Baylor put the Texas Longhorns' championship celebration on ice Monday night.

No. 12 Texas, playing shorthanded, struggled to keep pace with Darianna Littlepage-Buggs, Sarah Andrews and the rest of the Bears in a 63-54 loss at Moody Center. Texas played from behind for the entire second half as Littlepage-Buggs and Andrews combined for 36 points.

With a win, Texas would have clinched a share of the Big 12 championship. Now the Longhorns (22-8, 13-4) must wait until Saturday's regular-season finale at Kansas State. Texas also can secure the title if No. 16 Oklahoma (22-5, 12-4) loses to either Kansas State (16-13, 5-11) or Oklahoma State (20-8, 10-6) this week.

Texas last won the Big 12's regular-season title in 2004.

"I think the biggest disappointment is that you're playing for a championship and we just, for whatever reason, we weren't ready to go," Texas coach Vic Schaefer said.

The Longhorns trailed 37-32 at halftime and never got any closer than two points. Two possessions after the media timeout at the 4:35 mark in the fourth quarter sealed the Longhorns' fate.

Coming out of the timeout, Texas was called for a shot clock violation. On the other end, Andrews shook free of UT point guard Rori Harmon and hit a 3-pointer.

Baylor 61, Texas 49.

Those points were three of the 17 scored by Andrews. And Littlepage-Buggs — a seven-time Big 12 freshman of the week — had 19 points and 13 rebounds. As a team, Baylor (19-10, 10-7) committed just 12 turnovers.

"We can't just show up and just be more talented and be deeper and be all these things," Baylor coach Nicki Collen said. "But I think we're talented enough to beat anyone."

After the game, Schaefer praised the play of Baylor's leading scorers. But the Longhorns also had plenty of things to say about themselves.

Schaefer and Harmon both took issue with the team's on-court effort. Schaefer thought that Harmon, Taylor Jones and Shay Holle all played hard, but he added that "you don't win with three people."

"It's pretty upsetting to see that when I'm on the court and I look around, it doesn't seem like, it doesn't feel like I'm getting the same energy that I'm putting out on the court from some of the team," Harmon said. "I don't understand. Like coach Schaefer said, you would think that we'd give it our all after playing so well at OU and being in first place and trying to win a championship.

"I almost take that personal because every time I step on the court, I will put my head down and do what I have to do," she continued. "I'm not perfect at all — like, at all. That's fine because most of the time, I'm going to play hard and it's going to cover it up. When there's not enough effort and energy, I take that personal because now I feel like you don't want it anymore. That's how I felt. And that's how I feel."

The letdown at home came just two days after Texas broke a first-place tie with Oklahoma with a 67-45 win in Norman. Texas held the nation's No. 2 scoring offense to its lowest point total since the 2015-16 season. Five Longhorns scored at least 10 points.

"We are a young team," said Jones, a junior forward and Oregon State transfer. "Actually, no, we're not. We have a lot of transfers that came in and have been through the battles. I mean, there really is no excuse. There's no reason for why we couldn't bring the same energy that we had against Oklahoma to tonight besides just a lack of maturity."

Only 10 Longhorns were available on Monday, including three who aren't part of the team's regular rotation. Before the game, Texas announced that freshman guard Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda would be out because of a leg injury. Mwenentanda, who averages 4.5 points, 2.4 rebounds and 12.6 minutes per game, sat on the bench with teammates Aaliyah Moore, Jordana Codio and Gisella Maul, all of whom are rehabbing knee injuries.

Senior guard Sonya Morris also was sidelined for the sixth straight game. Two days earlier, she did travel with Texas to its game at Oklahoma, but was not at the arena Monday. After she missed the Feb. 8 game against Texas Tech, Morris was given a day-to-day designation for a leg injury. On Monday, Schaefer conceded that things were worse than originally presumed.

"I think as we've gotten into it, we've realized that it's something a little more complicated than day-to-day. Our people are on it, but she's obviously not day-to-day anymore," Schaefer said. "She has a quad contusion and initially it was day-to-day, but it's obviously become something more than that."

Texas announced a season-high crowd of 10,763 for Monday's game. Schaefer and others had pledged money to the Neighborhood Longhorns Program if 10,000 tickets were sold. After the game, an oversized check for $156,000 was presented to the Neighborhood Longhorns Program. Last season's "10K for 10K" game raised $120,500 or the Neighborhood Longhorns Program.

This was UT's second attendance-based fundraiser this season. The Longhorns raised $20,706 for the Uvalde CISD Moving Forward Foundation during an October exhibition against DePaul.

Notes: Jones led Texas with her 15 points and 13 rebounds. Harmon had 12 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. ... The 12 forced turnovers tied a season-low for Texas. Texas ranked 10th nationally in forced turnovers (21.07 per game). ... Texas was looking for its first sweep of Baylor since the 2009-10 season.

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Championship celebration for Texas basketball team prevented by Baylor