But Abrams’ best attribute is his shooting, and when he’s on, boy, can he fill it up.

Abrams broke out of a shooting slump with seven 3-point baskets and 24 points, helping No. 6-ranked Texas reach its third consecutive Big 12 Tournament final with a 77-49 win over Oklahoma on Saturday.

Abrams kept Texas (28-5) close in a tight first half, then hit two 3-pointers to start a 14-2 run early in the second to help the Longhorns pull away for their sixth straight win over the rival Sooners. The wispy junior guard shot 7-for-12 from long range, making one more 3 than he had the three previous games combined.

“He was big today,” Texas guard Justin Mason said. “All of his shots look good all the time, but today he was just really feeling it. He’s a great shooter and it was just a matter of time before he came out of his shooting slump.”

Top-seeded Texas shot 50 percent, turned the ball over just seven times and got 17 points from D.J. Augustin to move on to today’s championship game against No. 5 Kansas (30-3), the No. 2 seed. They shared the Big 12 regular-season title, with Texas winning their only meeting 72-69 in Austin.

The Longhorns, who have lost the past two title games to the Jayhawks, have reached the Big 12 final four of the past five seasons and five times overall, but they haven’t won it yet.

Texas figures to get a high seed in the NCAA Tournament no matter what happens today, but winning the Big 12 tourney championship could mean a No. 1 seed.

“We have been working since the summer for this game,” Abrams said. “We took care of business the past two games and got to where we wanted to be. So now it is all about effort.”

Blake Griffin, Oklahoma’s all-Big 12 forward, tried to keep pace with Abrams, bouncing back from tough quarterfinal against Colorado by scoring 20 points and grabbing 13 rebounds.

The rest of the Sooners, though, had another difficult game against Texas.

Oklahoma (22-11) had two of its worst-shooting games of the season against the Longhorns this year, hitting a combined 29 percent in two double-digit losses. The Sooners were only slightly better this time, shooting 33 percent and making four of 23 3-point tries in their 11th loss in 14 games against Texas.

Oklahoma opened the second half with a 7-0 run to tie it at 36-all, then the game quickly spiraled out of control, with Texas outscoring the Sooners 43-13 in the final 17:05.

“The game got away from us very quickly,” Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel said. “Texas is a terrific team. When they’re making shots and 3s like they were, it makes them an extremely tough team to guard.”

Unlike last year, when they lost 64-47 to Kansas, the Sooners likely will continue their season in the NCAA Tournament.

Texas had to play without freshman forward Gary Johnson, who sat on the bench in a walking boot after spraining his right ankle in the first half against Oklahoma State on Friday.

Abrams picked up the slack. He had been struggling, making just 14 of 51 shots in the previous four games. Abrams started slowly against the Sooners, missing his first four shots, but then found his stroke.

He hit a 3-pointer from the corner with 7:41 left in the first half, then added two more to get 10 points by halftime - five fewer than the previous two games combined.

Abrams hit a 3 from the corner to stop OU’s 7-0 run 3 minutes into the second half, then dropped another from the same spot the next time down to put the Longhorns up six. Mason followed with another 3, then Augustin scored on a drive that made it 47-36.

Abrams all but put it away with 10½ minutes left, hitting a 3 from that same corner to make it 57-42.

“It feels real good right now, just finally knocking down some shots, helping my teammates on the offensive end as well as defense,” said Abrams, who has 96 3s this season, fourth-most in Texas history.