Kansas switched its starting lineup for the first time in eight games on Tuesday night at Texas.
While the tinkering proved interesting — freshman Ochai Agbaji opened for Lagerald Vick and outscored the senior 24 points to 10 — it ultimately didn’t change the Jayhawks’ fortunes on the road.
Unranked Texas (12-9, 4-4), which lost by two points to KU on Jan. 14 at Allen Fieldhouse, upended the No. 11-ranked Jayhawks 73-63 at Frank Erwin Center. KU (16-5, 5-3) fell to 1-5 in true road games this season and 1-3 on the road in conference play.
Agbaji hit 8 of 10 shots and was 6 of 8 from the line to lead KU in scoring, while Dedric Lawson had just two points the first half and finished with 13 for the game.