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Schedule Review: A Look at Oklahoma’s Opponents After Week 6
The Owls kept things close but ultimately suffered a second-straight loss to UConn, 29-20. The Huskies scored a pair of unanswered touchdowns to overcome a 20-16 fourth-quarter deficit.
The loss dropped Temple to 1-5 this season, with its only win coming against Utah State. The Owls now get a week off before hosting a Tulsa team that’s struggling just as much.
The punching bag finally punched back.
Houston secured its first Big 12 win with a 30-19 victory over TCU in Fort Worth. The game ended a two-game skid for the Cougars to start conference play.
Now at 2-4, Houston gets a break before heading to Kansas, which is still looking for its first Big 12 win of the season.
No other team in FBS scored more than Tulane in Week 6 as it thumped UAB 71-20.
At 4-2, the Green Wave has won three in a row since losing to Oklahoma Week 6 and is a favorite to win the AAC. It will likely be four-straight wins for Tulane after hosting Rice following a bye week.
In what was somehow not even the biggest upset of the week, Arkansas upended No. 4 Tennessee 19-14 in Fayetteville. After taking a 14-3 lead, the Volunteers then gave up 16 unanswered points while not scoring again.
It was Tennessee’s first loss of the season, dropping to 4-1. The Volunteers host Florida next at 6 p.m. Saturday.
The Tigers are still looking for their first SEC win after a 31-13 loss to Georgia. It was Auburn’s third loss in a row to start conference play. At least now the Tigers can lick their wounds for a week before going to Missouri.
Like the Sooners, Texas got a week off before the Red River Showdown at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. The Longhorns will enter the rivalry undefeated at 5-0 and as the top team in the country.
The Gamecocks caught Ole Miss after a tough loss, and the Rebels rebounded with a 27-3 win over South Carolina. South Carolina handled Kentucky 31-6 Week 2 but has beaten only Akron since while dropping to 3-2. And now the Gamecocks go to Tuscaloosa to plan an angry Alabama team.
The Rebels bounced back from their first loss with a 27-3 win against South Carolina. Ole Miss is 5-1 and still a top-10 team despite the upset from Kentucky last week.
Ole Miss gets LSU in a primetime matchup at 6:30 p.m. Saturday on ABC.
At 3-2, Maine got a week off after notching back-to-back wins. But now Maine will play a 5-0 Delaware squad for a real test.
Missouri has been accused of being a fraud, and those accusations seemed to be proven true Saturday as the Tigers lost to Texas A&M 41-10 in a blowout. It was Mizzou’s first loss, but it was still ugly enough to instill doubt about how good the Tigers really are.
At least things get easy for a week, though, against Massachusetts, which is 1-5.
The Crimson Tide was on the wrong side of a historical upset as SEC laughing stock Vanderbilt took down the No. 1 team in the country, 40-35. Alabama hosts South Carolina next at 11 a.m. Saturday after suffering its first loss of the season.
Fans in Nashville tore down the goal post after Vanderbilt’s shocking win over No. 1 Alabama, celebrating the historic upset.
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The Tigers have won four games in a row since a season-opening loss to Lincoln Riley’s USC. LSU got a week off in the midst of its winning streak before hosting Ole Miss on Saturday night in a top-15 matchup.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are taking on the Phoenix Suns in Game 2 of their opening-round series. The OKC Thunder are hoping that they can repeat their Sunday afternoon performance in this contest. Game 2 will be an interesting test with the Suns having more time to prepare.
Phoenix was up against a rock and a hard place in the series opener. The Oklahoma City Thunder not only have the talent advantage but the rest advantage as well. Phoenix punched their ticket to the NBA Playoffs on Friday night by staving off the Golden State Warriors on Friday night before landing in Oklahoma City on Saturday and playing on Saturday afternoon to the tune of a 119-84 blowout Thunder victory.
