AUSTIN – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros men's basketball team fell to the Texas Longhorns 88-58 on Friday at the Frank Erwin Center.
 
Freshman RayQuan Taylor led the Vaqueros (4-5) with a career-high 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting and a career-high nine rebounds. Junior Justin Johnson scored 12 points with six rebounds and two assists. Graduate student Mike Adewunmi scored 10 points with five rebounds, two steals and a career-high tying three blocks. Junior LaQuan Butler scored nine points. Junior Ricky "Doc" Nelson scored six points with three rebounds and three assists. Freshman Donte Houston Jr. finished with six points and three rebounds.
 
Christian Bishop led the Longhorns (6-1) with 17 points, three rebounds and two steals. Tre Mitchell scored 13 points with five rebounds, five assists and two steals. Timmy Allen scored 13 points with three rebounds. Marcus Carr scored 11 points with four assists and two steals.
 
The Longhorns jumped out to a 21-9 lead over the opening six minutes. A Taylor three, however, sparked a 13-6 run, capped by an Adewunmi three-point play, to bring the Vaqueros to within 27-22 midway through the first half.
 
The Longhorns responded with a 12-4 run to go up 39-24, but the Vaqueros answered with a 13-5 run, capped by a Butler three, to pull within 44-39. Taylor closed the half with a layup to bring the Vaqueros within 46-41.
 
The Longhorns scored the first six points of the second half as part of a 33-5 run to go up 79-46 and push the game out of reach.
 
UTRGV visits Texas A&M-Corpus Christi as part of the South Texas Showdown, presented by Navy Army Community Credit Union, on Wednesday at 7 p.m. on ESPN+.

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