Guard Sir’Jabari Rice scored a game-high 24 points for the No. 6 Texas Longhorns, who survived a potentially game-tying shot in overtime to hold off the Oklahoma Sooners, 85-83, in a must-win game at the Moody Center on Saturday.
Rice was sensational off the bench, hitting 8-of-13 shots, including 4-of-6 shooting from three, and played stifling defense an Oklahoma’s star guard Grant Sherfield, who got hot midway through the second half, but struggled down the stretch before hitting a difficult, step-back three late in regulation to send the game into overtime.
Texas needed the help from Rice with Oklahoma trapping ball screens for guard Marcus Carr, who did most of his damage from the free-throw line in scoring 17 points — nine came from the charity stripe.