Matas Vokietaitis scores career-high 28 to lead Texas past Southern 95-69

AUSTIN Texas AP Matas Vokietaitis scored a career-high points to lead five Longhorns in double figures and Texas cruised to a - win over Southern on Monday night Vokietaitis a -foot sophomore made of shots and all of his free throws for the Longhorns - who improve to - at home Jordan Pope hit four -pointers and scored for Texas Reserves Simeon Wilcher and Camden Heide scored and respectively Dailyn Swain pitched in with points six rebounds and five assists Maleek Abdelgowad came off the bench and scored to lead the Jaguars - who drop to - on the road Michael Jacobs had points and reserve AJ Barnes scored all in the second half Vokietaitis made of shots and seven free throws scoring to guide Texas to a - lead at halftime Heide added nine points for the Longhorns on -for- shooting from -point range Texas shot from the floor in the first half made of from beyond the arc and of at the foul line Southern shot hit of from distance and made of free throws The Longhorns made of free throws by the end and led by as much as in the second half and Up next Texas At No Connecticut on Friday Southern At Texas State on Wednesday Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top throughout the season Sign up here and here AP News mobile app AP college basketball https apnews com hub ap-top- -college-basketball-poll and https apnews com hub college-basketball Source