AUSTIN, Texas — Down their senior starter and leading scorer — guard Kerwin Roach II was glued to the sidelines due to a stomach illness — the Texas Longhorns largely struggled to produce points in a late 71-65 loss to the Providence Friars at the Erwin Center on Friday evening.
Though neither team started especially strong in the scoring department, Texas was markedly worse out of the gates and stayed stuck in first gear throughout the first five-plus minutes of action. It wasn’t until a Matt Coleman layup at the 16:03 mark that Texas found its first points, and before the next shot would fall, Providence had quickly constructed an 11-2 cushion.