Horns Illustrated Week in Review (February 17th-24th)
The Horns Illustrated Week in Review covers all the University of Texas sporting events that took place this past week
Did you miss anything Texas Longhorns related from the past 7 days? Don't worry, we will bring you up to speed.
Men's Basketball
The No. 19 University of Texas Men's Basketball team fell to the No. 8 Kansas Jayhawks in Lawrence on Saturday night after Kansas freshman star Andrew Wiggins scored 15 points in the first 11 minutes of the game and ended with 21 points total.
Jonathan Holmes scored 17 points and Cameron Ridley scored 11 points, but it wasn't enough to stop the Big 12-leading Jayhawks from defeating the Longhorns 85-54. Kansas (21-6, 12-2) got their revenge after they fell to Texas, 81-69, on Feb. 1 in Austin.
Texas (20-7, 9-5) freshman guard Isaiah Taylor struggled shooting the ball on Saturday and went 1-for-14 with just five points. It was the Jayhawks' fifth win in the last six meetings with the Longhorns.
Texas returns to action on Wednesday at home against Baylor. Tip-off is scheduled for 8 p.m. Central and the game will be broadcast on ESPNU.
Texas Baseball
The No. 18 Texas Baseball team hosted Stanford in a three-game series over the weekend and came out with a 2-1 series win over the Cardinals. The Longhorns dropped their final series game on Sunday 11-5, which ended their previous five-game win streak. In the first two games in the series, the Longhorns won 9-3, and 4-3.
Senior Mark Payton led the Longhorns at the plate, going 8-for-10 with five walks, a triple, four RBIs and two runs. The Longhorns are 5-3 this season and are looking to bounce back from Sunday's loss with a game against UT Pan American on Tuesday at Disch-Falk Field.. First pitch is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Central.
Texas Softball
The Texas Longhorn Softball team traveled to Palm Springs, California to play in the Mary Nutter Classic. Texas opened the tournament with a 5-4 loss to UNLV, but won their second game over Cal Poly 13-7. The Longhorns would lose two and win one to finish out the tournament on Sunday afternoon.
The Longhorns return to action in Austin for the Texas Invitational, which starts Friday. Louisiana at Monroe, Texas Southern, and Southern Mississippi will be the teams that the Longhorns will face throughout the weekend.
Men's Tennis
The No. 6 Texas Men's Tennis defeated Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 6-1, on Sunday evening at Penick-Allison Tennis Center. The Longhorns (11-2) won both matches during Sunday's doubleheader after defeating UT Arlington in the afternoon, 6-1.
