RIVERSIDE --- California Baptist University will hit the road for the first time this season, as the Lancers will head to the Lone Star State to face No. 8/5 Texas on Nov. 24 at 5:30 p.m. (PST).

GAME INFORMATION – Tuesday, Nov. 24
Opponent: at No. 8/5 Texas
Time: 5:30 p.m. (PST)
Location: Austin, Texas – Frank C. Erwin, Jr., Special Events Center
TV: DirecTV Ch. 677, Dish Network Ch. 407, AT&T U-verse Ch. 611/1611, Verizon FiOS Ch. 320, Google Fiber Ch. 230
Video: Longhorn Network
Live Stats: SidearmStats
Radio: Fox Sports 1350 

The matchup between the Lancers and the Longhorns will be the final game in the 2021 Abe Lemons Classic. CBU opened the Classic with a nail-biter against San Jose State, where freshman Taran Armstrong hit the go-ahead free throws in the final seconds to seal the 67-66 victory. CBU closed out its five-game homestand with a 74-70 win over Northern Colorado on Sunday, Nov. 21, to improve to 5-0 on the season. The Lancers are joined by Duke, Marquette, Iona, Norfolk St., and San Francisco as the only 5-0 teams in the country up to this point. 

This marks the second time the Lancers and the Longhorns will square off on the court, as the Longhorns edged the Lancers in the first-ever matchup on Nov. 12, 2019, in a 67-54 final. It also marks the second time the Lancers will face a top-ranked team in the Division I-era after taking on No. 6/7 Nevada on Nov. 19, 2018.

Notable Notes:

• The Abe Lemons Classic is being named after the late Texas Coach Abe Lemons, who coached for 34 years in stops at Oklahoma City University (twice), the University of Texas, and UT-Pan American.
• He finished his career with an all-time mark of 599-343 before retiring after the 1989-90 season.
• Lemons was inducted into the Texas Athletics Hall of Honor in 1994.
• The Longhorns were tagged at No. 5 in the AP preseason poll ranking – the highest preseason AP poll ranking since 2009-10 (No. 3).
• A 6-2 senior transfer from Minnesota, Marcus Carr was named one of 20 preseason watch list candidates for the 2022 NABC Division I Player of the Year Award.
• Timmy Allen, a 6-6 senior transfer from Utah, leads the Longhorns in scoring on the season with an average of 12.0 points per game. Tre Mitchell is the only other Longhorn averaging double figures with 10.7ppg.
• The Longhorns are averaging 76.0 points per game with a plus 15 scoring margin, while the Lancers are averaging 81.5 points per game with a plus 16.2 scoring margin.
• Chris Beard was named the 25^th Head Basketball Coach at the University of Texas on April 2, 2021.
• In 11 seasons as a collegiate head coach, Beard has compiled a 252-103 (.710) overall record and advanced to four NCAA Tournaments. He previously spent the last five seasons at Texas Tech, where he took the program to the 2019 NCAA Championship Game and the 2018 Elite Eight.