No. 12 Texas Longhorns vs. UTEP Miners: Live In-Game Updates

The Texas Longhorns begin the 2022-23 season and the second year of the Chris Beard era on Monday night against the UTEP Miners.

AUSTIN -- The No. 12 Texas Longhorns ring in the 2022-23 season and the new Moody Center on Monday night by welcoming the UTEP Miners to Austin.

The Horns are currently a 21.5-point favorite in a game where they are expected to come away with a lopsided win. But coach Chris Beard is hardly taking the Miners for granted.

"UTEP's really good," Beard said Sunday. "I'm concerned about this game, and I think our players understand what's at stake, too."

The Miners are led by coach Joe Golding, who enters his second year as the head man in El Paso.

Golding was the head coach of the Abilene Christian team that upset third-seeded Texas 53-52 in the first round of the NCAA tournament in 2021. The Wildcats defense held the Longhorns to a season-low point total, as Golding’s defensive scheme hounded a talented Texas team that saw three players get selected in the NBA Draft a few months later.

Though Longhorns wing Brock Cunningham is the only player still on the roster from that 2021 team, Texas will look to overcome some demons against another Golding-led team.

Live updates will appear below at tip-off.

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Starters for Texas:

- Timmy Allen

- Dylan Disu

- Marcus Carr

- Tyrese Hunter

- Dillon Mitchell

Starters for UTEP:

- Tae Hardy

- Shamar Givance

- Calvin Solomon

- Otis Frazier III

- Kevin Kalu

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UTEP guard Tae Hardy got the first bucket of the game to put the Miners up early, but Timmy Allen connected on a and-1 to give the Horns theit first official bucket in the Moody Center.

The score remained 3-2 at the 16-minute mark.

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The slow start for both teams continued. Tyrese Hunter knocked down a pair of free throws for Texas before UTEP forward Calvin Solomon scored on the inside. Hunter then knocked down a jumper from the right wing to give Texas a 7-4 lead.

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Marcus Carr then snatched the ankles of UTEP guard Carlos Lemus before nailing a jumper from the right wing to give Texas a 9-4 lead. Miners forward Otis Frazier then cut back door before hitting a hanging layup off the glass to make it a 9-8 lead for Texas.

Dillon Mitchell then rebounded Allen's miss off the glass for a put-back slam. He followed this up with layup underneath plus the foul, but he missed the free throw.

After Carr went 1 of 2 from the line, Texas had its largest lead at 17-8 with eight minutes left in the half.

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Sir'Jabari Rice then nailed the first 3-pointer for either team to give Texas a 20-8 lead. Arterio Morris followed this up with a deep hit of his own. The Longhorns then started to catch fire from deep, as Carr hit a 3-pointer from the right wing. However, this was later changed to a two-pointer, as his foot was on the line.

Rice then drove aggressively with his left hand to get two points at the cup. And after nailing a techinical free throw, Hunter add three more points on a catch-and-shoot 3 from the left corner to give the Horns a 31-14 lead.

After both teams dove for a loose ball in front of the UTEP bench, Longhorns forward Christian Bishop floated in two points to give Texas a 33-20 lead headed into the half.

HALFTIME: Texas 33, UTEP 20

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Allen hit a jumper coming out of the locker room to give Texas a 35-21 lead after Soloman went 1 of 2 from the line. Allen then found Hunter cutting on a broken play, as the sophomore guard hung in the air to finish the contested layup.

Hunter added two more points right before the 16-minute mark on a hard drive in the paint. Texas led 39-25 as Hunter was now up to a game-high 13 points.

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The Miners finally hit their first 3-point field goal of the game at the 14:32 mark of the second half, as Otis Frazier III nailed one from deep. But on the very next possession, UTEP guard Shamar Givance followed suit and connected on one from deep as well to cut Texas' lead to 10 at 43-33.

The sudden 3-point barrage continued for the Miners, as guard Jamari Sibley hit an impressive fadeaway 3 at the shot-clock buzzer to make it a nine-point game. The small section of UTEP faithful at Moody were suddenly the loudest they'd been all night. Still, Dylan Disu had six straight points for Texas to keep it at a 47-38 lead.

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Hunter had a sweet hesitation move from the top of the key that led to an easy drive to the hoop, giving him 16 points. Allen then had a breakaway dunk before UTEP forward Kevin Kalu had a ferocious slam of his own to cut the Texas lead to eight at 52-44.

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Carr then found Disu and Rice for back-to-back finishes off baseline cuts to give the Horns.

Texas then made nine free throws in final five minutes while Rice nailed a big-time 3 to all bu seal a season-opening win for the Horns.

FINAL: Texas 72, UTEP 57

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