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Feb 17, 2026; Austin, Texas, USA; Texas Longhorns guard Dailyn Swain (3) celebrates a three point basket by forward Camden Heide (5) for a during the first half against the LSU Tigers at Moody Center. Mandatory Credit: Dustin Safranek-Imagn Images <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\nDailyn Swain scored 21 points and got 10 rebounds and Jordan Pope added 18 points that included a huge basket in the final seconds as Texas outlasted hapless LSU 88-85 on Tuesday in a Southeastern Conference clash in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Texas (17-9, 8-5 SEC) led by 17 points late in the first half and by 16 four minutes after halftime before the Tigers clawed their way back in the game, closing to 65-61 on Pablo Tamba’s steal and dunk with 10:07 to play.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n After the Longhorns built their lead back to 10 points with 6:38 left LSU rallied again, with two free throws by Jalen Reece culling the deficit to 85-82 at the 1:39 mark. Pope then hit a jumper with 33.6 seconds to play to boost the margin to 87-82 and Texas was able to hold on from there.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Tramon Mark added 18 points and Matas Vokietaitis racked up a 17-point, 10-rebound double double for Texas, which has won a season-high five straight games and six of its past seven.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n LSU’s Max Mackinnon led all scorers with 27 points. Marquel Sutton added 21 points, Michael Nwoko had 15 and Reece finished with 14 points as the Tigers (14-12, 2-11) have dropped four in a row and 11 of its past 13 outings.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n The Tigers went toe to toe with Texas over the first nine and half minutes, leading by as many as four points early on before the Longhorns put things together.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Texas stretched its advantage to 10 points for the first time on Vokietaitis’ dunk with 3:43 to play until halftime and kept its collective foot on the accelerator, with Mark canning back to back 3-pointers and then Camden Heide hitting another shot from beyond the arc as the Longhorns pushed the lead to 17 points.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Texas settled for a 48-33 advantage at the break after outshooting the Tigers 63% to 40.6% from the floor and going 6 for 9 from beyond the arc over the opening 20 minutes of play.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Pope and Swain led Texas with 11 points each in the first half while Mark had 10. LSU was paced by Sutton’s 12 points before halftime.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The Longhorns led 57-41 with 16:16 to play before LSU found its second wind, producing a 14-2 run over the ensuing three minutes with Sutton’s 3-pointer and then turn-around jumper making it 59-55.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n