AUSTIN, Texas — A last-second attempt by the Xavier Musketeers couldn’t find the bottom of the net and the Texas Longhorns held on for a 78-76 overtime win on Sunday at the Erwin Center to advance in the NIT.
Against the big, physical Musketeers, the Longhorns refused to get pushed around.
“All 45 minutes, it was all about heart,” senior guard Kerwin Roach II said. “Just coming into the game, watching them and scouting them, coach [Shaka Smart] said they were going to try to bully us. There were a lot of altercations on the floor, stuff like that.