Austin, TX
Hunter's 21 points and buzzer-beating layup send Texas over No. 9 Baylor 75-73
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tyrese Hunter’s frantic, driving layup at the buzzer sent Texas to a 75-73 win over No. 9 Baylor on Saturday, handing the Bears their second straight loss in the Big 12 Conference.
Hunter’s basket came after Baylor’s Jalen Bridges tied it on a long 3-pointer with 5 seconds left, the Bears’ first basket in nearly nine minutes. Texas quickly inbounded the ball and got it to Hunter near midcourt, and he weaved his way around three defenders for the basket.
“I knew I had to get down the court,” Hunter said. “I had already looked at the clock. … Get a foul or make a layup.”
Texas coach Rodney Terry still had a timeout to use, but with the game tied, he decided to let the last scramble play out.
“Don’t over-coach,” Terry said. “Let those guys do what they do in practice. We got downhill and won the game.”
Hunter barely got the ball out of his hands over Baylor’s Gavin Perryman before the game clock hit zero. Game officials reviewed the shot but quickly ruled that it counted.
Baylor coach Scott Drew said he should have called a timeout to set his defense.
“We didn’t want to give them a chance to draw something up, but obviously anything would have been better than a layup. So, that’s on me,” Drew said.
Hunter finished with 21 points. Dylan Disu added 19 for the Longhorns (13-5, 2-3). Ja’Kobe Walter scored 22 for Baylor (14-4, 3-2), which lost to Kansas State 68-64 in overtime on Tuesday night.
Baylor’s Jalen Bridges and Langston Love made consecutive 3-pointers early in the second half Saturday, giving the Bears a 56-50 lead. But Texas got it back to within one when Hunter faked a 3-pointer and drove for an easy layup, and took the lead at 67-66 on Kadin Shedrick’s two free throws.
Baylor got within one on Walter’s two free throws with 50 seconds left and forced an off-balance shot by Disu on the other end. But a hustle play on the long rebound by Chendall Weaver tapped the ball out to Max Abmas. He made two free throws for a 73-70 Texas lead.
“Play of the game,” Hunter said of Weaver’s play.
LONG RANGE
Texas made nine of 11 3-pointers in the first half, then none in the second. Hunter made four before halftime, then started misfiring wildly in the second, throwing up an airball, then another attempt that caromed off the backboard without hitting the rim. Hunter said he took a hit to one of his legs that affected his shooting motion, but he still found a final burst in the sprint for the winning basket.
BIG PICTURE
Baylor: The Bears came in as No. 3 team in the nation in 3-point shooting but struggled for any offensive rhythm against a Texas team playing its best defense of the season. Baylor made just four from long range in the second half. Drew noted Baylor’s failure to stretch its second-half lead.
“When you get a shot to extend the lead, you’ve got to (make shots). We wasted those opportunities,” Drew said.
Texas: The Longhorns avoided a third straight loss and may have saved their season, which was in danger of quickly unraveling after last season’s trip to the Elite Eight, the program’s best run in the NCAA Tournament in 15 years. That performance helped Terry secure the job as head coach after taking over as interim early in the season.
UP NEXT
Baylor hosts No. 19 TCU next Saturday.
Texas plays at No. 15 Oklahoma on Tuesday
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas’ highway system dropped two spots since 2025, and now ranks at No. 27 in the country for its cost-effectiveness and overall conditions, according to the Reason Foundation’s 2026 Highway Report.
The report assessed pavement conditions, fatalities, deficient bridges, infrastructure costs and congestion levels across the United States. Texas earned the following rankings:
- 33rd in urban interstate pavement conditions
- 21st in rural interstate pavement conditions
- 39th in urban arterial pavement conditions
- 12th in rural arterial pavement conditions
- 3rd in structurally deficient bridges
- 26th in urban fatality rate
- 42nd in rural fatality rate
- 41st in traffic congestion
“More than 42,000 of the nation’s 618,923 highway bridges, nearly 7%, are still structurally deficient. Arizona, Nevada, and Texas reported the lowest percentages of deficient bridges,” the report said.
The full report can be found online.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Small hail peppered the Austin area as strong thunderstorms moved through Saturday.
A few of the storms dropped rain and up to pea-sized hail in San Marcos, Dripping Springs and the Austin metro area.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for Williamson County around 8:15 p.m., and then canceled shortly after. However, it was enough for the Two Step Inn music festival in Georgetown to cancel shows for the rest of the evening. Event organizers say the festival will run as planned Sunday.
KXAN’s First Warning Weather team is monitoring the storms. We will update this post as the evening continues.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution unveiled a new monument at the Texas State Cemetery on Saturday, dedicated to Texas Revolutionary War soldiers.
“We must educate every generation about why it is that America grew from a tenuous 13 colonies into the most powerful country in the history of the world,” said Governor Abbott. “This monument here is an enduring testament to the heroes who fought for the freedom that is unique to America.”
The monument was dedicated to 69 soldiers who fought in the American Revolutionary War and later settled in Texas, according to a press release.
Among those that were honored, Abbott recognized:
- José Santiago Seguín, grandfather of Texas Revolutionary hero Juan Seguín.
- Peter Sides, who fought in the 2nd Battalion of the North Carolina Regiment of the Colonial Army, and was later killed in the 1813 Battle of Medina, fighting for Mexican independence against Spain.
- Antonio Gil Y’Barbo, the founder of Nacogdoches.
- William Sparks, who fought as a mounted rifleman in the American Revolution and later settled in Texas. He had two sons and two grandsons who fought in the Texas Revolution.
“This year marks the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, which not only gave freedom to the British colonies of North America, but inspired movements for freedom and liberty all over the world,” said TSSAR President Mel Oller. “Texans played a role in the war too, and it’s important to recognize them, and the sacrifices they made for our freedom.”
At the monument unveiling, Abbott was also inducted into the Sons of the American Revolution and received its Silver Good Citizenship Medal.
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