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Austin, Texas – Junior guard Jordan Pope scored a game-high 21 points, but Texas (17-14, 6-12 seconds) dropped a 76-72 fierce fight decision against Oklahoma (19-12, 6-12 seconds) at the Moody Center on Saturday night. The Longhorns won eight and nine straights out of their final ten meetings against Sooners who will be taking part in the contest.
The defeat ruined UT’s senior night as the program praised a group of seven senior players, Cole Bott, Arthur Karma, Jason Kent, Julian Larry, Tromon Mark, Zelick Oniema and Kadin Shedrick, in a short pre-match ceremony.
The Pope paced four longhorns with four digit scoring, converting a 7-for-6 field goal, including six-sixth field goals from the 3-point range and three free throws along with four rebounds in the 26th minute. Alumnus Tramon Mark posted 12 points (4-10 FG, 3-4 feet), a season-high eight rebounds and two steels in 32 minutes. Senior Arthur Karma scored 12 points (5-8 FG) and four rebounds in 20 minutes, while alumni Julian Larry added 10 points (3-5 FG, 2-3, 2-2 feet) in 19 minutes. Freshman Tre Johnson tallied a career-high six assists and seven rebounds while scoring seven points (7-7 feet) in 34 minutes.
In half of the openings before and after, there were nine lead changes and six ties. The Sooners gained an early advantage of 7-3, following a pair of Jaron Moore free throws at the 17:56 mark. Texas responded with a 6-0 run in the next 80 seconds, grabbing a 9-7 lead after a three-point play from the Pope at 16:34. After Glen Taylor Jr. 3-pointer trimmed the deficit 16-15 at the 11:11 mark, the Longhorns scored five straight points to build a 21-15 cushion following a pair of rally free throws with 10:34 left.
The Larry’s layup gave the Longhorns a 23-18 advantage at the 9:20 mark, but the Sooners responded with a 6-0 spurt over the next two minutes, taking a 24-23 lead following Taylor Jr. Dunk with 7:27 left. Neither team led more than three points for the rest of the first half, and the team went for a 37-37 break tied together.
Mark 3 pointer evenly equalized the contest at 47-47 with the 14:29 mark, but Oklahoma scored five straight points to build a 52-47 cushion after the remaining Jeremiah horror dunked at 13:01. The Duke Miles Free Throw pair gave the Sooners a 65-62 advantage at the 5:14 mark. Texas used a pair of Pope free throws and a layup by the Pope to take a 66-65 lead with 3:47 left.
Oklahoma built a 73-67 cushion after a 2:11 mark Bryce Good-in 3-pointer followed by an 8-1 run over the next 90 seconds. The Longhorns trimmed the margin to 75-72 following the Pope’s three-pointer with 6 seconds left, but Goodin sealed the victory by hitting a 1-of-2 free throw with 1.9 seconds.
Texas is active when they move to Nashville, Tennessee to compete in the 2025 SEC tournament. The Longhorns have the No. 13 seed, and will face No. 12 Seed Vanderbilt in the first round on Wednesday, March 12th. The tips will be set at approximately 2:30pm in the Bride Quality Area Central, and the contest will be aired nationwide by the SEC network.
Texas Basketball Post Game Notes
Oklahoma 76, Texas 72
March 8, 2025
Moody Center (Austin, Texas)
Attendance: 11,121
Team Notes
The victory by Oklahoma snapped a Texas streak of an eight-game winning streak against the Sooners. The Longhorns have won nine of the last 10 meetings to participate in tonight’s contest. Texas consistently fell to 41-12 in games played at Moody Center, including the 11-7 mark for the 2024-25 season. The Longhorns recognized seven “seniors” in the senior night before the game, including Cole Bott, Arthur Karma, Jason Kent, Julian Larry, Tramon Mark, Zelic Oniema and Kadin Shedrick. Texas registered a rebound margin of plus 12 (44-32) with an edge of 13-7 in the attacking glass. The contest featured 13 lead changes and 12 tiers.
Tre Johnson
Set his career high with assists (6), Previous: 5, 2 times
Arthur Karma
For the 23rd (29 games) of this season, he reached double digits with 91 (130 games) in his career, scoring (12 points)
Julian Larry
He reached double digits with points (10 points) for the 8th (31 games) of this season and 52nd (161 games) of his career
Tramon Mark
He reached double digits in his 13th (25 games) of this year with points (12 points), and the 71st (132 games) of his career increased the season with rebounds (8)
Jordan Pope
He broke through the 20-point mark (game-high 21 points) for the third time this season (31 games), and his 16th (95 games) of his career reached double digits with his 14th time this season and his 68th time in his career.
Cadine Shedric
The 33 minutes posting the game’s best 3 blocks, which recorded multiple block shots in 19 of the 31 games played this year
Chendal Weaver
I checked into the game at the 15:53 mark in the first half, making his first appearance since January 7th and Auburn, and watched 4:42 in the game action
