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AUSTIN, Texas -- Stuck with a three-game losing streak and a 12-point halftime deficit, the Texas Longhorns finally emerged from their inertia Friday night.Texas defended with more intensity, shot with increased accuracy and scored 51 points in the second half to beat Alabama 77-68.The first five minutes of the second half, they came out with a different type of energy and focus, Alabama coach Avery Johnson said. It seemed like they were a step quicker. Give them credit. This is a team that lost three games in a row. They were desperate.Kerwin Roach scored 16 points for Texas (4-3). Tevin Mack, Shaq Cleare, Jacob Young and Jarrett Allen scored 11 points each for the Longhorns.Dazon Ingram led Alabama (4-3) with 12 points and had Avery Johnson Jr. had 10.The Longhorns, bolstered by full-court pressure defense in the second half, persisted until they took their first lead of the game, on a 3-point play by Roach with 12:47 remaining.Neither team led by more than four until Roach made a free throw with 1:02 left for a 68-63 lead.Corban Collins, an Alabama graduate transfer from Morehead State, made three 3-point baskets in the first half, helping the Tide to a 38-26 lead at the break. Before Friday, Collins had seven 3-pointers in six games.Mack, making his first start of the season, scored all 11 of his points in the second half, one more than Roach.This is a little glimpse of what we can really be like if we continue to work hard, Cleare said. When we lost those games these guys were really crushed. The last two days of practice were really intense. We knew we were gonna win this game, even if we were down by 15, 16 points.BIG PICTUREAlabama: The Crimson Tide regard defense as their strength. They rank in the top 25 nationally in points allowed and turnover margin. They maintained form in the first half, limiting Texas to 26 points, but the Longhorns scored 51 in the second. Alabama shot 48 percent in the first half. Texas, meanwhile, hit 35 percent. The Longhorns outshot Alabama 57-41 percent in the second half.Our defense wasnt good enough in the second half, Johnson said. Roach broke us down. We werent moving our feet. We were out of position.Texas: Coach Shaka Smart made two starting lineup changes, replacing guards Eric Davis and Kendal Yancy with Mack and Andrew Jones. Davis is in a season-long shooting slump, while Mack is the Longhorns leading scorer and best 3-point shooter this season. Mack missed all five shots in the first half before rallying for 11 points. Davis made one basket after missing his first three shots, increasing his streak of misses to 11 in the last two games. Mack played a season-high 37 minutes.Ive never played that much or that hard, Mack said.UP NEXTAlabama is at No. 23 Oregon on Dec. 11. If Oregon remains in the top 25 next week, this will be Alabamas first game against a ranked team.Texas is at Michigan on Tuesday. Michigan beat Texas 78-72 last season at a tournament in the Bahamas. Cheap Air Max 97 For Sale . It might not have mattered. While the Dodgers are preparing for the playoffs, the Padres showed their future has promise behind two rookies. Fake Air Max 90 . Uniteds eighth defeat of a wretched campaign means Liverpool, which currently occupies the fourth and final Champions League place, could go nine points clear of its fierce rival by beating West Bromwich Albion on Sunday. 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When surfing joins the Olympics in 2020, well, check back with her closer to Tokyo.The 24-year-old Gilchrist is a steady attacker for the U.S. womens water polo team, favored to win a second straight gold medal in Rio de Janeiro. But she plans to try for a pro surfing career after the Olympics.Surfing was among five sports approved by the IOC last Wednesday for the Tokyo Games, delighting Gilchrist even if she isnt quite sure what it means for her just yet.I knew they were going to announce that day. I just didnt know when, and my family texted me, `Did you hear the news? Its happening. The surfings in the Olympics. 2020. Gilchrist said. So I was kind of just overwhelmed with joy and you know it just made that long-term goal set and I am going to look for 2020.Asked if she was sure about the decision, Gilchrist left open the possibility of returning to the pool.Its tough to say. I love watter polo for sure, she said after practice on Sunday.ddddddddddddIts been a few years for me to admit it, but this is my passion. You know if things dont go as planned you never know whats going to happen. Just being a part of this Olympics is amazing, so well see.Gilchrists father, Sandy, swam for the University of Southern California and competed for Canada in the Olympics.Kaleigh Gilchrist grew up in the water, either in the pool for water polo or the beach for surfing. She starred in each sport, but began to think about surfing as a possible profession after she was selected for the USA Surf Team and then won the under-18 Surfing America USA Championship in 2009 and 2010.She played college water polo for USC, helping the Trojans win the national championship in 2013.---Jay Cohen can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/jcohenap ' ' '