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Tuesday, Jan. 25 9:00pm ET
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BOX SCORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Lawrence Williams and Chris Mihm each scored 14 points and Texas (No. 14 ESPN/USA Today, No. 17 AP) held Nebraska to five points over the final 11 minutes of the first half in an 82-55 victory Tuesday night. Williams was 4-of-5 from 3-point range for Texas (13-5, 5-1 Big 12 Conference). Steffon Bradford led Nebraska (9-10, 2-4) with 13 points. Long on talent under the basket, Williams and the Longhorns found their shooting touch from the perimeter early. Texas hit five of its first six 3-point attempts. The Longhorns also forced 14 Nebraska turnovers in the first half which Texas converted into 20 points. Texas forced 28 Nebraska turnovers for the game as Williams also had four steals. Texas looked like it could be in for a long night when Nebraska center Kimani Ffriend caught Mihm flat-footed with a lighting quick spin move and layup for the game's first points. Ffriend also blocked Mihm's first shot attempt before the Longhorns' 7-foot center made a layup and scored seven of his team's first 11 points. The game was tied 14-14 at 12:28 of the first half when Texas caught fire from 3-point range. Chris McColpin, Lawrence Williams and Darren Kelly each hit 3-pointers in a 17-4 run that put Texas ahead 31-18. After a timeout, Ivan Wagner hit an off-balance 3-pointer from the top of the circle and Gabe Muoneke jammed two dunks as Texas reeled off a 14-5 run to close the half with a 45-23 lead. Muoneke also grabbed 14 rebounds. The Longhorns kept up the pace in the second half as Wagner and Williams hit three straight 3-pointers to stretch the lead to 60-32. Texas held its largest lead at 71-36 with 8:33 to play. The loss left Cornhuskers coach Danny Nee one victory shy of 253 wins at Nebraska, the school record held by Joe Cipriano (1965-80). | ALSO SEE Mens College Basketball Scoreboard
AUDIO/VIDEO   Gabe Muoneke throws down the alley-oop from Chris McColpin.avi: 787 k RealVideo: 56.6 | ISDN | T1 Chris Mihm gets the ball in the paint and sends it home.avi: 406 k RealVideo: 56.6 | ISDN | T1 | |||||