After taking a 10-point halftime lead, the No. 15 Texas Longhorns had to withstand a furious comeback by the No. 16 Oklahoma Sooners in the second half as head coach Lon Kruger’s team tried to avoid a four-game losing streak.
In the final moments, Texas junior guard Courtney Ramey and senior guard Matt Coleman simply made too many plays for the Sooners to overcome in Norman as the Longhorns left with a 69-65 win on Thursday.
Oh yeah, there were some key free throws down the stretch from Greg Brown III, too, as the heralded freshman forward had to overcome an elbow from senior forward Royce Hamm Jr.