The Oklahoma Sooners did about all the pieces proper of their Huge 12 match semifinal matchup towards Iowa State. The Sooners merely didn’t shoot in addition to the Cyclones of their 82-72 loss.
Oklahoma and Iowa State shot the identical quantity of threes and free throws. The Cyclones made two extra three-pointers and 4 extra free throws, and that was the distinction within the basketball sport.
Oklahoma opened the sport on a robust observe, creating an eight-point lead within the first 5 minutes. Down 11-3, the Cyclones acquired scorching from deep as Lexi Donarski, Denae Fritz, and Nyamer Diew every made triples to shut the Sooners’ result in 15-12 with just below three minutes to play within the first.
Oklahoma led on the finish of the primary 19-18, however Iowa State’s Ashley Joens began to seek out her capturing stroke. After going 2 of seven from the sector within the opening 10 minutes, Joens was 3 of 4 within the second.
Iowa State shot 10 of 13 within the second to take a 42-39 lead into halftime.
After half, the Cyclones stayed scorching, going 11 of 15 and outscoring the Sooners 24-14 within the third quarter. Oklahoma was simply 4 of 11 within the quarter
Although the Sooners made a valiant effort within the fourth to chip away at Iowa State’s lead, in the end, the Cyclones’ capturing efforts have been an excessive amount of to beat.
After coping with an damage the previous couple of days, Madi Williams performed 29 minutes and led the Sooners in scoring with 19 factors on 9 of 16 from the sector. Skylar Vann had one other good sport off the bench, going 5 of 6 from the sector and scoring 13 factors. Neveah Tot had 14 factors almost matching her profession excessive of 16 factors.
Oklahoma now waits for the NCAA match choice committee to inform them the place they’re headed for the opening two rounds of Girls’s NCAA match.