The No. 8 Texas Longhorns turned in a convincing win against the Northern Colordao Bears on Wednesday evening at the Erwin Center in the first game of the Abe Lemons Classic with a final score of 61-46.
An 8-0 run by the Bears against the end of the Longhorns bench made the final score look closely than the game actually was — Texas led by as many as 26 points in the second half, but failed to find any buckets in the final 3:25.
Junior forward Tre Mitchell led the way for the Longhorns after replacing senior forward Christian Bishop in the starting lineup, showing off his three-level scoring, including his superb post moves, with a game-high 16 points on 7-of-11 shooting while adding seven rebounds.