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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Texas edged by Kansas with last-minute layup

by Associated Press

khou.com

Posted on January 21, 2012 at 5:58 PM

Updated today at 5:59 PM

AUSTIN, Texasâ€"Jeff Withey made a layup and free throw with 37 seconds left to give No. 7 Kansas the lead and the Jayhawks survived another tough fight with Texas for a 69-66 win Saturday.

Withey’s three-point play put Kansas up 68-66 and Thomas Robinson made a free throw with 8 seconds left. Texas’ J’Covan Brown got off a 3-pointer with 2 seconds left but it bounced off the rim.

Tyshawn Taylor scored 22 points and Robinson finished with 17 for Kansas (16-3, 6-0). The Jayhawks have won nine in a row and are the only Big 12 team still undefeated in conference play.

Brown scored 24 points for the Longhorns 12-7, 2-4), who have lost three in a row and absorbed their first home loss of the season.

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