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Texas Basketball vs. Purdue: 5 takeaways from monster win over Boilermakers

By Andrew Miller

AUSTIN, TX - DECEMBER 9: Nojel Eastern #20 of the Purdue Boilermakers shoots the ball against Kerwin Roach II #12 of the Texas Longhorns at the Frank Erwin Center on December 9, 2018 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Chris Covatta/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TX - DECEMBER 9: Nojel Eastern #20 of the Purdue Boilermakers shoots the ball against Kerwin Roach II #12 of the Texas Longhorns at the Frank Erwin Center on December 9, 2018 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Chris Covatta/Getty Images) /
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – NOVEMBER 22: Jaxson Hayes #10 of the Texas Longhorns grabs a rebound against Sterling Manley #21 of the North Carolina Tar Heels during the 2018 Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational basketball tournament at the Orleans Arena on November 22, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Sam Wasson/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – NOVEMBER 22: Jaxson Hayes #10 of the Texas Longhorns grabs a rebound against Sterling Manley #21 of the North Carolina Tar Heels during the 2018 Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational basketball tournament at the Orleans Arena on November 22, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Sam Wasson/Getty Images) /

4. Texas finally won the battle on the boards

An important key to victory for Texas basketball against Purdue was winning the battle on the glass. The Horns were outrebounded in most of its games this season, especially against more talented teams like Michigan State and the North Carolina Tar Heels. Texas should’ve handled VCU and Radford just fine, but that wasn’t the case.

Purdue’s front court present another tough test for the Horns, which gave a bleak outlook to the main rotation of three bigs. Senior forward Dylan Osetkowski is the leader of this group, and leads the team in rebounds this season. Osetkowski wasn’t the spark plug for the Horns winning the battle on the boards here as he posted only four rebounds.

Sophomore sharpshooting wing Jase Febres led the team in boards with six. Outside of posting a high rebounding percentage, Febres’ role was limited with donuts registered in most stat categories and only three points. The limited role for Febres was common in this game, since Roach Jr. and Coleman were the only two Horns starters that played more than 20 minutes.

The other bigs for the Horns displayed a mix bag of results. Freshman Jaxson Hayes was perfect in six field goal attempts, but only managed two rebounds. Hayes was more effective than sophomore Jericho Sims, though. Texas needs Osetkowski, Hayes, and Sims to make it all click moving forward.

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