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Texas pulls out 87-82 win over No. 25 Mississippi State in overtime

On Wednesday in Starkville, one team had two 10-second violations, a shot-clock violation that didn’t even include a shot attempt, and two turnovers in the final 4:27.

That team gave up a 12-point lead with 13:24 remaining, went 5-of-13 shooting on layups, had an uncharacteristically-high turnover rate of 21.1 percent, and finished minus-eight on made free throws.

That Texas Longhorns team also had Tre Johnson, superlative in another sharpshooting performance raining in 23 points on 8-of-16 shooting, including 6-of-9 shooting from three, and did enough in overtime to pull out an unexpected 87-82 win over the No.