Matas Vokietaitis scores career-high 28 to lead Texas past Southern

AUSTIN — Matas Vokietaitis scored a career-high 28 points to lead five Longhorns in double figures and Texas cruised to a 95-69 victory over Southern on Monday night.

Vokietaitis, a 7-foot sophomore, made 7 of 10 shots and all 14 of his free throws for the Longhorns (7-3), who improve to 5-1 at home.

Jordan Pope hit four 3-pointers and scored 18 for Texas. Reserves Simeon Wilcher and Camden Heide scored 14 and 11, respectively. Dailyn Swain pitched in with 10 points, six rebounds and five assists.

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Maleek Abdelgowad came off the bench and scored 17 to lead the Jaguars (4-5), who drop to 1-5 on the road. Michael Jacobs had 11 points and reserve AJ Barnes scored 10 — all in the second half.

Vokietaitis made 4 of 6 shots and seven free throws, scoring 15 to guide Texas to a 46-27 lead at halftime. Heide added nine points for the Longhorns on 3-for-5 shooting from 3-point range.

Texas shot 56.6% from the floor in the first half, made 5 of 11 from beyond the arc and 11 of 12 at the foul line. Southern shot 30%, hit 2 of 6 from distance and made 7 of 12 free throws.

The Longhorns made 29 of 32 free throws (91%) by the end and led by as much as 31 in the second half.

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Texas: At No. 5 Connecticut on Friday.

Southern: At Texas State on Wednesday.

Women’s college basketball poll (12/8): Texas, TCU, OU remain steady in unchanged top 10