AUSTIN, Texas ? Despite 18 points and no fouls from David Harrison, the Colorado Buffaloes dropped another road conference loss to the No. 11 Texas Longhorns losing 76-63 on Wednsday night.
Sydmill Harris hit all three of his 3-point attempts and finished with a team-high 13 points for the Longhorns.
The Longhorns hit 11 3-pointers in the first game back in the Frank Erwin Center since their 25-game home winning streak was snapped in a Jan. 24 loss to Oklahoma State.
The win also moved Texas (15-3, 6-1) into a tie for first place in the Big 12 with Oklahoma State and Kansas.
Kenton Paulino hit four 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 13 points for Texas, which used its outside shooting to neutralize the defensive presence of Colorado's 7-foot center David Harrison.
"Their 3-pointers were the thing that killed us," said Michel Morandais, who had 15 points. "We knew we had to take care of the boards to beat them and we did, but we didn't expect them to hit all those 3s."
Colorado (12-7, 4-4) outrebounded Texas 38-31 but committed 18 turnovers which the Longhorns converted into 19 points.
Texas shot 56 percent in the first half and was on the verge of seizing control as the Longhorns built a 38-26 lead on Royal Ivey's 3 pointer with 2:39 left.
But three straight turnovers led to 9-0 Colorado run to end the half. Morandais had seven points in the run, including a long 3-pointer, and Marcus Hall jammed in a fast-break dunk off a turnover as the Buffalos pulled to 38-35.
Texas quickly stretched the lead back to 10 in the second when P.J. Tucker hit a layup in traffic and Harris hit the first of his three 3-pointers in the half to make it 57-47.
By early in the second half, entire Longhorns team seemed to be heating up from long range. Harris hit two more 3-pointers, Paulino hit his fourth, Brian Boddicker swished one from the left corner and Texas led 73-59 with 3:22 to play.
