FORT WORTH, Texas -- Ariel Atkins scored 17 points, including a clutch 3-pointer with 1:02 left, Joyner Holmes had a double-double and No. 12 Texas held off Texas Christian 77-69 on Wednesday night for its 13th-straight win.
Holmes had 15 points and 14 rebounds, the third-straight double-double for the freshman. Brooke McCarty and Lashann Higgs had 14 points apiece for the Longhorns (15-4, 9-0 Big 12).
McCarty had two 3-pointers and 10 points and Higgs scored six straight points in the first quarter when Texas took a 24-18 lead. The Horned Frogs closed to 37-34 at the half and trailed 56-51 entering the fourth quarter.