Following a scintillating victory over the Purdue Boilermarkers in West Lafayette on Saturday, the Texas Longhorns return to the Erwin Center on Tuesday evening to host the California Baptist Lancers in the 2K Empire Classic benefitting the Wounded Warrior Project.
Head coach Rick Croy and the Lancers are 2-0 on the season after blowout victories over Jackson State and Cal Lutheran. In the latter contest, Cal Baptist scored 112 points and won by 59 points by getting to the free-throw line 33 times and making 13 three pointers on 41.9 shooting from beyond the arc.
As Texas head coach Shaka Smart opened his computer to watch film on the Lancers on the plane back to Austin Saturday night, he commented to his assistant coaches on the quality of Cal Baptist, which is ranked No.