Columbia, Mo. ? Richard Roby hit most of Colorado’s big shots before Chris Copeland hit the biggest.

Roby scored a career-best 33 points, and Copeland hit the last of the Buffaloes’ season-high 13 three-pointers with two-tenths of a second to go in a 74-71 victory Saturday at Missouri.

“It felt smooth coming off my hands,” Copeland said. “I felt the laces around the ball. It was just all good.”

Copeland had 15 points for Colorado (11-3 overall, 1-2 Big 12 Conference), which ended an eight-game losing streak at Missouri (9-5, 2-1). The Buffaloes, who were 13-for-29 from three-point range, had lost 33 of their previous 34 at Missouri and ended the Tigers’ eight-game overall home winning streak.

“It’s definitely an emotional win,” Roby said. “We wanted to come in here and do something a lot of teams haven’t been able to do.”

Thomas Gardner had 22 points for Missouri, shrugging off a mild concussion sustained two days earlier in practice, and Jimmy McKinney also had 22. But a traveling call on Gardner with 8.2 seconds left gave Colorado the opening it needed.

Colorado's Richard Roby, right, shoots over Missouri's Jimmy McKinney. Roby scored a career-high 33, leading CU to a 74-71 victory over the Tigers on Saturday in Columbia, Mo.

“We may fly back, and tomorrow the guys will think they’re Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen and shoot a dud the next game out,” coach Ricardo Patton said. “We’ll see what happens.”

The finish stunned a season-best crowd of 10,684.

“We got the lead and let them back in it with Roby,” MU coach Quin Snyder said. “I told them about him every time out.”

No. 8 Texas 58, No. 3 Villanova 55

Austin, Texas – LaMarcus Aldridge scored 15 of his 19 points in the second half, and the Longhorns smothered Villanova with their best defensive game of the year. Texas has won six straight since consecutive blowout losses to No. 1 Duke and Tennessee, including two victories over top-10 opponents. The Longhorns (14-2, 2-0) have done it with stifling defense that held all six opponents in the streak under 40 percent shooting.

“Our defense was outstanding again,” Texas coach Rick Barnes said. “That has been the difference in our team.”

Randy Foye, Kyle Lowry and Allan Ray each scored 13 points for Villanova (11-2).

No. 22 OU 45, Texas A&M 44

College Station, Texas – Terrell Everett hit a three-pointer with 6.1 seconds left, helping the Sooners avoid an 0-3 start in the league. The Sooners (10-4, 1-2) had lost their first two conference games by a total of three points, with both decided in the closing seconds.

“I know I can say it feels better,” said Everett, who scored 15 points. “We were just trying to play smarter. We just tried to tough it out.”

Acie Law scored 14 points for the Aggies (11-3, 1-2), who lost for the first time in 12 home games this season.

Texas Tech 76, Iowa State 73

Lubbock, Texas – Jarrius Jackson scored 23 points, leading Texas Tech. The Cyclones had chances in the final 13 seconds, but Rahshon Clark was called for traveling, Curtis Stinson was called for charging, and Tech (10-7, 2-1) held on. Will Blalock scored 21 points, and Stinson added 14 for the Cyclones (11-5, 1-2).

Oklahoma State 66, Baylor 48

Waco, Texas – Torre Johnson kept making short jumpers and finished with 26 points and 12 rebounds, leading Oklahoma State (12-5, 2-1). Baylor (0-2) missed its first six shots. Mamadou Diene, a 7-foot freshman from Senegal, finally scored an inside basket six minutes into the game.