Oklahoma opened a 23-9 lead early, but the Texas Longhorns came roaring back to defeat the Sooners 79-69, in the 108th edition of the Red River Rivalry, at Lloyd Noble Center on Saturday.

It was the Sooners eighth straight loss dropping OU’s record to 11-11 overall, 1-8 in the SEC. Texas improved to 13-9, 4-5 SEC.

The Sooners made six of their first eight field goal attempts, while the Longhorns made just three of their first 14 shots.

After OU jumped out to a 23-9 lead, the Longhorns responded with a 9-0 run to cut the Sooners lead to 23-18. The two teams were eventually tied at 30-30 and OU led 33-30 at halftime.

Texas took its first lead of the day at 41-40 with 15:49 remaining. The teams played close throughout the next ten minutes, but Texas outscored OU 17-6 over the last 5:32 of the game to secure the win.

“That last nine minutes, we called a timeout, we read a little action and got the read on a pick-and-roll, and scored,” said OU head coach Porter Moser after the game. “From that point, the next nine possessions, we scored two points. Shot selection and different things of our last four minute offense, and part of it was because the guys wanted to win so bad, they took it upon themselves, but we had two turnovers and some bad shots.”

The Longhorns finished the game with a shooting percentage of 61-percent and were 11-of-15 (73.3%) from the free throw line.

OU shot 41-percent from the field and was 10-of-16 (62.5%) on free throws.

Nijel Pack led three Sooners in double-figures, scoring a game-high 23 points. It was his third straight 20-plus performance. Xzayvier Brown and Derrion Reid each contributed 15 points and five rebounds.

Texas was led by Dailyn Swain with 20 points and game highs of 10 rebounds, six assists and three steals.

OU is on the road at Vanderbilt on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. CST. The game will be televised by the SEC Network.