Oregon State 100, Texas 95

Saturday night in the opening round of the TicketCity Legends Classic in East Rutherford, New Jersey, Texas coach Rick Barnes experienced his worst nightmare when it comes to his young, undersized team when each of his only 4 big men fouled out of the game. 6'7" Jonathan Holmes went first, then 6'10" Clint Chapman, then 6'7" Jaylen Bond, then 6'7" Alexis Wangmene, leaving 6'4" guard Sheldon McClellan as the tallest Longhorn player on the court in overtime against Oregon State. Beavers guard Jaret Cunningham ate the depleted Longhorns alive, scoring 37 points, including 20 back-breaking free throws made in 23 attempts. Texas actually led by 7 toward the end of the 2nd half of the game but then did quite the job of letting that lead slip away.

Big12 Player of the Week J'Covan Brown all but disappeared on the scoring front beyond his 18 points poured in during the 1st half alone. Brown finished overtime with a game total of 25 points and 9 assists, but for the 20 minutes or so that he wasn't playing like a lights-out All-American, yielding 6 turnovers along the way, none of his teammates successfully stepped in to fill his leadership role. Point guard Myck Kabongo failed to hit what would have been a clutch free throw and then a driving lay-up toward the end of regulation, and guard Julien Lewis shot a disappointing 3-11 from the floor overall. With consecutive baskets, freshman guard Sterling Gibbs did almost bring the Longhorns back from the grip of doom towards the end of overtime, but it still wasn't enough to overtake the Beavers. On Monday night, Texas will play North Carolina State, who lost to Vanderbilt on Saturday, in the consolation game of the TicketCity Legends Classic.