Norman, Okla. ? Kelvin Sampson changed starting lineups. He switched to a zone defense.

The Oklahoma coach even ditched his favorite denim-blue shirt, looking for anything that might snap his slumping Sooners out of their funk.

“It wasn’t working for me, man,” Sampson said of the shirt after No. 20 Oklahoma ended its longest losing streak in five years with a 61-49 victory Saturday over Kansas State.

Sampson flashed a wan smile when asked if he would don the crimson-colored silk sweater again.

“I’m going to give this one another shot,” he said.

The Sooners (11-4, 1-3 Big 12 Conference) won, in part, because senior forward Jason Detrick finally started taking shots.

Detrick, hampered most of the season by an abdominal strain and the effects of a concussion, broke out of a shooting slump to score 24 points. In the previous three games, Detrick had scored a total of 20 points on 21 shots.

His emergence helped Oklahoma pick up a win it desperately needed after getting off to its worst start in conference play since Billy Tubbs’ first season as coach here in 1980.

“He hasn’t been the same kid since the concussion,” Sampson said. “We didn’t get him back until this week.”

Oklahoma guard Jason Detrick, right, shoots over Kansas State guard Jarrett Hart in the second half. The Sooners beat the Wildcats, 61-49, Saturday in Norman, Okla.

The Sooners hadn’t won in three weeks, a four-game skid with an average margin of 18 points. Before Saturday’s game, it was announced starting forward Kevin Bookout would miss the rest of the season after deciding to have shoulder surgery.

Kansas State (9-6, 1-3) proved to be the perfect tonic for Detrick and the struggling Sooners.

“Our backs were to the wall,” Detrick said. “It’s been a long 21 days. It feels real good to get a win right now.”

Detrick went eight-of-14 from the field, including three-of-six from three-point range. But he was the only Sooner to score in double figures as Oklahoma continued its offensive struggles.

The Sooners shot just 36 percent — about right for the worst shooting team in the Big 12 — yet still found a way to win against a team that mostly plays with a lineup featuring no player taller than 6-foot-8.

“We didn’t shoot the ball well, but I thought we played well,” Sampson said. “We’ve been changing some things up and sliding players around to find out what works best for us.”

The change to the zone defense, though, gave Kansas State the most trouble.

Kansas State finished with more turnovers (21) than field goals (18), and Oklahoma never led by fewer than 11 points in the second half.

Wildcats point guard Frank Richards struggled mightily against the zone, finishing with no points, six turnovers and three assists.

“It was not just one guy having trouble against the zone,” Kansas State coach Jim Wooldridge said. “It was a multitude of guys trying to play against it and that was the story of the game.”

Jarrett Hart, who transferred from Oklahoma after his freshman season in 1999-00, had 16 points for Kansas State.

The Wildcats have lost 18 consecutive road games in the Big 12.

No. 24 Oklahoma St. 72, No. 16 Texas 67

Austin, Texas — The last time a visiting team won in Austin, Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton got a ride off the court from his players after notching his 700th career victory.

Nearly two years later, Sutton got career win No. 738 after Joey Graham had 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead the 24th-ranked Cowboys.

The victory snapped Texas’ 25-game winning streak at the Frank Erwin Center, where the Longhorns hadn’t lost since Feb. 20, 2002.

Sutton walked off the court this time without a milestone but with a key Big 12 road win in hand.

“I thought Texas was playing as well as anybody in the league at this point,” Sutton said. “It was a very big win for us.”

Graham did it all for the Cowboys (14-2, 4-1), who outrebounded Texas 38-30 and converted 16 of 22 free throws to help maintain a lead late in the second half. Graham had three rim-rattling dunks while shooting 8-of-12 from the field and 5-of-6 from the free-throw line.

Royal Ivey scored 14 points for Texas (12-3, 3-1), which missed half of its 20 free throws.

No. 18 Texas Tech 80, Texas A&M 78

College Station, Texas — Andre Emmett scored 23 points, including the go-ahead basket with six seconds to play, and No. 18 Texas Tech won its 12th consecutive game.

The Red Raiders (16-2, 4-0 Big 12) led by 12 points late in the first half, but scrapped to for a 40-37 halftime lead and the Aggies (7-8, 0-4) stayed in it in the second half.

There were seven ties in the second half, the last at 78-78 on a putback by Jesse King of the Aggies after a long miss by Leandro Garcia-Morales with 20 seconds to play.

The Raiders, coming off an impressive 67-47 victory Monday over Oklahoma, didn’t wilt.

Emmett fought his way to the basket for the winning layup. The Aggies got one more chance to tie it but Garcia-Morales missed a long shot at the buzzer.

Jarrius Jackson added 16 points and Mikey Marshall had 14 for the Red Raiders, who shot 61 percent from the field.

Acie Law had 14 points for the Aggies, who shot 50 percent.

The Aggies took a 49-46 lead with 16:11 left in the game on a three-point play by Antoine Wright. That was A&M’s first lead since the opening minutes of the game and set the tone for a tight battle down to the finish.

Missouri 72,

Nebraska 51

Columbia, Mo. — Rickey Paulding had 19 points and cleared up free-throw shooting problems that cost Missouri in its last game, going 6-for-6 at the line as the Tigers beat Nebraska.

Missouri (8-7, 3-2 Big 12) defeated Nebraska in football and basketball in the same season for the first time since 1978. Football was responsible for almost all of that drought before the Tigers ended a 24-game losing streak last fall with a 41-24 victory over the Huskers.

The Tigers were ice-cold at the start of the game, missing 14 of their first 17 shots and trailing by as many as 10 points before taking a one-point lead at the half. They outscored Nebraska 29-7 in the final 9:33, after the Huskers had taken their only lead of the second half.

Thomas Gardner added 17 points on 7-for-9 shooting for Missouri, which avoided falling below .500 at this juncture of the season for the first time since 1978-79. The blowout came after consecutive overtime games, a victory at Oklahoma and a loss to Texas.

Paulding had seven points and Jimmy McKinney five in a 17-0 run that put the game away, giving Missouri a 60-44 lead with 5:19 to play. The run came after Nebraska (11-5, 1-4) had taken its first lead of the second half on a 3-pointer by Brian Conklin with 9:33 left.

Nate Johnson had 11 points for Nebraska, which has lost four of five and is 1-4 on the road.

Baylor 63, Iowa State 59

Waco, Texas — Corey Herring scored 16 points, and Harvey Thomas added 12, leading Baylor.

Baylor (6-11, 1-3) held off a late Cyclones rally to record its first Big 12 win for head coach Scott Drew.

The Bears led 54-46 with just over three minutes to play, but five consecutive free throws by Jake Sullivan and Jackson Vroman’s layup closed the gap to 54-53 less than a minute later.

Iowa State (11-4, 2-2 Big 12) never pulled within a single point again, and Baylor’s Carl Marshall iced the victory with a pair of free throws in the game’s final two seconds. The loss extended the Cyclones’ Big 12 losing streak on the road to 19 games.

Curtis Stinson led Iowa State with 16 points, while Vroman contributed 12.