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Texas Basketball vs. Radford: 5 takeaways from upset loss to Highlanders

By Andrew Miller

DAYTON, OH - MARCH 13: Devonnte Holland #15 and Travis Fields Jr #11 of the Radford Highlanders celebrate their teams victory over the Long Island Blackbirds in the First Four game in the 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at UD Arena on March 13, 2018 in Dayton, Ohio. The Radford Highlanders defeated the Long Island Blackbirds 71-61. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
DAYTON, OH - MARCH 13: Devonnte Holland #15 and Travis Fields Jr #11 of the Radford Highlanders celebrate their teams victory over the Long Island Blackbirds in the First Four game in the 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at UD Arena on March 13, 2018 in Dayton, Ohio. The Radford Highlanders defeated the Long Island Blackbirds 71-61. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – NOVEMBER 23: Kerwin Roach II #12 of the Texas Longhorns shoots against Joshua Langford #1 of the Michigan State Spartans during the championship game of the 2018 Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational basketball tournament at the Orleans Arena on November 23, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Sam Wasson/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – NOVEMBER 23: Kerwin Roach II #12 of the Texas Longhorns shoots against Joshua Langford #1 of the Michigan State Spartans during the championship game of the 2018 Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational basketball tournament at the Orleans Arena on November 23, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Sam Wasson/Getty Images) /

4. The hot streak ends for Kerwin Roach Jr.

The heart and soul of this Texas basketball team is senior shooting guard Kerwin Roach Jr. Since returning from his suspension, Texas got tons of contributions from Roach Jr. while he was playing heavy minutes. Up until this game Roach Jr. hadn’t posted scoring in the single figures this season and was shooting pretty well from the field.

Roach Jr. played heavy minutes again in this game, but couldn’t find the scoring rhythm he had in the previous five games. He finished with just seven points and made only two field goals on 12 attempts. This was the first time in a while that Roach Jr. shot worse than 17.5 percent from the field.

The rest of the stat line for Roach Jr. wouldn’t blow anyone away either. He finished with seven rebounds, three assists, and three turnovers. Even his free-throw shooting wasn’t very good, at 50 percent. Roach Jr. and Osetkowski both should’ve spread the ball around more since each was ice cold in shooting from the field and the free throw line.

Volume scorers can go through ups and downs like Roach Jr. did against Radford. The other volume scorers that went through a difficult time against Radford is the former transfer guard Elijah Mitrou-Long. Roach Jr. and Mitrou-Long posted 11 points combined and two of the lowest player efficiency ratings in this game.

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