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Men's Basketball tops Kansas City, 71-55
11.15.2025 | Men's Basketball
Traore records his 33rd career double-double to pace the Longhorns on Saturday afternoon.
AUSTIN, Texas — Junior guard/forward Dailyn Swain posted a team-high 13 points and graduate forward Lassina Traore added a double-double with 10 points and a game-high 11 rebounds to lead Texas to a 71-55 victory over Kansas City (1-3) on Saturday afternoon in Moody Center. The Longhorns earned their third consecutive win and improved to 3-1 on the season.
Swain converted 6-of-9 field goals and tallied seven rebounds in a team-high 30 minutes while recording a team-best plus-minus total of plus-17. Traore, who notched his 33rd career double-double, hit 4-of-6 field goals and grabbed five of his 11 boards on the offensive glass in 23 minutes. Sophomore center Matas Vokietaitis registered 12 points and eight rebounds in 25 minutes.
Texas jumped out to an early 7-0 lead following a Tramon Mark layup at the 17:54 mark and never trailed in the contest. The Longhorns increased their advantage to 19-6 after a Simeon Wilcher three-pointer with 12:49 remaining.
A Chendall Weaver free throw gave Texas a 22-8 cushion at the 10:49 mark, before the Roos used a 10-2 spurt over the next four-plus minutes to trim the margin to 24-18 following a U'Riyah Evans jumper with 6:35 left. The Longhorns slowly built the advantage to 14 points (38-24) after a Wilcher three-pointer with 52 seconds remaining, before a pair of Evans free throws with two seconds left narrowed the deficit to 38-26 at the break.
Kansas City pulled to within 50-42 following a Karmello Branch layup at the 10:07 mark. That was as close as the Roos would get for the remainder of the contest, as the Longhorns responded with a 12-0 run over the next five-and-a-half minutes to take a 62-42 cushion after a Jordan Pope layup with 4:25 remaining. Texas increased its cushion to as much as 21 points (69-48) following another Wilcher three-pointer at the 1:43 mark.
Texas is back in action when it hosts Rider on Tuesday, Nov. 18. Tip is set for 8 p.m. Central in Moody Center, and the game will be televised nationally on SEC Network.
Texas Basketball Postgame Notes
Texas 71, Kansas City 55
November 15, 2025
Moody Center (Austin, Texas)
Attendance: 10,593
Team Notes
- This marked the first meeting between Texas and Kansas City in the sport of men's basketball.
- Texas improved to 44-12 all-time in games played in Moody Center (3-0 this season). The Longhorns are now 28-1 in non-conference games in Moody Center.
- UT registered a +16 (50-34) rebound margin, including a 19-10 advantage on the offensive glass.
- The Longhorns limited Kansas City to 55 points on 37.5-percent (24-64) from the floor, including a 1-of-13 mark from the three-point line.
- Texas recorded a season-low five turnovers during the win.
- The Longhorns registered a 16-8 margin in second-chance points and a 15-2 advantage in fast-break points.
- Texas scored the game's opening seven points and never trailed in the contest.
- The Longhorns limited Kansas City to 33.3-percent (10-30) from the floor, including an 0-of-7 mark from three-point range, in the opening 20 minutes while building a 38-26 halftime cushion.
- Reached double figures in scoring (team-high 13 points) for the fourth time this year (4 games) and 29th time in his career (67 games)
- Recorded a team-best plus-minus total of plus-17
- Recorded a double-double (10 points, 11 rebounds) for the first time this year (4 games) and 33rd time in his career (91 games)
- Reached double figures in scoring for the first time this season and 48th time in his career
- Reached double figures in rebounds for the second time this year and 39th time in his career
- Reached double figures in scoring (12 points) for the fourth time this year (4 games) and 22nd time in his career (38 games)
- Tied his career high in three-point field goals made (3-4)
