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Javan Felix hit a three-pointer with nine seconds to play in overtime, and Texas topped Temple, 81-80, on Saturday at Wells Fargo Center.

The Temple Owls will look to extend their winning streak to four straight games on Saturday as they host the Texas Longhorns at the Center.

VANDERBILT MEN at TEXAS * Where: Erwin Center * When: 8 p.m. today * TV/radio: ESPN2/1510-AM, 560-AM, 95.9-FM * Story lines: As part of the Big 12/SEC Challenge, Vanderbilt will take on Texas for the first time since the 1988-89 season.

Texas has needed a late second-half comeback to secure the majority of its wins this year.

Texas trailed by as many nine points in the second half, but charged late with a 14-1 run to snag a 65-61 lead at the 4:54 mark.

Texas' Damarcus Croaker, center, passes around DePaul's Peter Ryckbosch during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, in Kansas City, Mo.

GAME NOTES: In the consolation matchup of the CBE Hall of Fame Classic at the Sprint Center, the Texas Longhorns will mix it up with the DePaul Blue Demons on Tuesday night.

Kansas City police are investigating the shooting death of a man Monday inside a duplex in the 2400 block of Euclid Avenue.

Kansas City a It is mostly a symbolic gesture, because in college basketball team captains don't do much but gather at midcourt before the game, shake hands with the opposing captains and get some instructions from the referees.

The Texas basketball season is just starting to heat up. After starting off the year 4-0, beating three solid low-major teams and one lousy one, the competition is about to get much stiffer.

The Huskies scored the first bucket of the game on a Cody Joyce Jumper before Texas went on a 15-0 run during a four-minute span early in the first half.

Stephen F. Austin is known as the Father of Texas, and on Friday, the capital city bearing his name held a blow-by-blow clash featuring the school bearing his name sake and the University of Texas.

AUSTIN - Demarcus Holland scored a career-high 21 points, and Texas improved to 3-0 for the first time in three years with a 72-62 over Stephen F. Austin on Friday.

Demarcus Holland scored a career-high 21 points and Texas improved to 3-0 for the first time in three years with a 72-62 over Stephen F. Austin on Friday.

By the time he got to midcourt, Texas freshman Isaiah Taylor was committed. Earlier on Tuesday night, coach Rick Barnes told him not to hurry, but this was different.

After falling behind early and going into half time down 45-31, the Texas Longhorns staged a furious second half comeback and beat South Alabama 84-77.

The University of South Alabama's head coach Matthew Graves reacts during the second half of Friday's game against the University of Detroit Mercy at the Mitchell Center in Mobile on Nov. 8, 2013.

Freshman guard Isaiah Taylor scored 17 points and Texas rallied from nine points down in the second half to beat Mercer 76-73 Friday night in the season opener for both teams.

With only one upperclassman on scholarship and an unheralded freshman class, this year's Longhorn basketball team is an underdog.