DALLAS (AP) -- Bob Knight already gave back his salary. But Texas Tech still hasn't given up on making the NCAA tournament.

Andre Emmett rebounded his own miss and made the go-ahead basket with 12.4 seconds left and the Red Raiders beat Baylor 68-65 in the Big 12 tournament Thursday night.

The Red Raiders (17-11) scored the game's last 10 points as Baylor -- after making 13 3-pointers -- didn't manage a point in the final 4:53 of the game.

Baylor (14-14) trailed just 66-65 after Emmett's basket and had one more chance. R.T. Guinn, who had 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting, passed up an open shot and instead gave the ball to John Lucas, who missed badly on an 8-foot shot.

Kasib Powell was fouled in the wild scramble for the rebound. He made both of his free throws with just two-tenths of a second left.

Emmett finished with 23 points, and as the final flurry was ending shouted in celebration as the Tech-heavy crowd continued in a frenzy in the junior's hometown.

The Red Raiders ended a three-game losing streak, their longest under Knight, who said this week that he wouldn't accept his $250,000 base salary for this season because he hadn't lived up to his own expectations.

Tech went 23-9 last year and went to the NCAA tournament in its first season under Knight after four straight losing seasons.

Texas Tech moves on to play third-ranked Texas (22-5) in a quarterfinal game Friday night. The Red Raiders will likely have to win two more Big 12 games and get into Sunday's final for an NCAA berth, but seem guaranteed at least an NIT bid.

Before Emmett's go-ahead basket, the Red Raiders hadn't led since Powell's free throw with 4:52 left in the first half provided a 29-28 lead after Baylor had tied the game for the first time.

Powell added 20 points for the Red Raiders, and both he and Emmett had eight rebounds. Nathan Doudney had 12 points on four 3-pointers.

Kenny Taylor led Baylor with 22 points, including six 3-pointers. Guinn led the Bears with 10 rebounds.

Guinn's turnaround shot with 4:53 left had put Baylor up 65-58. Emmett then had a putback of Doudney's missed 3-pointer and forced a Baylor turnover on the next possession before hitting another basket to make it 65-62.

Baylor missed its last six shots, and on its only free throw attempts of the game Matt Sayman missed the front-end of bonus situations with 2:12 and 1:49 left.

The Bears ended the game the way they began it, in a horrible slump. Texas Tech jumped out to an 8-0 lead and Baylor missed its first seven shots -- six of them 3-pointers.

Baylor was 26-of-38 shooting between those two slumps, but the last collapse cost them their second win over Tech in six days. The Bears won the regular season finale between the two 74-68 on Saturday.

Texas Tech led 24-11 after Powell made a strong move inside to score with 9:14 left. Then Guinn hit a 3-pointer, the first of seven straight made treys for the Bears.

Baylor had five straight 3-pointers and a slam dunk by Lawrence Roberts in a 17-4 run, tying the game on Andre White's long-range shot with 5:17 left.

After Emmett's free throw broke the 28-all tie, the Bears hit two more 3-pointers -- by Taylor and Guinn -- and led until the closing seconds.

The Bears made their first four shots of the second half, including 3-pointers by Taylor, Guinn and White, for a 45-34 lead. That was the last time the margin was double digits.

DALLAS (AP) -- Arthur Johnson powered his way to 18 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks as Missouri overcame an early 18-point deficit to beat Nebraska 70-61 Thursday in the opening round of the Big 12 tournament.

Rickey Paulding added 19 points and 11 rebounds as the Tigers, hoping to make the NCAA tournament for the fourth straight year under coach Quin Snyder, improved to 19-9. Missouri could really impress the selection committee by beating No. 23 Oklahoma State on Friday.

The Tigers weren't very convincing at the start against the Cornhuskers (11-19), missing their first six shots and eight of nine. Nebraska opened 4-of-5 on 3-pointers and led 22-4.

The Cornhuskers stayed outside because they didn't want any part of the 6-foot-9, 265-pound Johnson, who had three blocks during the opening stretch. His fourth was one for the highlight reels as he turned a layup attempt into a line drive over the head of a teammate on the bench.

Johnson's offense came alive midway through the second half. He hit five straight Missouri field goals as the Tigers turned a 51-47 lead into a 62-48 rout. On the last two, he had a powerful dunk and a one-handed floater off the backboard.

