AUSTIN, Texas Kansas switched its starting lineup for the first time in eight games on Tuesday night at Texas.
While the tinkering proved interesting freshman Ochai Agbaji opened for Lagerald Vick and outscored the senior 24 points to 10 it ultimately didnt change the Jayhawks fortunes on the road.
Unranked Texas (12-9, 4-4), which lost by two points to KU on Jan. 14 at Allen Fieldhouse, upended the No. 11-ranked Jayhawks 73-63 at Frank Erwin Center. KU (16-5, 5-3) fell to 1-5 in true road games this season and 1-3 on the road in conference play.
Agbaji hit 8 of 10 shots and was 6 of 8 from the line to lead KU in scoring, while Dedric Lawson had just two points the first half and finished with 13 for the game. Agbaji had seven rebounds.
Dylan Osetkowski scored 16 points, Kerwin Roach 15, Jaxson Hayes 13, Courtney Ramey 9 and Jase Febres 12 for Texas, which hit 42 percent of its shots, including 10 of 28 from 3.
KU hit 43.1 percent from the field and was 6 of 18 3.
The Jayhawks, who had just four turnovers in a win over Texas in Lawrence, Kan., suffered 13 on Tuesday.
Agbaji, a freshman whod come off the bench in six games since having his redshirt pulled in response to Udoka Azubuikes season-ending hand injury, scored nine points in 15 minutes the first half as Kansas trailed 26-23 at the break.
His scoring proved the only offensive highlight of that half.
Vick, who had started 18 of 20 games his senior season (the change was explained as coachs decision to the media before the game) scored two points in seven minutes the first half, while Lawson was 1 of 4 shooting and scored two points in 17 minutes.
Agbaji hit 4-of-6 shots the first half his teammates scored 14 points on 6-of-18 marksmanship but the Jayhawks trailed by three at the break.
Roach hit three of Texas five 3s (in 16 tries; KU was 2 of 5 from three in the half) good for nine points. Jaxson Hayes had five points, four boards and two blocks in 15 minutes.
Texas led 6-2 early over a lethargic Kansas team that entered having lost two of three games.
The Longhorns led 6-2, 12-5, 17-8 and 23-12 at 5:51.
Kansas used an 11-1 run to slice the gap to 24-23 at 1:41. Agbaji had seven points in the run.
