National Basketball Association
Oklahoma 65, Texas A&M 62
When: 4:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 3, 2012
Where: Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, Oklahoma
Officials:
# Brent Meaux, # Tom O'Neill, # Greg Rennegarbe
Attendance:
9349
By SportsDirect Inc.
Oklahoma 65, Texas A&M 62: Romero Osby scored a career-high 24 points - including a late insurance basket with 35 seconds left - as the host Sooners avenged an earlier heartbreaking loss to the Aggies.
Cameron Clark added nine points and nine rebounds for Oklahoma (15-15, 5-13 Big 12), which secured the No. 8 seed in next week’s Big 12 tournament and will meet No. 9 seed Texas A&M (13-17, 4-14) on Wednesday.
After Dash Harris drilled a 3-pointer to open the second half and move the Aggies to within four points, Osby answered with a jumper and scored six points during a 14-2 run that gave the Sooners a 45-31 advantage.
But like the first meeting Jan. 21 that Texas A&M won in overtime, the Aggies cut into a sizable Oklahoma second-half advantage but could not take the lead at any point.
Unlike the previous meeting, the Sooners didn’t allow Texas A&M the opportunity to send the game into overtime when replays showed that officials incorrectly called a jump ball when they could not see David Loubeau knock the ball out of bounds off Osby’s leg with less than 10 seconds remaining.
Oklahoma retained possession and following a foul, Sam Grooms hit two free throws to give the Sooners a three-point lead.
Elston Turner managed to get off a clean look from about 30 feet as time expired to send the game into an extra period, but his shot fell short.
Loubeau finished with a team-high 15 points for the Aggies, who finished 1-8 on the road in conference play.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Oklahoma, which is near the bottom of Division I in 3-point baskets and attempts, shot 2 of 6 from beyond the arc and improved to 2-2 when it hits two 3-pointers or less. … In a bit of irony, it was a 3-pointer from Turner in the Aggies’ earlier win over the Sooners at College Station that sent a 65-62 game into overtime.
Top Game Performances
| Texas A&M |
|
Oklahoma |
|
David Loubeau 15 |
Scoring |
Romero Osby 24 |
|
Dash Harris 4 |
Assists |
Sam Grooms 7 |
|
Khris Middleton 7 |
Rebounds |
Cameron Clark 9 |
|
Khris Middleton 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Sam Grooms 5 |
|
Naji Hibbert 2 |
Steals |
Cameron Clark 2 |
|
Khris Middleton 1 |
Blocks |
Cameron Clark 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Texas A&M
|
62 |
44.6 |
6-16 |
6-9 |
12 |
28 |
2 |
5 |
13 |
| Oklahoma
|
65 |
48.1 |
2-6 |
13-16 |
14 |
29 |
2 |
4 |
11 |
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