Tigers upset No. 15 Texas

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Kim English scored 18 points and Keith Ramsey added 12 points and 11 rebounds for his first career double-double as Missouri beat No. 15 Texas 82-77 on Wednesday night.

Justin Hamilton led the Longhorns (20-6, 6-5) with 24 points off the bench and Damion James added 18 points and 11 rebounds as the team ranked No. 1 for two weeks in mid-January lost for the sixth time in nine games and fell into a sixth-place tie in the Big 12.

Missouri (19-7, 7-4) raced to an 8-0 lead in the first two minutes as Texas turned over the ball on its first three possessions. The gap grew to 11-1 less than three minutes in, giving Missouri enough of a cushion to take a 32-31 halftime lead despite shooting just 30 percent for the half and making only one of its nine 3-point attempts.

Texas took a one-point lead early in the second half as the teams traded points with six lead changes before English had 11 points in a six-minute spurt to break it open. Missouri led by 12 before Texas made three 3-pointers in the final 44 seconds.

Missouri, which often relies on the 3-point shot as its primary offensive weapon, won despite tying its season low with just two treys on 13 attempts. The Tigers average eight 3-pointers per game on 38 percent shooting from outside the arc.

English, Missouri's leading scorer, relied on an array of crowd-pleasing moves during his second-half scoring flurry. He hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key, a left-handed layup, an acrobatic double-clutch and hit two free throws after he was fouled on a hard drive.

He capped the display with an alley-oop to 6-foot-1 Michael Dixon, who converted the shot and subsequent free throw after being fouled.

Texas center Dexter Pittman, at 6-foot-10 the tallest player on the court, didn't attempt a field goal and was held to just two points and four rebounds. He spent much of the second half on the bench in foul trouble.

Ramsey, hobbled by a sprained ankle and held scoreless the past two games, had two of his biggest rebounds on consecutive putbacks under the four-minute mark to help Missouri break open the game.