Oklahoma eyes 5th straight national title at Women’s College World Series

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May 26, 2025

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Oklahoma Overcomes Slow First Half to Beat Wake Forest Comfortably

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December 2, 2025

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Oklahoma Overcomes Slow First Half to Beat Wake Forest Comfortably

The Sooners played high-quality basketball in the second half on Tuesday, helping them earn an 86-68 win over Wake Forest on the road.

OU, now 6-2, outscored the Demon Deacons 49-33 in the second half to earn its comfortable win. The win is Oklahoma’s third in a row and follows the Sooners’ neutral-site victory over Marquette on Friday.

Here are three takeaways from the Sooners’ win over the Demon Deacons:

Both OU and Wake Forest came out of the gates in sluggish fashion.

The Sooners shot 36 percent from the field in the first half, while the Demon Deacons shot 35 percent. Oklahoma attempted 21 free throws, while WF attempted 14.

The teams also struggled with ball control. Oklahoma turned the ball over eight times; the Demon Deacons logged seven first-half turnovers.

By the time the first-half buzzer sounded, Oklahoma led 37-35. And when the teams returned, the Sooners controlled the game.

As a team, OU shot 61.5 percent from the field in the final 20 minutes. The Sooners held Wake Forest to a 33-percent clip from the floor in the second half.

The Sooners also won the rebounding battle 19-13 in the second half.

Guard Jadon Jones reached double figures for the first time of his OU career, finishing the game with 11 points.

Jones scored nine of his 11 points in the second half. The guard excelled at drawing contact, finishing the game 5-of-6 on free throws.

He also played lock-tight defense against the Demon Deacons, and he was a major reason why Wake Forest shot 33 percent from the field in the second half.

Jones was one of six Sooners that reached double figures in OU’s well-spread scoring effort. Derrion Reid and Tae Davis tied for a game-high 18 points.

Jones played four seasons at Long Beach State before transferring to OU ahead of the 2024-25 season. An injury, though, prevented him from appearing last season. Jones made his OU debut a couple weeks ago against Oral Roberts.

Oklahoma improved to 2-2 in non-conference games against power-conference opponents with its win over Wake Forest. Previously, the Sooners fell to Gonzaga and Nebraska before defeating Marquette last week.

OU’s next two games are also neutral-site games against quality teams. The Sooners will battle Arizona State at Mortgage Matchup Center — home of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns — on Saturday before taking on Oklahoma State at the Paycom Center, home of the Oklahoma City Thunder, next week.

Saturday’s game against the Sun Devils will begin at 9 p.m. ASU is currently 6-2 and finished second place at the Maui Invitational last week.

Both of those games will be opportunities for Oklahoma to build its NCAA Tournament resume before SEC play begins.

After those two contests, Oklahoma will conclude the non-conference portion of its schedule with home games against three mid-major opponents: Kansas City, Stetson and Mississippi Valley State.

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Oklahoma School Report Cards 2025 show some growth, but grades declining

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December 2, 2025

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Oklahoma School Report Cards 2025 show some growth, but grades declining

Nuria Martinez-Keel
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The Oklahoma State Department of Education has assigned the state a D grade for academic achievement in public schools but a C in learning growth for the 2024-25 school year.

The agency on Monday released its annual Oklahoma School Report Cards, which included A-F grades for each public school and for statewide averages.

Results of state reading and math tests, the basis of the “academic achievement” category and the No. 1 factor in a school’s overall grade, came out two months ago with more rigorous scoring. A stricter definition of “proficiency” in reading and math lowered academic achievement rates across the state.

Three fewer schools received an F grade, but grades declined overall with more schools earning a D, the Education Department reported.

Only 26% of Oklahoma students scored proficient or advanced on state reading and math tests, demonstrating they met or exceeded their grade-level expectations, the report cards show. Another 37% made a basic score, indicating partial mastery of reading and math.

In reading, 36% of students scored below basic, and 38% scored below basic in math, suggesting they have fallen significantly behind their grade level.

However, more students improved their reading and math scores from the year before. That caused the statewide academic growth score to increase by 3% and resulted in a C grade for the growth category.

Students learning English as their non-native language also showed a slight uptick in progress. The state gave itself a B for English learner progress with 34% of these students meeting their language acquisition targets.

Another statewide B grade came from college and career exposure, known as “postsecondary opportunities.” Fifty-four percent of high school juniors and seniors completed college preparatory courses like Advanced Placement, an industry certification program, a work-based internship or a college class through dual enrollment.

The state failed to meet a goal state leaders set eight years ago to achieve a 90% high school graduation rate by 2025. The report cards show only 82% of the class of 2025 graduated in four years, and 84% of the class of 2024 and 2023 completed their high school credits in five and six years, respectively.

Potentially in its final year as a core component of the state report cards, the chronic absenteeism category showed only 80.2% of public school students maintained good attendance, defined as missing less than 10% of the school year.

The state Legislature passed a law this year to remove student absenteeism from school evaluations starting in the 2025-26 academic year, though schools with strong attendance rates could earn bonus points. The U.S. Department of Education must approve the change for it to become official.

State lawmakers decided schools shouldn’t be penalized for students’ poor attendance, a factor they said is outside of the school’s control.

Nuria Martinez-Keel covers education for Oklahoma Voice. She worked in newspapers for six years, more than four of which she spent at The Oklahoman covering education and courts. Nuria is an Oklahoma State University graduate.

Oklahoma Voice is part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization.

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Oklahoma Adds Another 2026 Defensive Commitment

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December 1, 2025

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Oklahoma Adds Another 2026 Defensive Commitment

NORMAN — Oklahoma’s 2026 recruiting momentum didn’t exactly slow Monday, even after the decommitment of defensive lineman T-Ron Richardson earlier in the day.

The Sooners added three-star linebacker Kristan Moore to the class two days before players are allowed to begin signing.

Moore had been committed to North Alabama since July before decommitting Sunday.

The Selma, Alabama, product had long been on Oklahoma’s radar, attending a camp in Norman last summer.

He also took an unofficial visit in September for the Sooners’ win over Michigan.

But Moore (6-foot-2, 215 pounds) recently picked up an offer from OU and visited again for Saturday’s 17-13 win over LSU that all but clinched a spot in the College Football Playoff for the Sooners.

Oklahoma is the only Power Four program to offer Moore, through he recently visited Florida as well.

Moore is the No. 125 linebacker in the class and the No. 60 player in the state of Alabama according to the 247 Sports Composite rankings.

He’s just the second linebacker commit in the class, joining three star Beau Jandreau of Chandler (Arizona) Hamilton.

Moore is the 11th defensive commitment in the class for the Sooners. OU is 15th in the 247 Sports Composite team rankings.

Moore’s commitment kept up a recent recruiting surge for the Sooners, who have added five commitments in the 2026 class in the last week.

He joins recent commitments Dane Bathurst, an edge rusher from Carmel, Indiana, safety Markel Ford of Mesquite (Texas) Horn, Cibolo (Texas) running back Jonathan Hatton Jr. and Miami (Florida) St. John Neumann wide receiver Jayden Petit and Montgomery (Texas) running back Keldrid Ben in recently committing to the Sooners.

Oklahoma has also added commitments from Millville (Utah) Ridgeline edge rusher Krew Jones and Tuscaloosa (Alabama) Central wide receiver Tra’Von Hall in the 2027 class during that time period.

The Sooners wrapped up their regular season 10-2, winning four consecutive games to put them on the doorstep of their first College Football Playoff berth since 2019.

Oklahoma coach Brent Venables and general manager Jim Nagy are expected to speak to the media Wednesday to discuss the 2026 signing class.

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