AUSTIN, TX – Flash Burton (Philadelphia, PA/Cardinal O'Hara) scored a team-high 16 points, but the Rider University men's basketball team fell at the University of Texas, 99-65, Tuesday night at the Moody Center. With the loss, the Broncs fall to 1-3, while the Longhorns are now 4-1.

Texas opened the scoring with a 14-2 run and never trailed. An 8-0 Rider run on a pair of Burton three-pointers sandwiched around a Zion Cruz drive cut the deficit to 21-14 with 11:45 left in the first and the Broncs continued to hang tough, with triples from Cruz and Davis Bynum and a Burton jumper keeping the deficit at seven, 31-24, with 4:53 remaining in the period. But an 8-0 Texas run followed and a buzzer-beating three made it a 44-28 Longhorns advantage after 20 minutes. Burton led the Broncs with 12 points on 5-of-10 shooting (2-for-4 3ptFG) in the period.

A 7-0 Texas run early in the second pushed the Longhorns' lead to 24 and the closest the Broncs would get the rest of the way was within 20 points. Texas' lead swelled to as many as 37 on a late three-point barrage from Camden Heide, who hit four of his six three-pointers in the final 6:08.  

Notes
- Rider at Texas were meeting for the first time in the two programs' histories.
- All 13 healthy Broncs got into the game, with 11 scoring.

Broncs by the Numbers
- Burton went for 16 points on 6-of-13 shooting, including 2-for-4 from long range, and conversions on both of his free-throw attempts. He also added three rebounds and two assists.
- Cruz added eight points, six rebounds and a steal.
- Caleb Smith (Atlanta, GA/Fredrick Douglass [Garden City CC]) chipped in with eight points and six rebounds.
- AB Coulibaly (Philadelphia, PA/W.Philadelphia/Avon Old Farms) scored all six of his points in the final 4:01. He added three rebounds and a steal.
- Cole McCabe (Miami Beach, FL/Miami Country Day/IMG Academy) was 2-for-3 from long range for six points to go along with five rebounds and a block.
- Shemani Fuller (Bronx, NY/Cardinal Hayes [Clark Atlanta]) had two points and a team-high seven rebounds.
- Mohamad Diallo (Decatur, GA/Southwest Dekalb [Fla. Memorial]) added four points, three rebounds and a team-high two blocks.
- Jamir McNeil (Cape May Courthouse, NJ/Middle Township) dished out a team-high three assists.
- The Longhorns outshot the Broncs, 55.0 percent (33-60) to 33.9 percent (21-62) from the floor, including a 36.7 percent (11-30) to 35.0 percent (7-20) edge from beyond the three-point arc.
- The Broncs took an 88.9 percent (16-18) to 64.7 percent (22-34) advantage from the free-throw line.
- Texas edged Rider on the boards, 39-37.  
- The Longhorns held the biggest discrepancies in fast-break scoring (34-4) and in the paint (42-8).

Up Next
The Broncs return to action Thursday, when they wrap up their Texas road trip at nationally-ranked No. 2 Houston. Tip-off from the Fertitta Center in Houston, TX, is scheduled for 9 p.m. (ET)/8 p.m. (CT) on TNT.