When the second-leading scorer in the Big 12 pays you a visit, you’d better be prepared to defend him.

The Cyclones were up to the challenge at the Hilton Coliseum on Saturday, as they held Texas guard D.J. Augustin to his second-worst shooting performance of the season.

Sophomore guard Augustin entered the game averaging 19.8 points per game, second only to Kansas State’s Michael Beasley, who pours in 25.2 per game. Augustin started just 1 of 7 from the floor and had only four points at halftime. Despite his struggles against the Cyclones, Augustin said it is important to keep shooting.

“You’re going to miss shots – that’s part of the game. When you’re missing shots, you’ve just got to put it behind you and keep playing the game,” Augustin said.

“You’ve got to be ready any game, every night. You’re going to miss shots; you might have a game where you don’t make any – but you’ve got to keep being aggressive and keep shooting.”

And that’s just what he did.

With the Longhorns leading 64-62 with less than a minute to play, Augustin hit his biggest shot of the game on a fading jumper that put Texas (19-4, 6-2) up by four and effectively sealed the 71-65 road victory.

“He stayed with it,” Texas coach Rick Barnes said. “I told him when I walked into the locker room, I said ‘You missed a bunch, but you made the big one,’ and he did. There’s none better. On nights when he’s not shooting it, he affects the game in other ways.”

Cyclones coach Greg McDermott agreed that, although it wasn’t Augustin’s best shooting performance, he still helped his team in the comeback effort.

“Those guards are terrific,” McDermott said of Augustin and junior A.J. Abrams, who finished with 25 points on 7-of-10 shooting from behind the arc. “We did a good job on Augustin for the most part and made him take some off-balance shots. The guy is 4 of 21, and then he hits the shot to really clinch the game late in overtime.”

McDermott gave some credit to the Cyclone defense for holding Augustin in check.

“He didn’t shoot it as well as he’s normally shot it, and I would like to think that our defense had a little bit to do with that,” McDermott said.

Abrams, who is averaging 3.4 treys per game in conference play, picked up the slack for the struggling Augustin despite being guarded by the 6-foot-6-inch Rahshon Clark for much of the game.

“He has a quick release,” Clark said of Abrams, who has had three consecutive games scoring 20 plus points. “I tried my best not to let him get the ball, but I didn’t do a good enough job.”