Austin, Texas - The Nebraska women's basketball team handled the big crowd in Texas. The Huskers just couldn't get a handle on Edwina Brown.
Brown scored 25 points, including six free throws down the stretch, to lead Texas to an 80-75 win over the Nos. 19 and 20 Huskers before 6,272 at the Frank Erwin Center Saturday evening
It gave Texas Hall of Fame Coach Jody Conradt her 600th win at the school.
In a see-saw game that had 11 ties and seven lead changes in the second half, Nebraska led 71-69 with 2:54 to play. But Rashunda Johnson gave the 8-5 and 2-1 Longhorns the lead with a layup and free throw, and Brown's free throws capped a 9-1 run that put Texas up 78-72 with 1:07 left in the game.
It dropped the Huskers to 13-3 and 2-1 in the Big 12.
"We were right where I wanted us to be with three minutes to go in the ballgame," NU Coach Paul Sanderford said. "I said all along that you have to win at home in this league and you have to steal one on the road. We almost stole one, but we just didn't quite get it done."
Nebraska's defense, which went into the game averaging 14 steals and forcing 25 turnovers, wasn't itself on Saturday. The Huskers' first steal didn't come until 16 minutes into the game, and they had just four steals on the night.
Nebraska committed 25 turnovers to the Longhorns' 13.
The Huskers trailed 39-35 at halftime and took their first lead of the second half with 11:59 to play on Brooke Schwartz's layup.
Schwartz finished with 14 points and a career-high 15 rebounds. Nicole Kubik had a team-high 24 points, and Charlie Rogers added 18.
After Schwartz's layup, no team led by more than two until there was 2:01 left to play.
"I was proud of the way our kids competed," Sanderford said. "We fought the crowd, we fought the officiating crew, and we put ourselves in a position to win the basketball game. On the road in the Big 12, that's all you really can hope to do.
"We're better than that Texas team. They made the plays when they had to."