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Game Thread: Texas battles Ohio State in Las Vegas to open the season

Joe Cookby:Joe Cook•11/04/24•

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Rodney Terry
Rodney Terry (Ricardo B. Brazziell/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Rodney Terry begins his second season as full-time head coach of the Longhorns tonight as his No. 19 Texas team battles the Jake Diebler‘s Ohio State Buckeyes.

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Teams don’t often face Power Conference opponents to start the year, but Terry is excited to see how his team responds to a Big 10 team to begin the season.

“Get challenged right off the bat,” Terry said Wednesday. “Well-coached team. Jake’s done a great job with his program there. He’s got some great returners in (Bruce) Thornton back. Thornton’s one of the best guards in the country. I think you want to find out early what you are. We played two Big 12 teams to this point right now (in scrimmages), so we jump right in there in terms of playing well-coached teams and teams with older players, which we will play on Monday night.”

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The game will tip a 9 p.m. Central and air on TruTV, TNT, and stream on MAX.

“I think it’ll be great for us,” Terry said. “It’s great exposure. We’re playing in a primetime slot, so there will be a lot of eyeballs around the country on Texas basketball,” Terry said.

Returning Longhorns

Kadin Shedrick, 6-foot-11, 231 lbs, Gr.: 7.7 pts, 3.0 rebs, 0.5 ast

Chendall Weaver, 6-foot-3, 180 lbs, Jr.: 6.2 pts, 3.0 rebs, 0.6 ast

Ze’Rik Onyema, 6-foot-9, 235 lbs, Sr.: 3.3 pts, 2.2 rebs, 0.2 ast

Devon Pryor, 6-foot-7, 185 lbs, So.: 0.7 pts, 1.0 rebs, 0.0 ast

Cole Bott, 6-foot-6, 195 lbs, Gr.: 0.0 pts, 0.5 rebs, 0.0 ast (walk-on)

Preston Clark, 6-foot-6, 220 lbs, R-So.: 0.0 pts, 0.0 rebs, 0.0 ast (walk-on)

Transfer additions

Jordan Pope, 6-foot-2, 175 lbs, Jr., Oregon State: 17.6 pts, 2.6 rebs, 3.4 ast

Tramon Mark, 6-foot-5, 200 lbs, Gr., Arkansas: 16.2 pts, 4.3 rebs, 1.8 ast

Julian Larry, 6-foot-3, 185 lbs, Gr., Indiana State: 11.0 pts, 2.8 rebs, 4.8 ast

Jayson Kent, 6-foot-8, 215 lbs, Gr., Indiana State: 13.5 pts, 8.1 rebs, 0.6 ast

Arthur Kaluma, 6-foot-7, 225 lbs, Sr., Kansas State: 14.4 pts, 7.0 rebs, 2.0 ast

Malik Presley, 6-foot-6, 200 lbs, So., Vanderbilt: 2.2 pts, 1.6 rebs, 0.5 ast

True Freshmen

Tre Johnson, 6-foot-6, 190 lbs, Fr., Link Academy (Mo.)

Nic Codie, 6-foot-8, 200 lbs, Fr., Dallas (Texas) Newman Smith

Jamie Vinson, 6-foot-11, 225 lbs, Fr., Oak Hill Academy (Va.)

Anthon McDermott, 6-foot-5, 185 lbs, Fr., Hallsville (Texas), walk-on

Ohio State Projected Starters

G Bruce Thornton

G Meechie Johnson

G Micah Parish

F Sean Stewart

C Aaron Bradshaw

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