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Late free throws give No. 14 Abilene Christian 53-52 upset win over No. 3 Texas

Abilene Christian took down Texas.

The No. 14 seed Wildcats forced 22 Texas turnovers in a 53-52 win to knock the Longhorns out of the NCAA tournament in the first round for the third consecutive time.

The Longhorns' Andrew Jones hit a go-ahead three with 14.7 seconds left to put Texas up 52-51. But Abilene Christian's Joe Pleasant was fouled on an offensive rebound attempt with 1.2 seconds to go by Texas' Matt Coleman. Pleasant — a 58.5 percent free throw shooter — hit both of his free throws for the win.

ACU's win means that three teams seeded No.