AUSTIN, Texas — Freshman guard A.J. Walton, a 47 percent free-throw shooter, made three of four foul shots in the final 17 seconds of overtime and No. 24 Baylor beat No. 6 Texas 80-77 on Saturday.
Baylor led 77-76 before Walton made the second of two free throws. Texas’ Justin Mason made one of two before Walton got to the line again with 10 seconds left and calmly hit both.
Texas had one last chance to tie the game, but Avery Bradley’s 3-pointer bounced off the rim at the buzzer.
Baylor (16-4, 3-3 Big 12) got its first regular-season win over Texas (18-3, 4-2) since 1998. Tweety Carter led the Bears with 27 points.
Damion James had 20 points and a career- high 19 rebounds for the Longhorns, but fouled out in the final minute of overtime.
Walton finished with 14 points behind 6-of-7 shooting on free throws.
The Longhorns could have used Walton’s nerves at the line. One of the worst free-throw shooting teams in the country, Texas was 19-of-31 on Saturday.
Texas has lost three of four since reaching No. 1 in the nation for the first time in school history.
For the Bears, Saturday’s win was just the seventh in their last 51 conference road games.
Missouri 95, Oklahoma St. 80
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Kim English ended a scoring slump with 20 points and had four of Missouri’s 17 3-pointers, helping the Tigers (16-5, 4-2) bounce back from their worst loss of the season, an 84-65 setback at Kansas five days earlier.
James Anderson had a season-high 31 points with eight rebounds for Oklahoma State (16-5, 4-3), hounded into a season-worst 24 turnovers by Missouri’s all-court pressure. Matt Pilgrim added 21 points, 15 above his average, and added nine rebounds.
Nebraska 63, Oklahoma 46
LINCOLN, Neb. — Brandon Richardson scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half to help lift the Cornhuskers to their first Big 12 win.
Ryan Anderson added 11 points and Jorge Brian Diaz 10 for Nebraska (13-8, 1-5 Big 12).
Cade Davis scored 13 points to lead the Sooners (12-9, 3-4).
Oklahoma’s Tommy Mason-Griffin, who scored 38 points against Iowa State on Wednesday and was averaging 28.3 in his previous three games, was held to nine.
Texas A&M 85, Texas Tech 70
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Donald Sloan scored 28 points to power the Aggies (15-6, 4-3) to their 15th straight home victory. The Red Raiders (14-7, 2-5) are winless on the road in conference play.
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