The Texas basketball team completed an eight-game gantlet to open its first SEC campaign that featured nothing but foes who were ranked when facing the Longhorns. That grueling stretch ended with a hard-fought 72-69 loss Wednesday to Ole Miss, but that doesn’t mean Saturday’s game at LSU offers too much of a respite.
The Tigers have played just three SEC games in Baton Rouge this season, and they beat Arkansas and gave No. 24 Vanderbilt fits in an 80-72 loss to open conference play. But LSU (12-8, 1-7) has also struggled with rebounding, which was especially evident in an 87-74 loss Wednesday to No. 1 Auburn when it gave up 25 offensive rebounds.
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Texas (14-7, 3-5 SEC) will try to take advantage of that LSU weakness on the boards and again lean on freshman guard Tre Johnson, the SEC’s leading scorer, who had 22 points against Ole Miss.
Here’s what to know about the SEC game against LSU:
Texas vs LSU time
Day: Saturday
Start time: 5 p.m.
Location: Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, La.
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How to watch Texas vs LSU
TV channel: SEC Network
Livestream: Fubo (free trial), ESPN+, SEC+
Texas sophomore forward Devon Pryor has seen more minutes in recent games and scored six points against Ole Miss, his most yet in SEC play.
Tre Johnson: Freshman getting to the line
With his 22 points against Ole Miss, Johnson increased his scoring average to 19 points a game. He has the third-highest scoring average for a freshman among all Division I players, trailing Rutgers’ Ace Bailey (20.7 ppg) and Duke’s Cooper Flagg (19.9). Johnson doesn’t rank in the top 10 in the SEC in field-goal percentage (44.6%) or 3-point percentage (37.3%), but he’s become the fourth-best free-throw shooter in the conference at 88.2%. Over…
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Author : Austin American-Statesman
Publish date : 2025-02-01 00:01:00
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