Ricky Clemons had 13 points and Jimmy McKinney scored 11 for Missouri.

Andrew Drevo had 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead Nebraska. Nate Johnson was the only other scorer in double-digits with 12, including three 3-pointers. The Cornhuskers finished 10-of-33 on 3-pointers -- or 6-of-28 after their early hot streak. They shot only a season-low .274 percent from the field, making 17-of-62 shots.

Snyder remained calm during his team's early collapse. He called only one time out and did nothing more demonstrative than put his hands on his hips.

His patience was rewarded as the Tigers tied the game at 29, then went into halftime down only 33-32 following a 3-pointer by Ricky Clemons at the buzzer.

A layup by Paulding less than two minutes into the second half put Missouri ahead for the first time. John Turek answered, putting Nebraska back ahead 38-37. It was the last time the Cornhuskers led, although they did tie it twice.

The Cornhuskers ended their third year under coach Barry Collier with their win total continuing to drop -- from 14 to 13 to 11. They closed this season losing two straight and 12 of 14. Yet Nebraska loses only one player, Brennon Clemmons, and will get back injured floor-leader Jake Muhleisen.

The Tigers, seeded fifth in this tournament, are relatively confident of getting an at-large bid into the NCAA field because the Big 12 has gotten six teams in the past three years.

However, they came in having lost two straight and three of five. They were ranked as high as 11th this season, but haven't been in the last four polls.

This game was typical of Mizzou's season -- they looked awful in losing to Iowa State by 16 last week, but looked great the week before that in beating No. 6 Oklahoma by 15.

The Tigers haven't had any problems with Nebraska under Snyder, winning eight of the nine meetings including all three this season.

Although Missouri is now 6-0 in the first round of the Big 12 tournament, it hasn't won a second-round game since 1997 when it got to the finals.

This was the fourth straight year the Cornhuskers lost in the first round of the conference tournament.

Iowa State 97, Texas A&M 70

DALLAS (AP) -- Jake Sullivan scored 12 of his 17 points in Iowa State's opening flurry and the Cyclones led throughout in a 97-70 win over Texas A&M in the Big 12 tournament Thursday.

Sullivan's third 3-pointer gave Iowa State (16-12) a 29-11 lead midway through the first half. The Cyclones scored the first five points, including the first of Sullivan's four 3-pointers, and never trailed.

Tim Barnes had 21 points to lead six players in double figures for Iowa State, which had lost in the first round of the Big 12 tournament in both years since winning the event in 2000 and going 32-5 overall. Barnes had five 3-pointers.

The Cyclones play fourth-ranked Kansas (24-6), the Big 12 regular season champ, in the first quarterfinal game Friday.

Texas A&M (14-14) has never won a game in the Big 12 tournament since the league was formed seven years ago. Overall, the Aggies have lost 10 straight postseason games since losing in the final of the 1994 Southwest Conference tournament.

Bernard King, the Big 12's career scoring leader (1,990 points), led Texas A&M with 20 points in what might have been his last game. The loss could be a big blow in the Aggies' bid for its first NIT berth since 1994; they haven't been to the NCAA tournament since 1987.

Marcus Jefferson had 19 points, Jared Homan 15, Jackson Vroman 13 and Adam Haluska 11 for the Cyclones. Vroman also had 11 rebounds.

Iowa State responded with 12 straight points after Antoine Wright's 3-pointer for the first Texas A&M basket. That included a 3-pointer and a three-point play for Sullivan.

After Jefferson came up with a loose ball and broke for a pull-up jumper, Iowa State led 31-11 with 9:43 left. The Cyclones then went scoreless for six minutes, but the drought didn't prove costly.

Tomas Ress had its only two baskets in Texas A&M's 11-0 run, including a jumper with 5:07 left that made it 31-22. But the Aggies didn't have another field goal before halftime, when they trailed 40-28.

The Aggies cut the gap to less than 10 only once after that, when King drove the baseline for a bank shot and made the free throw after being fouled by Jefferson for the first points of the second half.

Iowa State then scored eight straight in less than two minutes, going ahead 48-31 when Sullivan made a 3-pointer falling down and with King fronting him. The margin never got less than 15 points after that, and got as wide as 29.

Andy Slocum had 14 points and 11 rebounds, his third straight double-double for Texas A&M. Wright and Kevin Turner both had 11 points.