With Thursday’s 70-66 win over the Syracuse Orange, the Texas Longhorns advanced to Friday’s championship game in the Legends Classic at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, earning a matchup with the Saint Joseph’s Hawks, who survived a buzzer beater by the Texas Tech Red Raiders in a 78-77 win.
Tip is at approximately 8:30 p.m. Central on ESPNU following the third-place game between the Orange and the Red Raiders.
It was an up-and-down performance for head coach Rodney Terry’s team on Thursday — the Horns raced out to a 9-0 less than two and a half minutes into the game and extended the margin to as many as 16 points in the second half.