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AUSTIN, Texas – The 2021-22 men's basketball season opened at the Frank Erwin Center on Tuesday evening the HBU Huskies, falling 92-48 to fifth-ranked Texas.
 
Early on, Texas (1-0) held a 3-2 lead but consecutive turnovers forced by the Huskies (0-1) each led to buckets with Sam Hofman knocking down a three and Za-Ontay Boothman earning and one-one opportunity, putting HBU ahead 7-3 at the 17:36 mark. The Longhorns answered with an 11-0 run, however, to go ahead 14-7 just over five minutes into the half.
 
Deshon Proctor and Brycen Long combined to score the Huskies' next eight points as part of an 8-4 run to pull within three, 18-15. The Longhorns scored the next 12 points, however, and maintained a double-digit advantage to lead by 16, 43-27, at the intermission.
 
Proctor, a freshman, impressed in his collegiate debut with 10 points and led all players with seven rebounds in 29 minutes off the bench. He was 4-of-7 from the floor and 2-of-2 from behind the arc. Boothman led the Huskies with 12 points, connecting on 5-of-12 from the field.
 
Darius Lee was 4-of-7 shooting for 11 points off the bench and pitched in five rebounds. The Huskies were narrowly out-rebounded by the Longhorns, 32-31, and pulled down 16 rebounds on the offensive end.
 
The Huskies finished the night shooting 32.7 percent (16-of-49) from the field and 35.3 percent (6-of-17) from three-point range. The turnover battle went to Texas with the Longhorns forcing into 17 miscues while committing 11.
 
Courtney Ramey led UT in scoring with 14 points while five other players scored in double-figures. The Longhorns shot a blistering 64 percent (32-of-50) for the game and scored 34 points in the paint to HBU's 18.
 
The Huskies are set for their home-opener this Saturday, Nov. 13, inside Sharp Gym against the Barclay Bears at 7:00 p.m.