The Cowboys erased an 11-point halftime deficit to tie the game 52-52 at the 12:20 mark, but over the next three minutes, the Longhorns went on a run of their own. Brock Cunningham sparked the run with a 3-pointer with 12:05 left, and from there Texas ran off 11 more points, culminating on a Dylan Disu 3-pointer with 9:18 left.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas went on a 14-0 run midway through the second half to fend off a pesky Oklahoma State squad 81-65 in Big 12 men's basketball action Saturday at Moody Center.
The Cowboys erased an 11-point halftime deficit to tie the game 52-52 at the 12:20 mark, but over the next three minutes, the Longhorns went on a run of their own. Brock Cunningham sparked it with a 3-pointer with 12:05 left, and from there Texas ran off 11 more points, culminating on a Dylan Disu 3-pointer with 9:18 left.
Tyrese Hunter provided a big highlight during the run after he turned an open-court steal into points with a mighty two-handed fastbreak dunk.
Texas guard Chendall Weaver came to life in the second half after starting the game on the bench. Weaver scored 11 straight points including a vicious putback dunk, 3-pointer and a breakaway one-handed tomahawk dunk to stretch the Longhorns' lead to 77-58 with 3:41 left. He ended the game with 16 points on 7 of 12 shooting.
"I'm just trying to be a star in my role," Weaver said. "I feel like it goes back to my teammates in trusting me to make the right plays."
Disu led the Longhorns in scoring with 17 points on 7 of 16 from the field. Texas shot 47% from the field, 32 for 68, and forced 15 turnovers.
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Max Abmas made the 500th 3-pointer of his college career and finished the game with 15 points on 5 of 10 from the field. Texas grabbed 15 offensive rebounds and scored 22 second-chance points while the Cowboys scored just one. Texas outrebounded Oklahoma State 39-28 and held the Cowboys to 29% from 3-point range, shooting 5 of 19 from long range.
Texas (19-10, 8-8 Big 12) has won consecutive games for the first time since they beat Baylor and Oklahoma in back-to-back games Jan. 20 and 23. The Longhorns face the Bears on Monday in Waco and finish the regular season at home against Oklahoma on March 9.
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