LINCOLN, NEB. ? Texas freshman point guard Daniel Gibson figured it was time for him to take over.

The 10th-ranked Longhorns were in a close game with Nebraska just three days after being upended by Texas A&M.

Gibson, who missed both of his shots in the first half, scored all 12 of his points over the final 14:32, and Texas beat the Cornhuskers, 63-53, Saturday.

Gibson’s work helped offset Texas’ second straight dismal shooting performance as the Longhorns hit just 40.8 percent from the field. That followed a season-low 32.3 percent in Wednesday’s 74-63 loss at Texas A&M.

“In conference, we didn’t want to go down 1-2,” Gibson said. “I just knew it was time to go. I had an opportunity to take the ball to the basket, and I took advantage of it. That’s what coach wanted.

“If you’re going to be a great team, at the end of the game you have to have faith in your point guard. The point guard has to be able to take control of the game. I think I’m getting better at that.”

The win came at a price for the Longhorns (13-3, 2-1 Big 12 Conference), who play host to No. 6 Oklahoma State on Monday.

Freshman forward LaMarcus Aldridge, who had 10 points and eight rebounds, left with 6:57 to go after injuring his left leg. He watched the rest of the game from the bench with an ice pack just above his knee. Texas coach Rick Barnes said he didn’t know the nature of the injury.

Joe McCray was 5-of-12 from three-point range and had 21 points and 11 rebounds for Nebraska (8-5, 2-1), which had its four-game winning streak ended.

McCray had hit two quick three-pointers, and Marcus Neal Jr. one as Nebraska broke out to an 11-0 lead.

“I thought with our start we could play off that, but the game got closer, and they had a couple of guys make some shots and get the lead, and we couldn’t overcome that,” Neal said.

The Huskers also couldn’t overcome themselves. As bad as Texas’ shooting was, Nebraska’s was worse.

Still, Texas couldn’t pull away until late in the second half.

“We knew every conference game is going to be like this,” Barnes said. “When we got down 11-0, we stayed with it. We weathered that storm and got back into the game. After that, it was a back-and-forth game. In the last four minutes, we made some plays.”