Texas Longhorns men's basketball team falls at West Virginia despite Max Abmas' 32 points
Despite a season-high 32 points from guard Max Abmas, Texas fell to host West Virginia 76-73 Saturday.
The Longhorns (12-4, 1-2 Big 12) trailed 59-48 with 5 minutes, 45 seconds left in the game before Abmas caught fire from long range while keying a rally. Abmas, a 6-foot graduate student in his first season with the Longhorns, scored 19 of his points in the final five minutes, including two free throws with 1:08 left to cut Texas' deficit to 68-65.
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But West Virginia (6-10, 1-2) held on for its first conference win behind a career-high 16 points from Pat Suemnick.
Dylan Disu scored 18 points for Texas but fouled out with 2:16 remaining in the game. No other player reached double-digit points for the Longhorns, who had 22 turnovers.
Kadin Shedrick, a 6-11 graduate transfer from Virginia, played just four minutes before aggravating a back injury that forced him to miss Tuesday's game at Cincinnati.
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Texas basketball team falls at West Virginia despite Abmas' 32 points
