Texas Basketball: 3 struggling players with something to prove in February

Jase Febres, SG/SF

For the first time in his college career to date, redshirt senior shooting guard/small forward Jase Febres is shooting below 30 percent from beyond the arc in a single season. Febres is accustomed to not only being one of the best sharpshooters for the Longhorns but one of the most lethal shooters from distance in the entire Big 12.

Texas could use the help of a real sharpshooter off the bench in Big 12 play. But the 6-foot-5 and 195-pound wing isn’t really getting it done in more than 20 games played off the bench so far this season.

Through 21 games played this season, Febres is only averaging around three points per game, one rebound, and nearly no assists, no steals, and no blocks. He’s also shooting just 33 percent from the field, 29 percent from beyond the arc, and 71 percent from the free-throw line.

The results aren’t getting much better for Febres in Big 12 play either. He’s shot less than 10 percent from beyond the arc in Big 12 play thus far. And he’s only averaging around one point per game.

If Febres wants to even really stay in the rotation for the Longhorns down the stretch this season, he’ll need to prove that he can find his rhythm shooting from the field and from beyond the arc. If not, Febres will continue to basically be invisible through most of the games he’ll play in for the rest of the season.