Texas Longhorns Battling Down the Stretch vs. No. 5 UConn Huskies: Live Updates

The Texas Longhorns are looking to build momentum through the early part of the 2025-26 season as they continue through their non-conference portion of the schedule with a 7-3 record.

The Longhorns take on their biggest challenge of the season so far as they travel to Hartford, Connecticut, to take on the Big East's No. 5-ranked UConn Huskies. Through their first 10 games of the season, the Huskies are 9-1, with the only loss for Dan Hurley's squad coming at home against the currently No. 1-ranked Arizona Wildcats.

Last time out was a much-needed bounce-back game for the Longhorns as they took care of business against the Southern Jaguars on Monday night in a 95-69 win for their seventh victory of the season.

Texas Longhorns vs. UConn Huskies

Texas Longhorns basketball Camden Heide — Texas Longhorns forward Camden Heide (5) drives the ball to the hoop against Southern University Jaguars guard Cam Amboree (3) during the second half at Moody Center. | Dustin Safranek-Imagn Images

Monday's victory for the Longhorns was spearheaded by center Matas Vokietaitis' big performance, which saw the sophomore put together a career-high 28 points. On the night, Vokietaitis shot 7-10 from the field, while being extremely efficient from the free throw line, being a perfect 14-14 from the charity stripe, along with six rebounds and a block.

Texas also saw an efficient night from guard Jordan Pope, who ended the night as the Longhorns' second leading scorer with 18 points, making seven of his nine field goal attempts and four of six from three point range.

The Longhorns will have to zero in on UConn's Solo Ball as the veteran guard leads the way in terms of scoring for the Huskies. Throughout UConn's first 10 games of the season, Ball is averaging 15 points per game while shooting over 40 percent from the field and about 30 percent from three-point range. Texas should not be unfamiliar with Ball, as last year, when the Huskies defeated the Longhorns at the Moody Center, Ball aided UConn to victory with 16 points.

UConn features another guard who should be of focus for Texas, with junior Silas Demary Jr. being much more of a playmaking guard as he leads the Huskies in assists, averaging about five per game to go along with averaging 10 points, 4.5 rebounds, and about two steals a game.

The Longhorns continue through the nonconference portion of the schedule, taking on a difficult task tonight at 7:00 PM against UConn at PeoplesBank Arena, for game 11 of the season, and be sure to check back here at tipoff for live updates as the game goes on.

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Live Updates

Texas' starting lineup: guard Jordan Pope, guard Tramon Mark, forward Camden Heide, forward Dailyn Swain, center Matas Vokietaitis.

Texas wins the tipoff and is running in Hartford to begin this one.

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Both teams are up and rolling in this one, with UConn out to an early 13-7 with 15:05 minutes left to play in the first half.

Texas began building an early lead thanks to a quick start from Tramon Mark, who has made three out of his four shot attempts, racking up six of the Longhorns' seven points in the early going. However, the Huskies closed the four-minute frame on a current 7-0 run while the Longhorns have not scored a basket in the past 2 minutes.

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The Longhorns and Huskies have come to play on a Friday night, with the Huskies holding onto their lead np up 23-16, with 11:08 minutes left to go in the half

Texas managed to square up the game thanks to a five-point flurry from Jordan Pope and finding the three-point shot early, making two of their three shots from beyond the arc, but any time the Longhorns find momentum, the Huskies managed to cut them off with UConn making four of their last five shot attempts.

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UConn stays in control of the ballgame, holding onto a 10-point lead with the score being 30-20 with under 10 minutes left to play in the first half.

The Huskies' efficient shooting night stays on as they made their last five straight field goals, taking their percentage to shooting over 75 percent from the field as an entire team and shooting over 65 percent from three-point range.

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Gearing down the final stretch of the first half, the Longhorns have chipped away with the Huskies up 35-29

Guard Simeon Wilcher is coming along in the ballgame, tied as one of the Longhorns' leading scorers with seven points on three of four shooting. The Huskies have not slowed down from out of the gates, shooting an impressive 70 percent from the field and nearly 60 percent from three.

Halftime: UConn 43, Texas 34

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Both teams continue the same amount of pressure they had in the first half, with UConn still holding a marginal lead over the Longhorns, 51-41, with 15:04 minutes left in the second half.

Dailyn Swain came out firing out of the locker room, scoring five of the Longhorns' seven second-half points, shooting two of three from the field. However, when Texas builds something, UConn is able to knock it down, especially with the Longhorns currently on a two-minute scoring drought.

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Both teams are looking to resettle back in after the opening minutes of the second half, as the Huskies keep holding a 53-44 lead.

Whether it be good defense or rough offense but both teams have been unable to score much as of late with both the Huskies and Longhorns on scoring droughts. Texas has not scored in nearly three minutes and has missed its last five shot attempts while UConn has not scored in over two minutes.

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UConn keeps hanging out there lead in this one, up 61-52 with 7:29 minutes left in the second half.

The Longhorns managed to cut the UConn lead down to seven, thanks to a six-to-nothing run, but as it's been all night, when the Longhorns get rolling, the Huskies are able to respond, making four of their last five shots and getting their lead up to nine points.