Saturday served as significant opportunity for Texas to capture another much-needed resume-building win as the Longhorns near the meat of their Big 12 schedule, but as is often the case when Kansas is suiting up on the other end of the court, Texas just didn’t have enough in the tank, falling short in the final minutes, 66-57.
Unsurprisingly, it was Kansas’ sophomore point guard Devon Dotson, the Big 12’s leading scorer, who drew first blood, knocking down a pair of free throws two minutes into the action. In a sign of things to come throughout the first half, though, Jericho Sims responded on the other end, notching the first two of what ultimately became a career-high 20-point showing from the junior.