Motley leads No. 11 Baylor past Texas 75-64

AUSTIN, Texas – Now that Johnathan Motley helped destroy Texas again, the Baylor junior is looking forward to a more historic challenge.

Motley had 17 points and 17 rebounds, helping No. 11 Baylor defeat Texas 75-64 Saturday to finish the regular season.

Now Motley wants to win the Big 12 Tournament next week in Kansas City.

“No Baylor team has cut down the nets,” Motley said. “That’s our goal.”

The 6-foot-10 Motley had an even bigger game when Baylor defeated Texas 74-64 on Jan. 17 in Waco – career bests of 32 points and 20 rebounds along with three blocks.

Jake Lindsey added 16 points on Saturday as Baylor (25-6, 12-6) matched school records for total victories and Big 12 wins. King McClure scored 12 points.

Jarrett Allen, a 6-11 freshman, had 20 points and nine rebounds for Texas (10-21, 4-14), which has lost seven straight games.

“This is really, really hard,” Texas coach Shaka Smart said. “Now we have to figure out how to fix it (by next season). I’m really confident that we are going to be able to take a big step.”

Shaq Cleare added 14 points and nine rebounds and Andrew Jones had 12 points and seven assists for the Longhorns.

Texas trailed by 16 points with 2 minutes left in the first half, but the Longhorns had sliced the deficit to five less than 3 minutes into the second half on a basket by Allen inside.

The Longhorns maneuvered no closer than that, and Baylor increased its lead to 15 with a 3-pointer by Lindsey with 5:39 left.

Baylor converted 9 of 20 3-point attempts. Wendell Mitchell, a reserve guard who had made six 3-pointers all season in 24 attempts, hit three in the first half against Texas. Lindsey converted both of his attempts in the game and 6 of 7 shots overall.

“Nine for 20, you’ll take that most days,” Lindsey said.