While the freshman shooting guard shined in his debut, the rest of the Texas basketball team struggled from the floor in the season-opening loss.

Texas Longhorns men's basketball is starting off the 2024-25 regular season with a loss in Las Vegas. No. 19 Texas (0-1) got a game-high 29 points from true freshman guard Tre Johnson but the Ohio State Buckeyes never trailed and hit 14 3-pointers en route to an 80-72 win at T-Mobile Arena in the Hall of Fame Series.

The Buckeyes defeated No. 19 Texas 80-72 in the first game of Jake Diebler's first full season as Ohio State's coach.

The No. 19 Texas Longhorns lost their season opener to Ohio State despite 29 points from freshman star Tre Johnson.

Bruce Thornton scored 20 points, and the Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the 19th-ranked Texas Longhorns 80-72 on Monday night. Micah Parrish added 17 points and six rebounds for the Buckeyes, who led wire-to-wire and shot 55.