RIVERSIDE --- With a week of games under its belt, California Baptist University's men's basketball team is headed to the Lone Star State to face the University of Texas on Nov. 12 before making the trek up north to square up with the University of California - Berkeley on Nov. 15.

The Lancers opened their 2019-20 season with heavy-handed wins over Jackson State (93-70) and Cal Lutheran (112-56). The two games brought in record-breaking crowds to the CBU Events Center, as opening night saw 4,976 fans pack the house for the second-largest attended game in the state of California on opening night. Three days later, Lancer Nation was at full capacity, outdoing itself from Tuesday's game with a sellout crowd of 5,050 fans.

GAME INFORMATION
Opponent: The University of Texas
Time: 5 p.m. (PST)
Location: Austin, Texas
TV: Longhorn Network (DirecTV 677, Dish Network 407, check local listings)
Video Streaming: ESPN/Longhorn Network
Live Stats: TexasSports
Radio: Fox Sports AM 1350 / iHeartRadio App 
Lancer Live Tip-Off Show at 4:40 p.m. (PST)

CBU will take its undefeated record on the road, with first-time matchups against the Longhorns and the Golden Bears. Both games will be the first counting games between the two programs. The Lancers faced Cal during the 2016-17 season in an exhibition game that resulted in favor of the Golden Bears, 81-73.

Texas tipped off its season with a victory over Northern Colorado, 69-45, on opening night and followed that up with an upset win over No. 23/22 Purdue, 70-66, on Nov. 9. The four-point victory over the Boilermakers snapped their 18-game home court win streak, which entered the season as the fourth-longest in the nation. The Longhorns were led by Matt Coleman III on the night, as the junior point guard finished with a game-high 22 points and seven assists.

The Longhorns are entering their 114^th season of men's basketball with an all-time record of 1,789-1,088 (.622). The Longhorns finished the 2018-19 season as NIT Champions with an overall record of 21-16.  Texas ended the regular season a year ago having lost four of its last five games before falling to Kansas in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship quarterfinals.  In the NIT, the Longhorns posted a 5-0 record with victories over South Dakota State, Xavier, Colorado, TCU and Lipscomb. The 2019-20 roster is young at heart, with eight underclassmen and five upperclassmen. Texas will be led by Coleman III and Jase Febres, as the duo came back to Austin as the two returning starters.

Notable Notes:

• Head Coach Shaka Smart enters his fifth season at the helm of the Longhorns with an overall record of 71-66.
• Saturday's win over Purdue not only snapped an 18-game home court win streak but also snapped Purdue's 20-game non-conference home court win streak.
• The Boilermakers entered the Nov. 9 matchup against Texas with a 32-1 record at the Mackey Arena with their only previous loss to Ohio State in 2018, 64-63.
• The Longhorns have three players averaging 10 or more points per game.
• Coleman III leads the team with 16.0 points per game and 4.0 assists per game.
• Gerald Liddell is the team's leader in rebounds (8.0) and is second on the team in scoring (14.0).
• Andrew Jones is the Longhorns' sixth man off the bench and is third in scoring with 13.5 points per game.

As for Friday's game, Cal (1-0) will host UNLV the same night the Lancers play the Longhorns for its second game of the season. The Golden Bears hosted Pepperdine on opening night, taking down the Waves, 87-71.

Cal is returning 56 percent of its scoring from the previous season, as the returners combined to average 38.5 points of last year's 68.4 points per game. Matt Bradley broke the Cal freshman record for 3-point field goal percentage, going 50-106 (47.2) from beyond the arc. Bradley shot 4-8 from deep in the exhibition win over Saint Martin's on Oct. 30.

Head Coach Mark Fox is in his first year at the helm of the program for the Golden Bears and looks to get the Golden Bears back on track when it comes to the Pac-12.

Notable Notes:

•  Cal was picked to finish 12^th in the Pac-12 preseason coaches' poll for the 2019-20 season.
• The Golden Bears have finished 12^th in their conference in each of the last two seasons.
• Cal won its season opener for the first time since 2016-17.
• Four players scored in double figures in the win over Pepperdine – Matt Bradley (25), Andre Kelly (16), Kareem South (14), and Paris Austin 14).
• The Golden Bears have 10 underclassmen (six freshmen) and seven upperclassmen on the roster.
• Paris Austin returns as Cal's leading scorer from last season (11.6ppg)