The No. 17 Texas Longhorns used a stifling and opportunistic defense to grind out a 60-53 victory over the Stanford Cardinal at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday as part of the Pac-12 U.S. LBM Coast-to-Coast Challenge.
The game wasn’t as close as the final margin after Texas expanded on a seven-point halftime lead, pushing it to as many as 18 points with 11:21 remaining in the second half, although a scoring drought that lasted nearly seven minutes allowed Stanford to go on a plodding 8-0 run and force a response from the visitors.