Longhorns rally past Red Raiders

Mouton forces overtime, then No. 16 Texas tops No. 13 Texas Tech, 62-61

? Brandon Mouton plays basketball to make great plays. He made one for Texas at the buzzer Monday night.

Mouton’s three-pointer with no time remaining sent the game into overtime, and the 16th-ranked Longhorns beat No. 13 Texas Tech, 62-61, to snap the Red Raiders’ 12-game winning streak.

“I didn’t have much time to mess around with it,” Mouton said. “Once I got it in the air, it felt good. When it dropped through, I knew we had five more minutes to play.”

Royal Ivey, a 57 percent free-throw shooter for the season, made his first two free throws of the game with 17 seconds left in overtime to give Texas a 62-59 lead.

Mouton’s 22-foot shot off a crosscourt inbounds pass — Texas calls the play the “box-special” — with 2.6 seconds left in regulation was from right in front of his bench and tied the game at 55. He finished with eight points on 3-for-10 shooting.

Texas coach Rick Barnes said his team worked on such plays.

“Brandon just made an unbelievable shot,” he said. “We were just trying to get a shot. I thought the play prior to that was big because we were able to get the ball to halfcourt.”

Texas got the ball to halfcourt when Brian Boddicker heaved an inbounds pass to Ivey, who called a timeout.

Texas Tech coach Bob Knight said he took the “whole responsibility” for giving up Mouton’s basket at the end.

Texas guard Royal Ivey (24) attempts to pass the ball against the defense of Texas Tech guard Ronald Ross. Ivey hit two free throws with 17 seconds remaining in overtime, helping the 16th-ranked Longhorns upend the No. 13 Red Raiders, 62-61, Monday night in Lubbock, Texas.

“They made a terrific play. But I’m at fault for not calling a timeout,” he said. “I think I cost us the game in that regard. I should have taken a timeout. I took one, but I should have taken another one, but I liked our set up and the kid hit a great shot.”

Texas Tech had a chance to win it with 1.9 seconds left in overtime after Kenny Taylor of Texas missed the front end of a 1-and-1. Tech’s Andre Emmett grabbed the rebound and called a timeout. Jarrius Jackson missed a long 3-pointer at the buzzer.

The win was seventh straight in Lubbock for the Longhorns.

Emmett, the Big 12’s leading scorer coming into the game at 22.2 points per game, didn’t score his first field goal until 1:16 remained in the first half. He finished with nine points.

“That’s Coach Barnes,” Ivey said. “He’s not known for playing zone. They hit some 3, but we did a pretty good job shutting down their main player.”

Tech’s defense “embarrassed our offense in the first half,” Barnes said.

“Our offense was awful, but we hung in there,” he said. “We kept fighting through a tremendous crowd and a great college atmosphere. We were fortunate to get a win.”

Texas (13-3, 4-1) overcame a 10-point deficit early in the second half with P. J. Tucker getting seven of his nine points in the comeback.

Texas Tech (16-3, 4-1) broke a 22-22 halftime tie with a 10-0 run that included two 3-pointers by Mikey Marshall. Texas scrapped back to tie it at 41 on a rebound basket by Tucker with 7:45 remaining and the Longhorns took the lead on a 3-pointer by Mouton with 5:30 remaining. There were six ties and two lead changes after that.

Kenton Paulino scored 12 points — all in the first half — and Boddicker added nine for Texas.

Jackson scored 17 points for the Red Raiders, while Marshall and Ronald Ross each added 14.

Texas guard Royal Ivey, left, defends Texas Tech's Andre Emmett. The Longhorns won Monday in Lubbock, Texas.

No Texas Tech players were available for interviews after the game.

The Red Raiders, who came into the game averaging 3.5 3-pointers per game, finished 8-of-25 from 3-point range. Marshall, who entered the game just 1-for-2 from beyond the arc, was 4-of-7.

Tech played without Robert Tomaszek who was out with an injured right ankle. He is the Red Raiders’ fourth-leading scorer (8.8 points) and is second in rebounds (5.4).

Earlier Monday, Emmett became the first player in conference history to be named player of the week five times in one season.