Shorthanded Longhorns Dominate K-State 82-67

Despite missing three key playmakers on Saturday night, the Texas Longhorns men's basketball team took care of business in a 82-67 win over the Kansas State Wildcats

Matt Galatzan | Jan 16, 2021

The fourth-ranked Texas Longhorns took the floor for their Saturday night matchup against Kansas State in Austin missing three key members of the rotation, but thanks to the vast depth on the roster, the Longhorns were able to cruise to an easy 82-67 win, moving to 11-2 on the season.

Those three players - forwards Greg Brown, Kai Jones, and Brock Cunningham - were held out of the game due to undisclosed reasons, leaving the Longhorns with just seven available scholarship players for the matchup.

In replacement of the three missing bigs, frontcourt reserve Kamaka Hepa made his first start of the season and did not disappoint, as the junior scored 15 points on 4-7 shooting from three, and pulled down three boards with one block and one steal.

The Longhorns, however, were ultimately led by a committee, as guard pairing of Andrew Jones and Courtney Ramey finished with 19 and 14 points, respectively.

Jones ended the game by shooting 7-of-12 from the field and grabbing six boards, while Ramey added nine assists and three rebounds to his 5-of-7 shooting performance.

Senior Jericho Sims meanwhile, was also able to finish the game in double figures, adding 14 points, and grabbing seven rebounds of his own.

As a team, the Longhorns finished the game shooting 52.5 percent from the floor and 38.7 percent from beyond the arc, all while forcing 13 turnovers to just 10 of their own.

Texas was also able to hold the Wildcats to just 43-percent shooting on the other end and allowed just 7-of-19 from three.

Now sitting at 5-1 in Big 12 play, the Longhorns will hit the floor once again on Wednesday night when they travel to Ames to take on the Iowa State Cyclones at Hilton Coliseum.

It will be the second matchup of the season between the two teams, with Texas winning 78-72 over the Cyclones in Austin on January 5.

Published Jan 16, 2021

MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Texas Longhorns On SI and Texas A&M Aggies On SI and a long-time member of the Football Writer’s Association of America. He graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry in 2014 covering the Dallas Mavericks and SMU Mustangs with 247Sports. He then moved to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, eventually being taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of the Longhorns and Aggies sites a year later. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels, including Twitter on @MattGalatzan.