THE RUNDOWN
Score: #23 Texas 80 – ULM 59
Teams: ULM (1-1, 0-0 SBC)
#23 Texas (2-0, 0-0 B12)
Location: Frank Erwin Center/Austin, Texas.
AUSTIN, Texas – The ULM Men's basketball team struggled offensively as host Texas pulled away in the second half and defeated the Warhawks 80-59. The Longhorns shot 53.1 percent in the second half to seperate from ULM in Monday night's contest.
THE TURNING POINT
-The Warhawks closed the gap to 46-40 with 12:58 to go in the game, however Texas would use a 16-4 run over the next five minutes to pull away.
NOTABLES
-Marvin Jean-Pierre paced the Warhawks on Monday night, matching his total from the opener against Centenary with 13 points. Jean-Pierre did that on 5-of-13 shooting while also adding four rebounds and two assists.
-Travis Munnings added nine points while picking up his sixth career double-figure rebound performance with 10 rebounds.
-Nick Coppola added eight points and five assists while playing 36 minutes tonight. The senior guard now moves into second all-time with 3,599 minutes played in 101 career games. He needs just 35 more minutes played to surpass Terry Martin for most minutes played by a Warhawk.
-The Warhawks finished the night shooting 30.4 percent from the floor (21-of-69) and hit eight of their 34 three-point attempts. Texas finished the game at 50.0 percent shooting (30-of-60) and hit seven of its 22 three-point attempts.
QUOTEABLES
Head Coach Keith Richard
Thought on the game: Give Texas a lot of the credit. They are very long and athletic across the board - not just their bigs but also the guards. About midway through the first half they went to a different style of defense and we struggled with their changing style on that end of the floor. Once they went to that defensive style we didn't get many open looks and when we did we struggled to score. A lot of it was due to them because it was hard to score inside the three-point line. Overall though it was a great learning experience for us to get this type of exposure to a quality opponent early on and we need to continue to grow throughout the non-conference schedule.
UP NEXT
-The Warhawks will now prepare to go to Boulder, Colorado on Thursday night to face Colorado. The matchup, which is ULM's second of four Legends Classic matchups, will tip off at 8:00 p.m. CST from Boulder.
