Groves Brothers Combine For 33, Sooners Top Nebraska 69-56

Tanner Groves scored a season-high 17 factors, Jacob Groves added 16 and Oklahoma beat Nebraska 69-56 on Thursday night time to open the ESPN Occasions Invitational.

The Groves brothers mixed for 13 of Oklahoma’s closing 17 factors of the primary half for a 41-34 lead. Jacob Groves had 12 factors within the opening half.

Oklahoma used a 6-0 run halfway by means of the second half to increase its result in 55-43 and the Sooners led by double figures the remainder of the way in which.

Jalen Hill scored 13 points and Grant Sherfield had 10 factors and eight assists for Oklahoma (4-1), which has gained 4 straight since shedding to Sam Houston 52-51 in an opener.

Juwan Gary had 16 factors and 7 rebounds for Nebraska (3-2). Emmanuel Bandoumel scored 13 factors with 5 assists. Sam Griesel, the workforce chief with 13.3 factors per sport, had six factors, eight rebounds and 4 assists.

Oklahoma and Nebraska have met 188 occasions, with the Sooners main the sequence 105-83. The final assembly got here throughout the 2010-11 season.

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