HBU Huskies (0-0) at #5 Texas Longhorns (0-0)
Tuesday, Nov. 9 – 8:00 p.m.
Frank Erwin Center – Austin, Texas
TV (Longhorn Network)
Audio (Husky Sports Network/Garrett Jones)
Live Stats
Game Notes
AUSTIN, Texas – The 2021-22 basketball season tips off on Tuesday night inside the Frank Erwin Center for HBU men's basketball when they take on the fifth-ranked Texas Longhorns at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday's game will air live on the Longhorn Network while Garrett Jones provides play-by-play on the Husky Sports Network audio broadcast available at HBUHuskies.com.
The Huskies head into the season with a balanced roster when it comes to classification with four seniors, four juniors, five sophomores and four freshman. Sophomore
Za-Ontay Boothman is the team's leading returning scorer after averaging 10.2 points per game as a freshman, earning preseason second team all-Southland Conference honors. The Huskies boast two other sophomore guards who saw significant minutes as freshmen in
Jade Tse and
Brycen Long. Tse started 15 games at the point and led the team with 79 assists last year while Long made 12 starts and averaged 5.7 ppg.
Senior
Darius Lee averaged 7.9 points and three rebounds per outing as a junior and earned a Southland Player of the Week selection after a 30-point, 10-rebound effort in a win over Northwestern State. Junior
Zach Iyeyemi took over the starting center role as a sophomore, starting 22 games in the post and averaging 6.9 points and 3.8 rebounds per game. He closed out the 2020-21 season with his first career double-double at the SLC Tournament against Lamar, finishing with 15 points and 12 rebounds.
This season marks season number 31 for James Sears Bryant Head Men's Basketball Coach
Ron Cottrell, the fifth-longest tenured head coach in NCAA Division I. Among the Huskies' newcomers are senior Division I transfer from Marist, forward
Zion Tordoff, junior college transfer and forward
Sam Hofman,
Khristion Courseault, a guard who came to HBU from Nevada, and a trio of freshmen in
Deshon Proctor,
Tristan Moore and
Jake Arnold.
Texas comes into the year with a new head coach in Chris Beard and boasts a roster filled with just four returning lettermen and a number of transfers. Top returners for the Longhorns are guards Andrew Jones and Courtney Ramey. Both averaged double-digits scoring per game last season.
The Longhorns brought in seven transfers through the transfer portal, Marcus Carr (Minnesota), Tre Mitchell (UMass), Timmy Allen (Utah), Dylan Disu (Vanderbilt), Devin Askew (Kentucky), Christian Bishop (Creighton) and Avery Benson (Texas Tech) whose scoring averages last season combine to equal 89 points per game.
This will be the second all-time meeting between the Huskies and Longhorns with the lone prior meeting coming during the 2013-14 season. HBU dropped that game 89-61.
The Huskies will be home inside Sharp Gym on Saturday, Nov. 13, for their home opener against the Barclay Bears at 7:00 p.m.
