Texas Longhorns basketball: Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Texas Preview
The top 10 ranked Texas Longhorns are back on the court tomorrow coming off an 85-78 overtime loss to No. 17 Illinois (7-2) Tuesday.
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Texas (6-1) will play host to Arkansas Pine-Bluff (3-7) Saturday at noon p.m. central in the Jimmy Blacklock classic. Chris Beard and squad are undefeated in the state of Texas this season, including wins over No. 18 Gonzaga (6-3) and No. 21 Creighton (6-3).
How to watch the game
Texas (6-1) and Arkansas Pine-Bluff (3-7) tipoff at noon p.m. Central on ESPN with Lowell Galindo (play by play) and Lance Blanks (color analyst) will call the action.
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The game will be played at Moody Center (10,763).
Texas leads the series 1-0. The Longhorns won the last meeting 63-31 December 14, 2021 in Austin.
The Chris Beard File
Chris Beard enters Saturday with a career record of 170-73. This is his eighth season at the Division I level. Beard has posted a 75-51 conference record in seven seasons.
Beard is 5-0 all-time in NCAA Tournament Round of 64 games. He sports an 11-5 career record in five NCAA Tournament appearances. That includes a National Championship game appearance in 2018-19 while at Texas Tech. He led the Red Raiders to the Elite 8 the year before in 2017-18.
Arkansas Pine-Bluff starters
G Shaun Doss Jr., 6-5, super senior (17.9 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists)
G Brahm Harris, 6-6, senior (3.0 points, 3.0 rebounds)
G/W AC Curry, 6-5, sophomore (3.3 points, 3.7 rebounds)
F Chris Greene, 6-8, senior (11.2 points, 4.1 rebounds, 1.6 assists)
PF Ismael Plet, 6-8, sophomore (6.0 points, 6.8 rebounds)
Key reserves
G Trejon Ware, 5-9, sophomore (2.5 points, 2.1 assists)
G Zach Reinhart, 6-6, freshman (3.8 points, 1.4 rebounds)
G Kylen Milton, 6-4, sophomore (9.4 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.2 assists)
F Robert Lewis, 6-9, freshman (4.6 points, 2.7 rebounds)
Texas starters
PG Tyrese Hunter, 6-1, sophomore (15.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists)
CG Marcus Carr, 6-2, super senior (14.6 points, 2.7 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 2.1 steals)
F Timmy Allen, 6-6, super senior (8.4 points, 6.7 rebounds, 3.4 assists)
F Dillon Mitchell, 6-8, freshman (7.6 points, 5.7 rebounds)
PF Dylan Disu, 6-9, senior (7.3 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.4 blocks)
The reserves
SG Sir’Jabari Rice, 6-4, super senior (10.1 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.7 assists)
PF Christian Bishop, 6-7, super senior (4.9 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.0 blocks)
CG Arterio Morris, 6-3, freshman (6.3 points, 2.3 rebounds, 1.1 assists)
F Brock Cunningham, 6-6, senior (4.0 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.2 steals)
PF Alex Anamekwe, 6-5.5, freshman (1.4 points, 1.0 rebounds)
SG Gavin Perryman, 6-1, redshirt freshman (Logged 23 minutes through seven games)
