Texas Trims OU in Norman, 68-63

Brandon Mouton scored 25 points and Royal Ivey hit a pair of free throws with 11.6 seconds to play that sent No. 11 Texas past Oklahoma 68-63 on Saturday night.

Mouton missed a free throw seconds before, but Jason Klotz wrestled away the rebound from two Sooners and P.J. Tucker scored on a putback, sealing the win for the Longhorns (19-4, 10-2 Big 12).

Texas kept its hold on second place in the Big 12 and completed its second-straight season sweep over its hated border rival.

Oklahoma (16-7, 6-6) fell to seventh place in the conference and lost at home for the fourth time in 52 games. The Sooners have lost two straight to Texas in Norman.

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Mouton sparked a 15-2 run midway through the second half, turning a 46-40 deficit into a 55-48 lead with 6:56 to play. During the spurt, Mouton cooly nailed a 3-pointer, soared through the lane for a two-handed dunk, made a pair of free throws and then hit another 3 from the corner.

The senior guard's final 3-pointer effectively quieted the sellout crowd of 11,785 at the Lloyd Noble Center.

Mouton was the only Longhorn to score in double figures.

Oklahoma nearly doubled its point total from an embarrassing 66-37 loss in Austin two weeks ago, but still didn't have enough offense to keep up with the Big 12's top-scoring team.

The Sooners went more than six minutes without a field goal during one second-half stretch and shot just 36 percent -- about average for the league's worst-shooting team.

Freshman Drew Lavender led Oklahoma with 18 points, and Jason Detrick had 14.

Texas had an answer for every challenge by the Sooners in the game's final minutes.

Detrick and De'Angelo Alexander each completed a couple of three-point plays, tying the game at 63-all with 51.4 seconds left.

But Mouton was fouled almost 35 feet away from the basket on the next possession, and he hit one free throw before Klotz's clutch rebound all but ended the game.

James Thomas finished with a season-high 12 rebounds -- almost doubling the previous season high of seven -- and set UT's career rebounding record on his second board early in the first half.

Thomas and the bruising Longhorns -- who lead the league in rebounding margin -- set the tone for the win by outrebounding Oklahoma 46-30.

The Sooners have been outrebounded in 13 of their last 14 games.

This loss could prove particularly damaging for Oklahoma's at-large NCAA hopes.

Oklahoma plays it next two games on the road at Colorado and No. 21 Kansas, then has two winnable ones at home against Texas A&M and Baylor. If the Sooners can't get past the second round of the Big 12 tournament, they'll have few wins over quality opponents to warrant selection to the NCAA tournament.

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