No. 7 Texas attempts to respond to Iowa State loss with a solid showing at West Virginia
No. 7 Texas at West Virginia
5 p.m. Saturday, WVU Coliseum (Morgantown, W.Va.)
TV/radio: ESPN/104.9
About the series: Texas leads 15-10. The Longhorns have won their last two games at West Virginia, but those two victories came by a combined three points and included a late 3-pointer by Andrew Jones in 2021.
About the Longhorns: Texas dropped a 78-67 decision at No. 12 Iowa State on Tuesday. The Longhorns have responded to their previous two losses with 45- and 10-point wins. ... Tuesday's loss was UT's first this season in a true road game. Texas is 4-2 away from Moody Center. ... Carr was named this week to the midseason watch list for the Oscar Robertson Trophy. ... Six different players — Hunter, Carr, Allen, Christian Bishop, Jabari Rice and Arterio Morris — have led the team in scoring during a game this season.
About the Mountaineers: West Virginia is coming off a 74-65 win over No. 14 TCU on Wednesday. The victory was Huggins' 100th against an Associated Press-ranked team. ... Mitchell averaged 8.7 points and 4.0 rebounds while making 17 starts at Texas during the 2021-22 season. ... West Virginia leads the Big 12 with 430 free-throw attempts, but its 69.8% success rate is the conference's second-lowest. ... West Virginia parted ways with longtime associate head coach Larry Harrison last week.
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Texas men's basketball preview: Horns, West Virginia prepare for game
