No. 7 Texas 93, Grambling 62: Vokietaitis Scores 26 in 23 Minutes as the Longhorns Reach 3–0 — and the Real Test Is Baylor on Sunday

AUSTIN — The first ten minutes settled it. No. 7 Texas scored 30 of the game's first 35 points against Grambling on Monday night at Moody Center, led by as many as 31 in the first half and by 28 at halftime, and cruised to a 93–62 win that kept the Longhorns perfect at 3–0, Field Level Media reported.

Matas Vokietaitis was the mismatch. The third-year center scored a game-high 26 points on 8-of-12 shooting and 10-of-12 free throws, with a game-high nine rebounds, in just 23 minutes, 247Sports reported. Freshman guard Joe Sterling added 13 — including eight consecutive points in a 1:08 burst that blew the game open early — and TCU transfer David Punch added 10 points with two blocks and three steals. Texas outshot Grambling 50.8% to 35.9%, won the boards 45–34, owned the paint 46–18 and shut the Tigers out on the fast break entirely, 14–0.

Grambling (1–1) got 13 points from Mekhi Fitts and 12 from Antonio Shannon, and its 7-foot-2 forward Isaiah Miranda — who had scored 29 in the Tigers' opener — was held to eight points on 3-of-13 shooting, per the game reports. Head coach Sean Miller had asked for exactly the two things Texas delivered, after the Gardner-Webb win: assert on the boards and protect the basketball, ahead of the first major test.

That test is now four days away, and it is the reason this file matters on a Wednesday in Dallas–Fort Worth: Texas plays Baylor on Sunday, November 15, at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, tipping at 2 p.m. on ESPN. Three home routs by 31 points or more say the Longhorns are deep and efficient. Sunday says whether they are, against a peer, away from Moody — the first honest measurement of the state's highest-ranked team.