Jeff Howe

Houston has tied the game with a one-out solo home run in the bottom of the eighth.

Cal Higgins has replaced Grubbs for the eighth.

M8: Texas 7, Houston 6

End of 7: Texas 7, Houston 6

Grubbs gets two outs to get the Longhorns out of the inning.

A throwing error charged to A-Rod and a throwing error on Ermis allow two runs to score. It’s a 7-6 lead. Houston has the tying run on third with one out in the bottom of the seventh.

After a strikeout and a walk, Max Grubbs replaces Hamilton with runners on first and second and one out.

An Easton Winfield home run and a double have a runner on second for the Cougars in a three-run game.

Hudson Hamilton is on the mound for the seventh with Texas leading Houston by four runs, 7-3.

Brody Walls allowed a single, hit a batter and walked another with one out in the bottom of the fifth. Ethan Walker came in with the bases loaded and got a groundout before allowing a two-run single. He recorded a strikeout to get out of the inning.

M5: Texas 7, Houston 0

A UH fielding error allowed another run to score before the end of the fifth inning.

The Longhorns have the bases loaded with two outs.

Doza’s two-run double has Texas on top of UH in the top of the fifth, 6-0.

Houston is making a pitching change. The Cougars have walked seven and hit two through 3.2 innings.

The Thursday live has ended. As I get back to the game, Texas has a 4-0 lead in the top of the fourth. The bases are loaded with two outs and Casey Borba at the plate.

Becerra gets hit by a pitch. Mendoza comes home and Texas has the early lead, 1-0.

A-Rod draws a walk and the bases are loaded with two outs.

Borba draws a walk at the end of an 11-pitch at-bat.

Two down after Robbins flies out to center.

Doza leads off with the walk. Pack's flyout to center makes it one on and one out for Robbins.

BTW, this one is on ESPN Plus.

The Longhorns are on the road, taking on the Cougars after winning a three-game road series with then-No. 5 Auburn over the weekend. A couple of lineup notes for tonight: — Jason Flores is making his first start on the mound since a forgettable outing against Lamar on Feb. 17. — Carson Tinney is getting the night off with a quick turnaround (Texas starts a three-game SEC series at home against OU on Thursday). — With Tinney out, Andrew Ermis is behind the plate. Anthony Pack Jr. is hitting in the No. 2 spot in the lineup, which where Tinney has been in recent weeks.

Sean Miller’s Texas squad spent Sunday away from the court after advancing to the Sweet 16 with Saturday’s NCAA Tournament second-round win over Gonzaga. The downtime allowed Jordan Pope to get treatment for an ankle injury he sustained late in the 74-68 win over the Bulldogs, which allowed the Longhorns to reach the second weekend of March Madness for the first time since 2023 and the second time since 2008. “With Jordan, I think we’ll be fine,” Miller said Monday during a Zoom call with reporters. “We didn’t do anything yesterday, so we weren’t together, but he’s gotten treatment and moving forward.” A source told On Texas Football on Sunday how close it could get Pope “to 90-95 percent will come down to Sunday through Wednesday." Texas (21-14) doesn’t travel until Tuesday for its West Regional semifinal at San Jose’s SAP Center against No. 2 seed Purdue on Thursday (6:10 p.m. CT, CBS). The Longhorns will be on the court for practice Monday afternoon, giving Pope more time to rest before putting his ankle to the test against a veteran backcourt led by Braden Smith, who broke Bobby Hurley’s NCAA record for career assists (1,091 after Sunday’s 79-69 second-round win over Miami) in Purdue’s (29-8) first-round rout of Queens. “You go and break that record, I think that says everything about his ability to pass, play-make, make his teammates better,” Miller said of Smith. “He’s one of the best in the game and a big, big part of why Purdue is so great offensively.” The fifth all-time NCAA Tournament meeting between Texas and the Boilermakers will feature two of the most experienced backcourts in the country. Smith and Fletcher Loyer have played a combined 294 collegiate games (147 each), which actually falls short of the 305 combined games played by Pope (134) and Tramon Mark (171). Pope is averaging 11 points, 2.3 assists and 1.3 rebounds per game in the Longhorns’ three NCAA Tournament victories. Although his 7-for-22 mark from beyond the arc is behind the pace at which he’s converted 3-point shots throughout the season (36.9 percent through 35 games), Pope’s clutch 3-pointer with 1:29 left in a 79-71 first-round win over BYU is one of several big-time plays Texas has gotten from the Oakland, Calif., native during the team’s unlikely run to the Sweet 16. “I don't know if there's too many guards that are playing in the Tournament that are playing at a higher level than Jordan Pope,” Miller said after Pope scored 17 points on 7-for-18 shooting (3-for-8 from 3-point range) with three assists and no turnovers in the win over Gonzaga. “He means a lot to our team. What he's really mastered is that he controls the game and he's our point guard, but he adds such a strong scoring punch that he can change the game from the 3-point line.” View full news story