The NBA has seen plenty of upsets already. The Orlando Magic, Philadelphia 76ers and Portland Trail Blazers have all stolen games from the higher seed. The Thunder know they have to keep the foot on the gas in this contest.
“These series are unpredictable. No 2 games are the same. The minute you make an assumption, you are overconfident, or the minute you go down and you’re overly urgent, that can impact your ability to be present in the next game,” Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault said pregame on Wednesday night.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are seeing the Suns make an adjustment with their starting lineup by inserting Collin Gillespie to give Phoenix a trio of ball handling scoring options alongside Devin Booker and Jalen Green. This gives the Suns hope to be able to find better shot quality against this stifling Thunder defensive unit.
Oklahoma City is healthier now than they have been all season. The Thunder only are missing rookie Thomas Sorber (ACL) who is out for the year. This allows the Bricktown Ballers to roll out their traditional first five in this contest.
Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Phoenix Suns, Game 2 Starting Lineup
Oklahoma City Thunder Starting Lineup
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, G
- Lu Dort, G
- Jalen Williams, F
- Chet Holmgren, F
- Isaiah Hartenstein, C
Phoenix Suns Starting Lineup
- Devin Booker, G
- Jalen Green, G
- Collin Gillespie, G
- Dillon Brooks, F
- Oso Ighodaro, C
The series will shift to Phoenix this weekend as the Oklahoma City Thunder hope to head into Saturday afternoon’s Game 3 with a 2-0 advantage in the series.
Stay tuned to Thunder on SI for complete coverage of the NBA Playoff run for the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA (KOKH) — The Oklahoma City Fire Department responded to a home fire late Tuesday evening, around 10:42 p.m.
According to OKCFD, fire could be seen from a window of the home located in the 4200 block of N. Phillips Avenue.
Firefighters were able to rescue an adult female from inside the home. No injuries were reported in connection with the fire.
Investigators believe that the fire may have originated from an outlet near the refrigerator that had a power strip plugged in that was supplying multiple appliances.
There was also no smoke detector present within the home.
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NORMAN — The Sooners were behind the eight ball for much of Tuesday’s game against Oral Roberts.
But one swing of the bat got them in a more favorable position.
Shortstop Jaxon Willits blasted a grand slam in the sixth inning to give No. 14 Oklahoma its first lead before eventually winning 7-6.
The Sooners trailed by as many as five runs before they rallied late.
In the first inning, Oral Roberts’ Cooper Combs hit a two-out grand slam to give the Golden Eagles a comfortable cushion. OU infielder Deiten Lachance got the Sooners on the board in the second inning with a solo home run, but ORU responded with a solo shot of its own in the next frame.
The Golden Eagles made it a 6-1 run game in the top of the fourth, and they appeared to be on cruise control. But in the bottom of that frame, OU’s rally began.
Dasan Harris made it a four-run game again with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fourth before Camden Johnson hit a sacrifice fly of his own in the fifth.
Then, in the sixth, the Sooners took their first lead of the game.
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Harris singled before Kyle Branch and Connor Larkin walked to load the bases. Willits then swung at the first pitch he saw, sending it well over the right-center field fence.
Neither team scored after Willits’ home run, as OU relief pitcher Xander Mercurius retired nine ORU batters in a row to seal the Sooners’ one-run win.
Michael Catalano started on the mound for Oklahoma, but his outing was short-lived — he gave up four earned runs on two hits and five walks in 1 ⅓ innings.
After coach Skip Johnson relieved Catalano in the second inning, six different OU arms entered the game. Reid Hensley collected the win, while Mercurius got the save.
OU improved to 28-12 overall with the win, while Oral Roberts dropped to 23-15. The Sooners are 7-3 in midweek games this season, and they clinched the season sweep of the Golden Eagles on Tuesday.
Next, the Sooners will hit the road for a three-game series against Auburn. The Tigers, ranked No. 11 by D1Baseball, are 10-8 in SEC play and took two of three games against Florida over the weekend.
The series will open on Friday, and first pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.
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