Abrams, Longhorns crush Ark.-Monticello

A.J. Abrams scored a career-high 30 points and No. 16 Texas cruised past Division II Arkansas-Monticello, 100-52 on Sunday.

Texas (3-0) hit 16 3-pointers, two shy of the school record. Abrams, who set the Big 12 season record for 3-pointers last season, hit eight, six of them in the first half as Texas built a 49-11 lead.

Arkansas-Monticello (0-2) was just 3-of-33 shooting in the first half. The Boll Weevils had 11 first-half points, the fewest allowed by Texas since 1949.

Damion James added 16 points for Texas. Justin Johnson led Arkansas-Monticello with 18 points, all in the second half.,

Texas played the Boll Weevils as part of the StubHub Legends Classic. The Longhorns' schedule gets tougher in the next round next week in Newark, N.J. They play New Mexico State on Friday and then either West Virginia or No. 7 Tennessee.

Abrams scored 21 points two days earlier to lead Texas' win over UC Davis, doing it with a variety of long- and mid-range jumpers.

On Sunday, all he had to do was sit outside the arc and wait for passes to launch shot after shot from long range. Of his first nine baskets, seven were 3-pointers. His eighth made it 69-19 with 15 minutes left to play.

Abrams could have easily challenged the school record of 10, but didn't attempt another 3-pointer and spent much of the final 10 minutes on the bench.