Austin, Texas ? Maybe Oklahoma should have sent its football team.

Texas put on a masterful defensive display Sunday, holding Oklahoma to its lowest scoring effort in nearly 50 years in a 66-37 basketball victory.

The 11th-ranked Longhorns held the 22nd-ranked Sooners to 26 percent shooting, including a 1-of-21 from three-point range. Oklahoma’s point total matched the 37 points the football team scored against Texas in the first half of a 65-13 win in October.

“We got after it defensively,” Texas’ Royal Ivey said. “We were getting at a lot of loose balls — just playing hard and playing scrappy.”

Texas shot just 35 percent and committed 14 turnovers, but it didn’t matter against a Sooners team that couldn’t shoot straight.

After hitting 12 three-pointers in a win over Iowa State, the Sooners struggled to their lowest scoring total since a 38-34 loss to Oklahoma A&M in 1955.

“I don’t think we ever dreamed we’d go 1-for-21 three-point shooting. It’s a pretty good recipe for a bad offensive night,” Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson said. “Texas is a pretty good basketball team, but we’re not that bad.”

Boddicker and Brandon Mouton scored 13 points apiece for the Longhorns (16-3 overall, 7-1 Big 12 Conference) in a surprisingly easy win in a tough rivalry. The Longhorns have won three in a row over the Sooners.

“February is a month that separates a lot of teams,” Texas coach Rick Barnes said. “The season is over a month from today. This time of year you’ve got to get better and find a way mentally.”

De’Angelo Alexander scored 12 to lead Oklahoma (14-5, 4-4).

Texas center James Thomas, right, puts a move on Oklahoma's Larry Turner during the Longhorns' 66-37 rout of the Sooners. Sunday in Austin, Texas, UT picked up its third straight victory over OU.

The teams combined for 21 turnovers in the first half. The Sooners hit just eight of 28 shots in the half and went 0-for-9 from three-point range.

Sampson said his team seemed nervous. Center Jabahri Brown was in foul trouble most of the game, and guards Lawrence McKenzie and Drew Lavender combined for 4-of-17 shooting and 1-of-9 on three-pointers.

“At timeouts, we weren’t teaching X’s and O’s, we were just trying to settle them down,” he said.

Mouton scored Texas’ first nine points as the Longhorns built a 25-16 lead before Sydmill Harris and Boddicker each hit three-pointers. Boddicker also dunked following a missed fast-break layup, and the Longhorns led 35-20 at halftime.

Texas retired former guard T.J. Ford’s No. 11 jersey at halftime.