Oklahoma
Oklahoma routs No. 24 Vanderbilt 97-67 for 3rd win in 4 games
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Freshman guard Jeremiah Fears scored 21 points to help Oklahoma dominate No. 24 Vanderbilt in a 97-67 win on Saturday.
Oklahoma’s Jalon Moore added 19 points and surpassed 1,000 career points. Dayton Forsythe scored 14 points for the Sooners (16-5, 3-5 Southeastern Conference), who have won three of four after losing their first four league games.
Oklahoma took control with a 23-0 run in the second half. The Sooners shot 63.2% from the field overall, including 72.7% after the break.
Devin McGlockton led Vanderbilt (16-5, 4-4) with 22 points. Jason Edwards scored 21 points for the Commodores, but he needed 20 shots to get them.
Vanderbilt led 38-27 late in the first half before Oklahoma closed on a 9-2 run to cut the deficit to 40-36 at the break.
Oklahoma controlled the second half. Back-to-back 3-pointers by Brycen Goodine and Moore put the Sooners up 52-42 with 16:31 remaining, and a timeout by Vanderbilt didn’t help. By the end of Oklahoma’s 23-0 run, the Commodores had missed eight consecutive shots.
Vanderbilt’s Tyler Tanner sliced through the lane for a one-handed jam that cut Oklahoma’s lead to 60-52 with about 10 minutes to go, but Oklahoma regrouped and expanded its lead.
Takeaways
Vanderbilt: The Commodores shot 30% in the second half and made 1 of 12 3-pointers.
Oklahoma: Coach Porter Moser had made rebounding an emphasis after some rough performances, and the Sooners responded by outrebounding Vanderbilt 39-24.
Key moment
Oklahoma took its first lead, 44-42, on a 3-pointer by Goodine early in the second half. The Sooners never trailed again.
Key stat
Vanderbilt had 10 turnovers and nine made field goals in the second half.
Up next
Vanderbilt visits No. 5 Florida on Tuesday night.
Oklahoma visits No. 1 Auburn on Tuesday night.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Brycen Goodine scored 14 points and led six players into double-figures scoring as Oklahoma beat Texas 76-72 to end its eight-game losing streak against the Longhorns in Saturday’s regular-season finale.
The Sooners closed out their regular season with a 96-84 win over No. 15 Missouri followed with their first win in Austin since 2021.
Both teams head to the Southeastern Conference Tournament and each will play a first-round game Wednesday at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Texas (17-14, 6-12), the No. 13 seed, takes on 12th-seeded Vanderbilt and Oklahoma (19-12, 6-12), the 14th seed, will battle 11th-seeded Georgia.
Oklahoma took the lead with under 10 minutes left and led by as many as five, but Jordan Pope converted a layup to give the Longhorns a 66-65 lead with 3:47 left. Jeremiah Fears got the lead back for the Sooners with two free throws and Duke Miles converted a three-point play with 2:42 left for a 69-66 advantage and after Arthur Kaluma hit the second of two free throws, Goodine knocked down a corner 3-pointer with 2:11 to play to give Oklahoma its largest lead of the game, 73-67.
Pope scored at the basket and Jeremiah Fears got two free throws with :16 remaining, but Pope drilled a 3-pointer with :06 left to get Texas within three, 75-72, but his 3-point attempt at the buzzer was batted away.
Goodine hit 3 of 7 from beyond the arc and Fears converted 9 of 10 at the line to finish with 13 points and four assists. Miles scored 11 points and had two steals and Jalon Moore, Luke Northweather and Glenn Taylor Jr. each contributed 10 points.
Pope finished with 21 points to lead Texas. Kaluma and Tramon Mark each added 12 points and Julian Larry added 10 points off the bench.
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Oklahoma
Raegan Beers scores 20 as No. 10 Oklahoma beats No. 12 Kentucky 69-65 to reach SEC semifinals
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Raegan Beers had 20 points and 11 rebounds, Payton Verhulst added 16 points and No. 10 Oklahoma battled back from a 10-point second-half deficit to beat No. 12 Kentucky 69-65 on Friday and advance to the SEC Tournament semifinals.
Sahara Williams chipped in with 13 points for Oklahoma, which has won nine straight.
The Sooners (25-6) will face two-time defending Southeastern Conference champion and fifth-ranked South Carolina, an 84-63 winner over Vanderbilt, on Saturday.
Georgia Amoore scored 29 points and Clara Strack added 12 points and 16 rebounds to lead Kentucky (22-7).
The teams finished tied for fourth in the SEC, but the Wildcats beat the Sooners 95-86 to earn the head-to-head tiebreaker and a double bye in the tournament. In that game Amoore had a career-high 43 points on seven 3-pointers, so finding a way to stop Kentucky’s point guard was a point of emphasis for Sooners coach Jennie Baranczyk.
Amoore was 12 of 27 from the field.
Neither team led by more than five in the first half, but Amoore’s first 3-pointer of the game midway through the third quarter gave Kentucky a 10-point lead. Verhulst’s back-to-back 3s from the top of the key allowed the Sooners to take a 50-49 lead into the fourth quarter.
Takeaways
Oklahoma: Despite playing their second game in two days, the Sooners looked stronger down the stretch than the more well-rested Wildcats.
Kentucky: Finished 4 of 23 from 3-point range. Amoore was just 3 of 8, with two of those coming in the final minute.
Key moment
Skylar Vann’s cutting layup gave Oklahoma a 64-59 lead with 1:32 left.
Key stat
The Sooners won despite shooting 31% from the field.
Up next
While Oklahoma moves on to play its third game in three days, Kentucky will await its NCAA Tournament seed.
Associated Press
Denver Nuggets (41-22, third in the Western Conference) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (52-11, first in the Western Conference)
Oklahoma City; Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Denver visits the Oklahoma City Thunder after the Nuggets took down the Phoenix Suns 149-141 in overtime.
The Thunder are 10-3 in division matchups. Oklahoma City scores 119.4 points and has outscored opponents by 12.8 points per game.
The Nuggets are 6-4 against the rest of their division. Denver is fourth in the league with 45.9 rebounds per game. Nikola Jokic leads the Nuggets with 12.9.
The Thunder are shooting 47.8% from the field this season, 1.4 percentage points higher than the 46.4% the Nuggets allow to opponents. The Nuggets score 14.9 more points per game (121.5) than the Thunder allow their opponents to score (106.6).
TOP PERFORMERS: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging 32.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 1.8 steals for the Thunder. Jalen Williams is averaging 21 points and 5.4 assists over the past 10 games.
Jokic is scoring 28.9 points per game with 12.9 rebounds and 10.6 assists for the Nuggets. Jamal Murray is averaging 26.1 points and 2.8 rebounds while shooting 53.1% over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Thunder: 8-2, averaging 126.3 points, 45.4 rebounds, 30.3 assists, 9.3 steals and 6.2 blocks per game while shooting 49.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 116.9 points per game.
Nuggets: 7-3, averaging 124.6 points, 46.0 rebounds, 32.2 assists, 7.5 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 51.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 119.3 points.
INJURIES: Thunder: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: day to day (rest), Chet Holmgren: day to day (leg), Isaiah Hartenstein: day to day (nose), Cason Wallace: day to day (knee), Jalen Williams: day to day (wrist), Nikola Topic: out for season (acl), Luguentz Dort: day to day (patellofemoral), Ajay Mitchell: out (toe).
Nuggets: DaRon Holmes II: out for season (achilles), Julian Strawther: out (knee).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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