Posted November 26th, 2008 by Brian
Filed under: Basketball, Feature

The Texas basketball team faced their toughest test of the season last night in a top 10 match-up in the EA Sports Maui Invitational. AJ Abrams had a half court attempt that would have won the game but it came up short and the team lost 80 - 81 to Notre Dame. Watch highlights from ESPN below:

Justin Mason ran the point most of the game and played well, shooting 7 of 12 from the field while adding 7 assists and 5 rebounds. Abrams scored 23 points to lead the Horns but needed 27 shots to do it and Damion James continued to struggle to find his shot. For the Horns to make a serious tourney run James needs to find his groove, whether it’s as dominating force inside or as a wing scorer he needs to be this team’s leader.

With the loss the Horns are now 3 - 1 on the season. Up next is the third place game in Maui against Oregon today at 3:30pm.


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  1. [...] been tested in the young season at the Maui Invitational. The Longhorns finished third after losing a close one to Notre Dame. Every season presents different questions about a team, but after a handful of games [...]

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