Texas holds off Kansas State in 62-56 win

Scott Wachter-USA TODAY SportsAUSTIN, Texas — In a game that will hardly go down in the annals of aesthetically-pleasing basketball, the Texas Longhorns secured a must-win game with a 62-56 win over the Kansas State Wildcats at the Moody Center on Big Monday.

Texas shot 36.2 percent for the game, including 15.8 percent from three, while Kansas State hit 35.7 percent and 26.3 percent from beyond the arc in addition to turning the ball over 13 times, 10 of them by lead guards Tylor Perry and Cam Carter, who scored eight points on 2-of-10 shooting.

Scoring a game-high 20 points, Longhorns senior forward Dylan Disu hit 10-of-11 free throws along with eight rebounds to make up for senior guard Max…