J'Covan Brown scored 12 points, replacing guard Varez Ward who was injured in pregame warmups, and helped third-ranked Texas beat Pittsburgh 78-62 on Tuesday night in the championship game of the CBE Classic.

Damion James had 20 points and nine rebounds for the Longhorns, who took charge with a 14-3 run in the second half that ended the Panthers' remarkable run of 38 consecutive victories in the month of November.

The night began on a sour note for Texas (4-0) when Ward injured his right knee during pregame drills and was carried away on a stretcher. He was replaced in the starting lineup by Brown, who was slated to come off the bench after starting the two previous games.

Pittsburgh (4-1) was led by Brad Wanamaker with 13 points and Gary McGhee with 11.

Avery Bradley and Dexter Pittman each had 10 points for Texas, though Pittman was a non-factor in the second half after picking up an early third foul.

Trailing 32-23 after Gary Johnson hit a jumper with 4:44 left in the first half, the Panthers finished with an 11-0 run and shocked the favored Longhorns by taking a 34-32 lead at the break.

Gary McGhee made two free throws in the surge and then Lamar Patterson hit a pair of 3-pointers in a 35-second span to tie it up. Dante Taylor, fouled by Gary Johnson, sank two free throws with 33 seconds left to send the Panthers into halftime with their first lead of the night.

But the Longhorns finally regained the lead at 44-43 on Johnson's two free throws following an intentional foul call on Brad Wanamaker. The next 5 minutes saw four more lead changes and one tie before Texas pulled away with a 14-3 run, fueled by James' three-point play and Jordan Hamilton's 3-pointer. Justin Mason's gliding lay-in gave the Longhorns a 63-54 lead with 7:27 to go and then Alexis Wangmene's short jumper made it 65-54 before Wanamaker's three-point play halted the surge.

Pittman, after scoring 10 points in the first half, picked up his third foul in the opening minutes of the second half and wound up with only 10 points and one rebound.

Pittsburgh had not lost in November since South Florida beat the Panthers 69-63 on Nov. 25, 2001.