March Madness: Texas beats Colgate 81-61… as interim coach Rodney Terry continues to thrive

Texas basketball remained active after winning its conference tournament last weekend, beating Colgate 81-61 to reach the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Jabari Rice led the Longhorns in scoring with 23 points, while Marcus Carr and Dylan Disu each contributed 17 points.

The team has thrived with interim coach Rodney Terry at the helm and posted a 19-7 record with him heading into the NCAA Tournament.

Terry took over on January 5 after former head coach Chris Bead was arrested for domestic violence.

The charges against Beard were dropped on February 15.

Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza said at the time that “our office has determined that the felony cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt,” after he was charged with assault by strangulation/suffocation-violence. relative in an alleged incident with his life. in fiancee, Randi Trew.

Since then, Beard has resurfaced this month with the head coaching job at Ole Miss.

Meanwhile, Texas will face the winner of the Texas A&M-Penn State showdown this weekend.

Texas (27-8) shot 13 of 23 from 3-point range while advancing to the second round in the Midwest region.

That coincided with the Longhorns’ season-high in 3-pointers.

The Raiders (26-9), however, went just 3-for-15 from deep against a relentless, long-armed Longhorns defense.

Colgate shot better than percent. before the tournament. The nation’s leading singles 3-point shooter, Oliver Lynch-Daniels, was 1-for-4.

Keegan Records and Ryan Moffatt each scored 13 points for the 15th-seeded Raiders, who fell to 0-6 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. Tucker Richardson, the Patriot League Player of the Year, scored nine points on 4-of-11 shooting.