AUSTIN, Texas -- The Texas Longhorns beat the 16th-ranked TCU Horned Frogs 99-98 in double overtime to earn their biggest win of the season Wednesday night, just after the Texas program was walloped with an emotional sledgehammer: sophomore guard Andrew Jones being diagnosed with leukemia.
As soon as the final horn sounded, tears welled in Texas coach Shaka Smart's eyes and Jones' teammates held up his jersey as they sang "The Eyes of Texas" with the home crowd.
"We got some real help from someone when that ball didn't go in," Smart said of a missed layup by TCU's Jaylen Fisher that would have given the Horned Frogs the win.