The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Saturday, January 21
Morgantown, West Virginia
5 p.m. CT / 6 p.m. ET
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Texas Longhorns
No. 7/7 Men's Basketball preview: at West Virginia
01.20.2023 | Men's Basketball
The Longhorns travel to Morgantown to face the Mountaineers on Saturday (5 p.m. CT/6 p.m. ET, ESPN).
Game 19: #7/7 Texas (15-3, 4-2 Big 12) at West Virginia (11-7, 1-5 Big 12)
Saturday, January 21, 2023 - 6 p.m. Eastern/5 p.m. Central
WVU Coliseum (14,000) - Morgantown, West Virginia
GameDay Quick Facts
• TELEVISION: The game will be televised nationally by ESPN. Rich Hollenberg (pxp) and Fran Fraschilla (analyst) will call the action.
• RADIO: The Longhorn IMG Radio Network broadcasts every UT game on the statewide network. Craig Way (pxp) and Eddie Oran (analyst) will call the action. Check TexasSports.com for a listing of affiliates carrying the game.
• SERIES: Texas leads, 15-10. Last meeting: Texas 82-81 (Feb. 26, 2022; Morgantown).
Notables
• RECENT SUCCESS AGAINST WVU: Texas has won four of the last five and seven of the last nine meetings against the Mountaineers entering Saturday's contest. The Longhorns have earned victories in three of their last four trips to Morgantown.
• SOLID AT THE STRIPE: The Longhorns have converted 74.4-percent from the free throw line this year. In Big 12 play, Texas leads the league in free throw percentage at 82.9-percent (102-123).
• CARR IN CONTROL: Over the last 10 games (since Rodney Terry took over as Interim Head Coach), graduate G Marcus Carr has averaged 19.7 ppg while converting 47.9-percent (67-140) from the floor, including a 45.8-percent (33-72) mark from three-point range, and 85.7-percent (30-35) from the free throw line. He also sports a 2-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio (42-20) during this stretch.
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