Austin, Texas ? There was no letdown for the streaking Texas Longhorns.
D.J. Augustin had 29 points and 10 assists, and No. 4 Texas ran its record to 8-0 with an 88-72 victory over North Texas on Wednesday night, three days after pulling off one of the Longhorns’ biggest road wins in recent years at UCLA.
A.J. Abrams added 23 points for the Longhorns, who cruised to a big early lead and then watched North Texas cut it under 10 in the second half before pulling away down the stretch.
Texas has started 8-0 twice in the last three seasons. If the Longhorns get to 9-0 on Saturday night against Rice, it will be their best start since the 1981-82 season, when Texas won its first 14.
Damion James added 12 points and 10 rebounds for Texas. Josh White led North Texas (5-2) with 28 points, hitting six 3-pointers.
Western Kentucky 69, Nebraska 62, OT
Bowling Green, Ky. – Western Kentucky was 9-of-10 from the free-throw line in overtime, and Tyrone Brazelton hit a key 3-point basket with 34 seconds to play.
Brazelton’s basket came after Western Kentucky (6-2) had taken a 60-58 lead in overtime on Steffphon Pettigrew’s two free throws and a stop by the Hilltopper defense on the Cornhuskers’ (5-2) subsequent possession. The Hilltoppers put the game away by hitting six consecutive free throws in the final 27.8 seconds.
Oklahoma 81, Tulsa 55
Norman, Okla. – Tony Crocker scored 22 points to continue a hot shooting streak and lead Oklahoma past Tulsa. Coming off a career-best 24-point performance against TCU, Crocker went 7-for-10 from the field and made three of his four 3-point tries to lead the Sooners (7-2).
After shooting only 36 percent from 3-point range as a freshman, Crocker has made 57 percent through the first nine games of this season. He’s 9-for-11 in Oklahoma’s last two games.
Drake 79, Iowa State 44
Des Moines, Iowa – Josh Young scored 23 points, and Drake rolled past Iowa State, the Bulldogs’ largest margin of victory in their 167-game series with the Cyclones.
Leonard Houston added 16 points for Drake (6-1), which won for the fifth straight time and continued its best start since 1985-86. After its victory at Iowa State last year, Drake has its first two-game winning streak over the Cyclones since beating them in 1978 and 1979.
Texas Tech 86, Louisiana Tech 31
Lubbock, Texas – Martin Zeno scored 16 points to lead Texas Tech. Texas Tech (6-3) outscored the Bulldogs 46-3 from midway through the first half to midway through the second half, going up by as many as 45 during the run.
Louisiana Tech (1-5) did not hit a single field goal for more than 19 minutes while turning the ball over 19 times. Louisiana Tech’s 31 points were the fewest by a Texas Tech opponent since the Red Raiders beat Hardin-Simmons 53-32 in 1948.
Oklahoma State 60, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 46
Stillwater, Okla. – James Anderson scored a game-high 22 points as Oklahoma State pulled away in the second half. The Cowboys (4-3) widened their advantage over the Islanders in the first 9:02 of the second half after leading by just three points at halftime. OSU took control of the game on a 21-4 run.
