Missouri guard Michael Dixon, Jr. (11) drives around Texas guard Myck Kabongo during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas)

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Michael Dixon scored 21 points, including
the game-winning layup with 31 seconds left, as No. 4 Missouri beat
Texas 67-66 on Monday night.
Ricardo Ratliff and Phil Pressey added 13 points each for
Missouri (20-2, 7-2 Big 12).
J'Covan Brown scored 20 for Texas (13-9, 3-6), which lost for
the fifth time in six games, all to ranked teams. Two of those
defeats were to the Tigers.
Dixon's winning shot came seconds after Brown had given Texas
its first lead since the opening minutes.
Freshman Myck Kabongo had a chance to win it in the final
seconds for the Longhorns, but he short-armed a baseline jumper and
Missouri's Marcus Denmon grabbed the rebound.
Dixon's heroics came after he nearly cost his team the game.
Texas had rallied from 13 down early in the second half to pull
to 65-62. Dribbling the ball at midcourt, Dixon was whistled for a
flagrant foul when he swung an elbow and hit Julien Lewis in the
face. Lewis made both free throws to cut the lead to one and
Brown's leaning bank shot put Texas up 66-65.
Dixon then did what Missouri had done all game: He drove at the
basket and his high, banking layup over Jaylen Bond dropped in to
put Missouri on top.
After working the ball upcourt, Texas tossed the ball around the
perimeter but chose to go to Kabongo instead of Brown _ their
leading scorer who scored 34 points the last time these teams met
on Jan. 14 _ for the final shot.
Kabongo finished with 10 points and Lewis had 12 for the
Longhorns. Texas outrebounded Missouri 38-26, but a ragged offense
didn't have an assist on offense in the first half and the
Longhorns were just 2 of 12 on 3-pointers.
Missouri seemed to have the game in control when it opened the
second half with a flurry. Dixon was the catalyst, making three
straight baskets over Brown and Kim English made a 3-pointer to
push the Tigers' lead to 36-29.
Brown, who has struggled badly shooting at home, started finding
his touch and kept Mizzou from pulling away. Brown and Phil Pressey
matched each other's 3s and Brown added a driving layup and a free
throw cut the Tigers' lead to 46-43 with just under 11 minutes to
play.
The Longhorns trailed 50-48 with a chance tie or take the lead
when Pressey picked the ball from Kabongo, who had opted not to
shoot an open 3-pointer and then was whistled for a flagrant foul.
Pressey made both free throws.
Missouri had another chance to slam the door on Texas but
couldn't. Ricardo Ratliff made a tough layup, then finished a
three-point play after a steal by English. A 3-pointer by English
with 4:43 to play put the Tigers ahead 63-53 before Texas rallied
again behind Brown and Kabongo.
The Tigers gave first-year coach Frank Haith a win in his first
trip to Austin since his days as Texas assistant from 2002-2004.
The Longhorns twice advanced to the NCAA tournament round of 16 and
made the Final Four in 2003 in that span and the home crowd gave
Haith an enthusiastic round of applause when he was introduced
before the game.

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