Ithiel Horton and the Texas Longhorns roster
UCF graduate transfer guard Ithiel Horton is on campus for an official visit.
The 6-foot-4.5 guard with more than 1,150 career points scored and 225 made three-pointers at 37.6% could become the final piece to the 2023-24 puzzle if he chooses Texas over Kansas and others.
Rodney Terry and staff currently have four guards on the roster with point guard Tyrese Hunter and combo guard Max Abmas locked in as starters. UT-Arlington 6-foot-3 transfer Chendall Weaver projects to play key minutes off the bench. Four-star freshman 6-foot-4 combo guard Chris Johnson could earn key time in the rotation. Johnson will begin workouts with the team later this week.
Horton would provide a different piece than Weaver or Johnson, however. He would bring a 6-foot-4.5 experienced guard to start on the wing that plays off the ball, and would be key in helping space the floor on the court with Abmas and Hunter. That big guard/wing with experience and perimeter ability would like land Texas in the top 15 of pre-season polls.
Ithiel Horton by the numbers
Horton averaged 12.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 2022-23 for a UCF team that advanced to the second round of the NIT.
In 12 games against Power 6 opponents plus Houston and Memphis, the Garden State native averaged 12.8 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.4 assists. He connected on 36.7% from three and 82.6% from the free throw line in those 12 games. He posted a season high 30 points against Memphis during conference play.
Prior to UCF, Horton played two seasons at Pittsburgh. In 35 games for the Panthers, he averaged 9.2 points per game with 16 double figure scoring games. His high scoring game in ACC play was 25 at Florida State in 2021-22. He added 19 at North Carolina that season. In his first season in the ACC for Pittsburgh, he posted 20 points against Syracuse, and 18 at Miami and Georgia Tech. Horton connected on 37.5% from three with 68 makes in 35 games for the Panthers.
He has career marks of 39.4% from the field, 37.6% from three and 80.8% from the free throw line. In 102 career games, he has averaged 11.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists.
The Texas Longhorns current roster
The Longhorns 2023-24 roster currently has 10 scholarship players. Inside Texas expects the number to finish at 11 or 12 when the dust settles.
PG Tyrese Hunter, 6-0.5, junior (10.3 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists)
G Max Abmas, 6-0, super senior (21.9 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.0 assists at ORU)
SG Chendall Weaver, 6-3, sophomore (9.5 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists at UTA)
G Chris Johnson, 6-4, freshman
SF Alex Anamekwe, 6-5.5, sophomore (1.5 points, 0.7 rebounds)
F Brock Cunningham, 6-5.5, super duper senior (4.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists)
F Dillon Mitchell, 6-8, sophomore (4.3 points, 3.9 rebounds)
PF Dylan Disu, 6-9, super senior (8.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.4 blocks)
PF Ze’Rik Onyema, 6-8, senior (7.1 points, 4.4 rebounds, 0.5 blocks at UTEP)
C Kadin Shedrick, 6-11, senior (6.2 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.4 blocks at Virginia)
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Texas basketball staff
Rodney Terry – Head Coach
Frank Haith – Assistant Coach
Steve McClain – Assistant Coach
Brandon Chappell – Assistant Coach
Chris Ogden – General Manager
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