Ramey, No. 17 Texas beat Davidson in Maui Invitational

Courtney Ramey and No. 17 Texas offered a glimpse Monday of the Longhorns' potential depth to start the relocated Maui Invitational.

Ramey hit the go-ahead driving score with 20 seconds left and the Longhorns survived a pair of final-possession Davidson shots for the win to beat the Wildcats 78-76 in Monday's tournament opener.

Texas (2-0) shot 48% and led nearly the entire second half, yet missed too many free throws and struggled to get stops as Davidson shot nearly 57% for the game.

Ramey's s core broke a 76 - all tie , then the Longhorns came up with a pair of stops. Davidson's Sam Mennenga missed a contested 3-pointer from the wing, but the Wildcats got another shot when the ball went out of bounds with 3.8 seconds left.

No. 17 HOUSTON 64, No. 14

TEXAS TECH 53: Marcus Sasser scored 17 points playing close to home, Quentin Grimes added 15 and Houston never trailed in a victory over Texas Tech on Sunday in a meeting of teams that went deep in the most recent NCAA Tournament in 2019. Sasser, whose career high of 26 points came at SMU in Dallas as a freshman last season, was 5 of 15 from the field as the Cougars (3-0) overcame 35% shooting at Dickies Arena.

No. 24 RUTGERS, HOFSTRA 56: Ron Harper Jr. had 15 points and nine rebounds, Jacob Young had 17 points and No. 24 Rutgers beat Hofstra on Sunday. It's the first time the Scarlet Knights (3-0) have won three games by 10 or more points to start a season since 1980-1981. Rutgers was poised to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1990-91 last year before March Madness was canceled due to the coronavirus.

No. 25 MICHIGAN 81,

OAKLAND 71: Hunter Dickinson had all 19 of his points after halftime, helping the Wolverines outlast Oakland in overtime Sunday night. The 7-foot-1 freshman center scored six points early in overtime to finally give Michigan control of a game it was expected to win easily.