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Texas MBB takes down Le Moyne, advances to 8-4

by: Evan Vieth23 hours ago

Texas took on Le Moyne tonight, a .500 NEC team ranked in the bottom 60 of all teams in Division I.

The Longhorns did what they had to do, dominating the second half en route to a 95–53 blowout in Austin. This result came just four days after a close loss to UConn in Hartford.

Texas was far from perfect, but the offense clicked in the second half. The Longhorns scored just eight points in the final eight minutes of the first half, but responded with 54 in the second, led by Tramon Mark in an efficient half of scoring.

Texas has just one game separating itself from SEC play, taking on Maryland Eastern Shore in less than a week before a January 3 game against Mississippi State.

1. Balanced scoring from the top seven players

Texas had seven players score between eight and 18 points. The Longhorns saw multiple streaks from different players to get themselves into a comfortable position to win.

Early in the first half, it was Cam Heide, who started and made an immediate impact from deep. He scored on his own steal and hit two big early threes.

Texas hit seven threes in the first half, with Jordan Pope and Simeon Wilcher each hitting a pair alongside Heide. Every other score was in the paint, mostly from Matas Vokietaitis and Tramon Mark.

In the second half, Texas dominated in the paint, but Mark was also a threat from deep with two threes of his own. He was Texas’ best three-level scorer. He also ignited the offense out of the break, something they desperately needed.

Overall, Texas’ top scorers shot over 56% from the field and 40% from three. It was an efficient night for Texas’ top guys, though the Longhorns need Chendall Weaver to step out of his funk and for the backup PF duo to have more of an impact.

2. Texas’ late first half should have been punished

That late first half was… bad. The type of play that loses you conference games against real teams.

Texas had five turnovers compared to three made field goals. The Longhorns were throwing the ball in harm’s way, or to no one in particular. Shot quality went downhill, and Texas looked similar to the team that lost lazily to Virginia.

Thankfully, they were playing Le Moyne, a team with zero size to impede Vokietaitis and no true perimeter threats.

A real team would’ve taken that chance to come back and stuck with it. Texas has to get out of these five-plus-minute funks on the offensive end if it truly wants to compete.

3. This is the Sean Miller offense we were promised

Modern, fluid, and efficient. That’s what we were promised with the Sean Miller offense.

But against power competition, Texas has found itself at or under 60 points.

They didn’t play an SEC-level team, but they did score efficiently for a good 26 of 34 non-garbage minutes.

This came mostly because of strong passing and efficient shot selection.

I’m still waiting for the next step from Vokietaitis as a passer and shot creator for himself or his teammates outside of the restricted area, but Dailyn Swain’s court vision has improved drastically in just 12 games.

He had multiple passes that would’ve resulted in open shots no matter who the opponent was. He created without screens and collapsed defenses toward the paint before finding open corner shooters.

Texas only took five shots that weren’t threes or attempts inside the paint. Four of the five were in the paint, and three went in.

Texas continues to lack a true point guard, but the scorers at shooting guard, wing, and center are beginning to playmake at a higher level. These are traits that translate to the SEC and then into 2026–27.

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